[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 21, 2012)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 69733-69734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28457]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 8906 of November 16, 2012

                
National Family Week, 2012

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                The bonds that tie us to our loved ones have always 
                played an important role in the American story. 
                Families of every makeup continue to guide our 
                country's progress by supporting one another with 
                unshakable devotion and instilling strength of 
                character in their children. This week, we celebrate 
                the unity and compassion that keep our families strong.

                Every family deserves the chance to make a better 
                future for themselves and their children. That is why 
                strong families will always be at the heart of my 
                Administration's agenda--from the classroom to the 
                workplace to our military. Over the past 4 years, we 
                have worked to bring a complete and competitive 
                education within reach for all our children, and we 
                have striven to help them grow up healthy by broadening 
                access to nutritious meals. To ensure families have 
                health coverage when they need it most, the Affordable 
                Care Act put in place comprehensive reforms that will 
                hold insurance companies accountable, improve health 
                care quality, and expand access to affordable coverage. 
                My Administration has also pursued greater workplace 
                flexibility, so working parents do not face a choice 
                between their jobs and meeting their families' needs. 
                Moreover, we continue to promote the critical role 
                fathers can play in enhancing the intellectual, 
                emotional, and financial well-being of our sons and 
                daughters. Finally, at a time when many of our military 
                families are stretched thin, we are mobilizing 
                communities and organizations nationwide to give our 
                service members and their loved ones the support they 
                have earned.

                America's prosperity has always come from an economy 
                that is built on a strong and growing middle class--
                families who can own homes, send their kids to college, 
                and save enough for retirement. As our economic 
                recovery continues, we must keep working to give them 
                the security they deserve, and to widen the circle of 
                opportunity for all who are working hard to get ahead. 
                During National Family Week, let us recommit to keeping 
                America's promise alive for every family.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim November 18 through 
                November 24, 2012, as National Family Week. I invite 
                all States, communities, and individuals to join in 
                observing this week with appropriate ceremonies and 
                activities to honor our Nation's families.

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

[FR Doc. 2012-28457
Filed 11-20-12; 8:45 am]
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