>What an asshole. - Brian
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>http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/05/20020502-20.html
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>Loyalty Day, 2003
Clinton's last, a pretty different text:
> THE WHITE HOUSE
> Office of the Press Secretary
>
>For Immediate Release May 1, 2000
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> LOYALTY DAY, 2000
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> BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
>
> A PROCLAMATION
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>In the Declaration of Independence and in the Constitution, our
>Nation's founders first articulated the enduring ideals that have
>sustained our democracy -- freedom, self-determination, justice, and
>equality. Each year we set aside this special day to reaffirm our
>allegiance to those ideals and to our beloved country.
>
>The power and promise of our country's principles moved men and
>women throughout the American colonies to declare their allegiance
>to a new country and a new form of government that respected the
>rights of the individual. Throughout the decades, millions of
>immigrants drawn to America's freedom proved their loyalty to their
>adopted Nation in the words of the oath of citizenship and in their
>daily lives -- working hard, striving to build a better future for
>their families and communities, serving in our Armed Forces,
>upholding our laws, and participating in our democracy.
>
>Other Americans have showed their loyalty by courageously
>challenging our Nation to live up to its ideals. We owe a profound
>debt to the heroes and visionaries who opposed slavery, reformed
>labor practices, won the right to vote for women, marched for civil
>rights, and spoke out with conscience and conviction whenever we
>have failed to uphold the highest standards of freedom and justice.
>
>We find perhaps the strongest and most moving evidence of loyalty to
>America in the service and sacrifice of our men and women in
>uniform. From the War of Independence to today's peacekeeping
>missions around the world, generations of Americans have shown their
>allegiance by defending our Nation against tyrants and terrorists,
>protecting our national interests wherever they are threatened, and
>promoting our values across the globe.
>
>On this first Loyalty Day of the 21st century, all Americans should
>give thanks that we live in a Nation that inspires such fidelity.
>And we should remember with pride the loyal patriots who have gone
>before us, whose character and efforts built America, preserved it
>in times of peril, and gave life to our founders' dreams.
>
>Recognizing the importance of loyalty to the continued strength of
>our country and success of our democracy, the Congress, by Public
>Law 85-529, has designated May 1 of each year as "Loyalty Day."
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>NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United
>States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2000, as Loyalty Day. I
>urge all Americans to recall the valor and selflessness of all those
>who made this Nation worthy of our love and loyalty and to express
>our own loyalty through appropriate patriotic programs, ceremonies,
>and activities. I also call upon Government officials to display the
>flag of the United States in support of this national observance.
>
>IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-ninth
>day of April, in the year of our Lord two thousand, and of the
>Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and
>twenty-fourth.
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> WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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