[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 94 (Wednesday, May 14, 2008)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 27713-27714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 08-1265]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 8254 of May 9, 2008

                
National Defense Transportation Day and National 
                Transportation Week, 2008

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                America's transportation system strengthens our 
                national security and keeps our country moving. On 
                National Defense Transportation Day and during National 
                Transportation Week, we thank the men and women of the 
                transportation industry for their efforts to ensure 
                that our Nation's infrastructure operates effectively 
                and efficiently.

                Innovation, investment, and imagination have enabled 
                new modes of transportation to revolutionize the world. 
                Today, businesses can deliver goods and services faster 
                than ever, first responders can quickly bring hope and 
                healing to those in need, and people can visit loved 
                ones across the country or around the globe. The Armed 
                Forces utilize modern transportation to deploy troops, 
                move supplies, and bring our heroes home from the front 
                lines. We are grateful for the hard work of all 
                transportation professionals.

                My Administration supports the continued creation of 
                safer, more secure, and more reliable roadways, 
                bridges, airports, seaports, and mass transit systems. 
                We are addressing the challenges facing our 
                transportation system today, helping lay the groundwork 
                for future demands, and giving State and local 
                authorities the flexibility to solve transportation 
                problems in their communities. By promoting research in 
                advanced transportation technologies, my Administration 
                is also working to help end our reliance on foreign 
                sources of energy, improve our environment, and 
                strengthen our economic and national security.

                To recognize the men and women who work in the 
                transportation industry and who contribute to our 
                Nation's well-being and defense, the Congress, by joint 
                resolution approved May 16, 1957, as amended (36 U.S.C. 
                120), has requested that the President designate the 
                third Friday in May of each year as ``National Defense 
                Transportation Day,'' and, by joint resolution approved 
                May 14, 1962, as amended (36 U.S.C. 133), that the week 
                during which that Friday falls be designated as 
                ``National Transportation Week.''

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the 
                United States of America, do hereby proclaim Friday, 
                May 16, 2008, as National Defense Transportation Day 
                and May 11 through May 17, 2008, as National 
                Transportation Week. I encourage all Americans to learn 
                how our modern transportation system contributes to the 
                security of our citizens and the prosperity of our 
                country and to celebrate these observances with 
                appropriate ceremonies and activities.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand 
                eight, and of the Independence of the United States of 
                America the two hundred and thirty-second. 
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 08-1265
Filed 5-13-08; 8:45 am]
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