[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 331 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 331

  Congratulating the United States Military Academy at West Point on 
   being named by Forbes magazine as America's Best College for 2009.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 2, 2009

 Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Congratulating the United States Military Academy at West Point on 
   being named by Forbes magazine as America's Best College for 2009.

Whereas Forbes magazine has named the United States Military Academy at West 
        Point as America's Best College for 2009;
Whereas the United States has had a military presence at West Point since the 
        Revolutionary War because of its strategic position overlooking the 
        Hudson River;
Whereas General George Washington selected Thaddeus Kosciuszko to design West 
        Point's fortifications in 1778;
Whereas West Point is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the 
        United States;
Whereas President Thomas Jefferson established the United States Military 
        Academy at West Point in 1802;
Whereas West Point has educated many of the United States Army's commissioned 
        officers;
Whereas West Point instructs 4,400 cadets per year in academics, military 
        tactics, physical fitness, and leadership;
Whereas approximately 1,000 cadets graduate each year and are commissioned in 
        the United States Armed Services;
Whereas 2 Presidents of the United States, 74 Congressional Medal of Honor 
        recipients, 88 Rhodes Scholars, 33 Marshall Scholars, and 28 Truman 
        Scholars have graduated from West Point;
Whereas in addition to academics and military training, West Point offers 
        extracurricular activities that include the Eisenhower Hall Theatre and 
        115 athletic and non-sport clubs; and
Whereas West Point offers a well-rounded, highly regarded education to the next 
        generation of the Nation's leaders: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates the United States Military Academy at 
        West Point on being named by Forbes magazine as America's Best 
        College for 2009;
            (2) supports West Point's mission ``to educate, train, and 
        inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a 
        commissioned leader of character committed to the values of 
        Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional 
        excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the 
        United States Army''; and
            (3) respectfully requests the Secretary of the Senate to 
        transmit a copy of this resolution to the Superintendent of 
        West Point.
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