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Excerpts From
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer,
Wednesday,
October 10, 2001
For full
transcript visit -
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011010-9.html#Paige
Two announcements.
In addition, I just want to let you know Secretary Paige announced
yesterday that this Friday, October 12th, America's schoolchildren
will be invited to participate in what's called a Pledge Across America.
That will be a nationwide, synchronized Pledge of Allegiance. The
Pledge will begin at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and identical times
across the time zones across the United States, so 1:00 p.m. Central
Time, noon Mountain Time, 11:00 a.m. West Coast Time. The students
will be asked to simultaneously take the Pledge. It's an opportunity
for American schoolchildren to be a part of a nationwide display at
this time, as people ask, what can we do to help the United States.
This is one of the things that the Secretary of Education has asked
schools to do.
He yesterday sent
letters to over 100,000 school principals across the country to
encourage them and their students to join in the program. President
Bush will participate here from the White House, while hosting a
reception for Hispanic Heritage Month, beginning at 2:00 p.m. here at
the White House. |
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