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SUBJ/2005 INDEPENDENCE DAY MESSAGE//
RMKS/1.  ON THE 4TH OF JULY, THE COURAGEOUS MEN AND WOMEN WHO WEAR
THE CLOTH OF OUR NATION ARE DEFENDING THE FREEDOM AND LIBERTY, WHICH
OUR ANCESTORS FOUGHT TO EARN AND PRESERVE.
2.  PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH SAID,  AMERICA IS A FORCE FOR GOOD IN
THE WORLD.  DRAWING ON THE COURAGE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND THE



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RESOLVE OF OUR CITIZENS, WE WILLINGLY EMBRACE THE CHALLENGES BEFORE
US.  WE ARE ALSO HUMBLED IN REMEMBERING THE MANY COURAGEOUS MEN AND
WOMEN WHO HAVE SERVED AND SACRIFICED THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY TO
PRESERVE, PROTECT, AND EXPAND LIBERTY.  IN LIBERATING OPPRESSED
PEOPLES AND DEMONSTRATING HONOR AND BRAVERY IN BATTLE, THE MEMBERS OF
OUR ARMED FORCES REFLECT THE BEST OF OUR NATION.
3.  TO THOSE STANDING THE WATCH AND ON PATROL AROUND THE GLOBE,
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU.  AS MILLIONS CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF OUR NATION
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE YEARS AGO, THEY HONOR AND APPRECIATE THE
SERVICE OF BRAVE AMERICANS WHO STAND TALL FOR FREEDOM.
4.  ALL WHO SERVE EMBODY THE BEST ATTRIBUTES AND FOUNDING PRINCIPLES
OF THE UNITED STATES.  SINCE THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF 11 SEPTEMBER
2001, YOU HAVE PROUDLY ADDED TO THE DISTINGUISHED LEGACY OF
PATRIOTISM AND PROFESSIONALISM ESTABLISHED BY THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED
BEFORE YOU.
5.  IT IS A PROFOUND HONOR TO SERVE WITH YOU.  I ASK THAT YOU BE SAFE
AND TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER, WHETHER AT HOME OR DEPLOYED.
6.  MAY GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES, AND MAY HE CONTINUE TO BLESS
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
7.  RELEASE AUTHORIZED BY THE HONORABLE GORDON R. ENGLAND, SECRETARY



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