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R 231229Z AUG 02 ZYB MIN PSN 778041J27
 
FM SECNAV WASHINGTON DC//SN//
 
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ALNAV 069/02
 
MSGID/GENADMIN/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC/-/AUG//
 
SUBJ/DEFENDING AND EXERCISING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE//
 
RMKS/1.  SINCE OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM BEGAN, OUR MEN AND WOMEN
IN UNIFORM HAVE PREFORMED MAGNIFICENTLY IN THE STRUGGLE AGAINST
WORLD TERRORISM.  YOUR VALOR, ON THE BATTLEFIELD AND OFF, AT SEA AND
IN THE AIR, AND AT MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD INSPIRE
ALL THOSE WHO CHERISH FREEDOM.
 
2.  AS WE MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK LAUNCHED AGAINST
OUR COUNTRY, AMERICANS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE AND POLITICAL
PERSUASIONS WILL BE REDEDICATING THEMSELVES TO PRESERVING OUR WAY OF
LIFE.  ONCE AGAIN, THE UNITED STATES NAVY AND MARINE CORPS WILL BE
CALLED UPON.
 
3.  THIS NOVEMBER, AMERICANS WILL EXERCISE A SACRED RIGHT FOR WHICH
SO MANY HEROES PAST AND PRESENT HAVE SACRIFICED SINCE THIS NATION'S
FOUNDING - THE RIGHT TO VOTE.  TO THOSE WHO PROTECT AND DEFEND THIS
PRECIOUS RIGHT, I ASK THAT EVERY SAILOR AND MARINE TAKE THE TIME TO
VOTE IN THIS YEAR'S ELECTIONS.
 
4.  CHOOSING WHO WE WISH TO GOVERN OUR NATION IS SOMETHING OUR
ENEMIES FIND PARTICULARLY THREATENING.  ONE WAY TO SHOW THEM THEY
WILL NOT SUCCEED IS FOR EVERY ELIGIBLE AMERICAN TO VOTE THIS YEAR.
IF YOU CAN, VOTE.  IF YOU ARE NOT REGISTERED, PLEASE DO SO.  IF YOU
NEED ASSISTANCE, CONTACT YOUR COMMANDING OFFICER OR COMMAND'S VOTING
OFFICER.
 
5.  THE RIGHT TO VOTE IS ONE OF THOSE PRECIOUS THINGS WE ENJOY AS
AMERICANS.  HISTORY TELLS US THAT FOR FREEDOMS TO CONTINUE, THEY
MUST BE EXERCISED.  BY VOTING, YOU WILL BE SENDING TERRORISTS A
SPECIAL MESSAGE: "AMERICA WILL NOT BE INTIMIDATED."
 
6.  RELEASED BY THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, SECRETARY OF THE
NAVY.//
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