Federal Register: November 4, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 212)
DOCID: fr04no09-123 FR Doc E9-26758
Presidential Documents
Veterans Affairs Department
NOTICE: Part II
DOCID: fr04no09-123
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
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Title 3--
The President
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Proclamation 8444 of October 30, 2009
Military Family Month, 2009
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
No one pays a higher price for our freedom than members
of our Nation's military and their families. As sons
and daughters, husbands and wives, and mothers and
fathers are deployed, military families endure with
exceptional resilience and courage. They provide our
troops with invaluable encouragement and love, and
serve our Nation in their own right. During Military
Family Month, we honor the families of our Armed Forces
and thank them for their dedication to our country.
Though only a small percentage of our Nation's
population, our troops bear the great responsibility of
protecting our people. They, along with their families,
serve us every day with courage and dignity. Ensuring
that military families receive the respect they deserve
and the support they have earned is a top priority for my Administration.
The strength of our Nation is measured not just by our
success on the battlefield, but also by our ability to
support those families who have made so many sacrifices
for us. Time and again, military families have shown
their heart in the face of adversity. We have a solemn
obligation to ensure that while our men and women in
uniform discharge their duties, we do all we can to
promote and preserve the well-being of their families.
We must also support the families of our wounded
warriors and our fallen heroes who have paid the ultimate price for the freedoms we enjoy.
This month, we celebrate the tremendous contributions
of military families, convey to them our deepest
respect and appreciation, and recommit ourselves to their support.
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 2009 as
Military Family Month. I call on all Americans to honor
military families through private actions and public
service for the tremendous contributions they make in
the support of our service members and our Nation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirtieth day of October, in the year of our Lord two
thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United
States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
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