[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 65155-65156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-29073]


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                Proclamation 7736 of November 14, 2003

                
National Employer Support of the Guard and 
                Reserve Week, 2003

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                From before the American Revolution, to the Civil War, 
                to the wars in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf, our 
                National Guard and Reserve have served our country with 
                distinction. Today, our National Guard and Reserve 
                forces are active on every front in the War on Terror. 
                During National Employer Support of the Guard and 
                Reserve Week, we honor our courageous citizen-soldiers 
                and their employers, whose continued support is vital 
                to the success of our Armed Forces and to the strength 
                of our country.

                America's Guard and Reserve personnel are training hard 
                and deploying frequently to meet new challenges 
                worldwide. These brave defenders have performed combat 
                operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. They have provided 
                security at Guantanamo Bay. They have prepared for 
                homeland security missions. Our Nation is blessed and 
                grateful for the service of the brave men and women of 
                the National Guard and Reserve.

                By supporting our Guardsmen and Reservists, employers 
                across our Nation also are helping to advance freedom 
                and democracy around the world. At the same time, these 
                employers benefit from the experience and leadership 
                skills these citizen-soldiers bring home. Employer 
                support of our Guard and Reserve in the United States 
                and abroad helps ensure our troops are mission-ready 
                and is a source of pride and assurance for all 
                Americans. This country is grateful to employers and 
                workers for their support of Guard and Reserve members 
                and their families. Because military deployment often 
                disrupts families and businesses, my Administration is 
                working to make deployments more predictable. Together, 
                our National Guard and Reserve forces and their 
                employers are united in purpose and reflect the highest 
                standards of professionalism and honor.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim November 16 through November 
                22, 2003, as National Employer Support of the Guard and 
                Reserve Week. I encourage all Americans to join me in 
                expressing our heartfelt thanks to the members of our 
                National Guard and Reserve and their civilian employers 
                for their extraordinary sacrifices on behalf of our 
                Nation. I also call on State and local officials, 
                private organizations, businesses, and all military 
                commanders to observe this week with appropriate 
                ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand three, and of the Independence of the United 
                States of America the two hundred and twenty-eighth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)B

[FR Doc. 03-29073
Filed 11-18-03; 8:45 am]
Billing code 3195-01-P