Read Statements and Press Releases

Statement from President George W. Bush PDF*
Statement from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice HTML | PDF*
Statement from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings HTML | PDF*

Statement from U.S. Senator Russ Feingold HTML | PDF
Message from the Director-General of UNESCO, Koïchiro Matsuura HTML | PDF*
Message from Ambassador of Japan to the United States Ryozo Kato HTML | PDF*
Message from the British Ambassador to the United States,
Sir Nigel Sheinwald HTML | PDF
Message from Kiso Isao, Director-General for International Affairs, Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, MEXT HTML | PDF*
Message from Executive Director Bret Lovejoy, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) HTML | PDF*

Proclamation from the Governor of Alabama PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Alaska PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Arizona PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of California PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Delaware PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Georgia PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Idaho PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Illinois PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Kentucky PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Louisiana PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Michigan PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Minnesota PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Missouri PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Nebraska PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of New Mexico PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Oregon PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Rhode Island PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of South Carolina PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Virginia PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Washington PDF*
Proclamation from the Governor of Wisconsin PDF*

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