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Afghanistan and Burma Proclamation 7411—Women’s In making these determinations, I have History Month, 2001 considered the factors set forth in section 490 March 1, 2001 of the Act, based on the information con- tained in the International Narcotics Control By the President of the United States Strategy Report of 2001. Given that the per- of America formance of each of these countries has dif- A Proclamation fered, I have attached an explanatory state- In 1845, journalist and author Margaret ment for each of the countries subject to this Fuller laid out her hope for the future of determination. this Nation’s women: ‘‘We would have every You are hereby authorized and directed to arbitrary barrier thrown down. We would report this determination to the Congress im- have every path laid open to women as freely mediately and to publish it in the Federal as to men. If you ask me what offices they Register. may fill, I reply—any, I do not care what case you put; let them be sea captains, if you George W. Bush will.’’ More than 150 years later, we are closer than ever to realizing Margaret Fuller’s Message to the Congress dream. Women account for nearly half of all Transmitting a Report on Critical workers. Today, women are ‘‘captains’’ of Infrastructure Protection their own destinies, and they will continue March 1, 2001 to help shape our Nation’s future. Women hold 74 seats in the United States Congress, To the Congress of the United States: more than at any time in our country’s his- tory, and women own more than 9 million Pursuant to section 1053 of the Defense businesses employing more than 27.5 million Authorization Act of 2001 (Public Law 106– workers. Through their tireless service on a 398), enclosed is a comprehensive report de- daily basis, the women of our Nation have tailing the specific steps taken by the Federal woven the fabric of families and commu- Government to develop critical infrastruc- nities. They contribute immeasurably ture assurance strategies as outlined by Presi- through faith-based and community organi- dential Decision Directive No. 63 (PDD– zations. 63). Our Nation’s women could not be where This report was drafted by the previous they are—nor could our country be where Administration and is a summary of their ef- it is—without the strength and courage, wis- forts as of January 15. However, since this dom and persistence of those who preceded requirement conveys to my Administration, them. America has been blessed with women I am forwarding the report. like Harriet Beecher Stowe, Susan B. An- Critical infrastructure protection is an thony, and Jane Addams, all of whom refused issue of importance to U.S. economic and to accept oppression as inevitable. Female national security, and it will be a priority in political leaders including Margaret Chase my Administration. We intend to examine Smith and Eleanor Roosevelt forever the attached report and other relevant mate- changed the face of American government. rials in our review of the Federal Govern- Women have played a vital role in educating ment’s critical infrastructure protection ef- our Nation: Mary Lyon, Dorothea Dix, Eliza- forts. beth Blackwell, and Mary McLeod Bethune all fought history and stereotypes to become George W. Bush scholars in their own right and pass their knowledge to subsequent generations. Simi- The White House, larly, female authors such as Anne Brad- March 1, 2001. street, Emily Dickinson, Pearl Buck, and Zora Neale Hurston represent only a small

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