[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26377]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   SENATE RESOLUTION 331--CONGRATULATING THE UNITED STATES MILITARY 
 ACADEMY AT WEST POINT ON BEING NAMED BY FORBES MAGAZINE AS AMERICA'S 
                         BEST COLLEGE FOR 2009

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

                              S. Res. 331

       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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