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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The men and women who serve in the military of the | ||||||
| 3 | United States have responded swiftly and selflessly whenever | ||||||
| 4 | called upon to defend our nation, placing the national | ||||||
| 5 | interests above their own; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Through service in the Armed Forces, our veterans | ||||||
| 7 | have demonstrated their drive, determination, and character; | ||||||
| 8 | and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, The U.S. Department of Defense operates the | ||||||
| 10 | world's largest system of specialized professional and | ||||||
| 11 | technical training schools, offering America's veterans | ||||||
| 12 | unmatched opportunities to develop valuable knowledge and | ||||||
| 13 | skills; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Today's high-tech military is staffed by superbly | ||||||
| 15 | trained men and women who combine state-of-the-art technical | ||||||
| 16 | skills with tested leadership abilities; and | ||||||
| 17 | WHEREAS, Veterans of active duty military service | ||||||
| 18 | constitute one of our nation's most important sources of | ||||||
| 19 | mature, responsible, and highly motivated employees; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, This nation owes a great debt to its military | ||||||
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| 1 | veterans, many of whom have served in the most remote and | ||||||
| 2 | volatile parts of the world at great sacrifice to themselves | ||||||
| 3 | and their families; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, By hiring veterans, employers honor their debt to | ||||||
| 5 | our nation's military men and women while availing themselves | ||||||
| 6 | of proven talents and honed teamwork skills that offer immense | ||||||
| 7 | benefits to individual employers and to the larger economy of | ||||||
| 8 | the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 11 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that that the month of November in | ||||||
| 12 | 2007 and each subsequent year shall be known as Hire a Veteran | ||||||
| 13 | month to recognize those brave, talented and patriotic men and | ||||||
| 14 | women who have proudly worn their country's uniform and to | ||||||
| 15 | encourage employers throughout the State of Illinois to | ||||||
| 16 | recognize the special talents of those veterans and give | ||||||
| 17 | special consideration and preference to those job applicants | ||||||
| 18 | who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States.
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