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Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1993 08:50-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
Subject: Nation POW/MIA Recognition Day

                          THE WHITE HOUSE
  
                    Office of the Press Secretary
  
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  For Immediate Release	   	     	        September 3, 1993
  
               NATIONAL POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY, 1993
  
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           BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  
                           A PROCLAMATION
  
       This year we have witnessed major changes in the global 
  political landscape.  Although democracy is taking root in many 
  new areas, the forces of repression pose continuing challenges 
  around the world.  Throughout this dynamic period, one theme 
  rings true to all Americans:  Our Nation owes a lasting debt of 
  gratitude to all those selfless members of our Armed Forces who
  have risked their own freedom and safety to defend the lives 
  and liberty of others.  As a measure of our thanks and as an 
  expression of our determination to keep faith with those who 
  faithfully serve and defend us, we take this occasion to 
  remember those special Americans for whom an accounting has 
  not yet been made.
  
       In honor of these Americans, on September 10, 1993, the 
  flag of the National League of POW/MIA families will be flown 
  over the White House; the U.S. Departments of State, Defense, 
  and Veterans Affairs; the Selective Service System headquarters; 
  and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.  This black and white 
  banner -- emblematic of America's missing -- flies as a stark 
  reminder to the world of our Nation's resolve.
  
       We acknowledge a continuing obligation to these casualties 
  of war, America's missing service members and civilians.  Our 
  Nation remains committed to this cause, a matter of highest 
  national priority.  We renew our pledge to obtain the answers 
  that the family members of these heroes deserve, recognizing the 
  profound loss they have endured and their steadfast resolve to 
  gain the peace of certainty.
  
       NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
  United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the 
  Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim 
  September 10, 1993, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day.  I urge 
  all Americans to join in honoring former American POWs as well 
  as those Americans still unaccounted for as a result of their 
  service to our great Nation.  I also encourage the American 
  people to express their gratitude to the families of these 
  missing Americans for their dedication to seeking the truth 
  and their determination to persevere through the many years of 
  waiting.  Finally, I ask State and local officials and private 
  organizations to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies 
  and activities.
  
       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
  third day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred 
  and ninety-three, and of the Independence of the United States 
  of America the two hundred and eighteenth.
  
       	    	      	   	     WILLIAM J. CLINTON
  
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