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Article: Proclamation 8016--National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation Week, 2006.(Week Ending Friday, May 19, 2006)
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- May 22, 2006
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May 12, 2006
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
On National Defense Transportation Day and during National Transportation Week, we thank 'all those who contribute to a sound transportation infrastructure that keeps our country moving, advances our economic growth, and strengthens our national defense.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower recognized the importance of having the world's most efficient and reliable transportation system. In a message to the Congress, he wrote Of "a vast system of inter-connected highways criss-crossing the Country and joining at our national borders with friendly neighbors to the ...