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Article: ATA Recognizes Professional Truck Drivers During National Truck Driver Appreciation Week.

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August 28, 2007
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ARLINGTON, Va., Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations is taking this week to extend a national "pat on the back" to the 3.4 million professional truck drivers that deliver America's freight safely and securely everyday.

"Professional truck drivers deserve a national 'thank you' for their dedication to safely and securely delivering our nation's freight," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. "As a result of their commitment, our nation's highways are the safest they've ever been and our economy is the most productive in the world. We as a nation owe a great deal to the truck drivers out on our nation's roads everyday."

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