,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #bfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aj1
 #bjbe ,mr4 ,welch 7for himself and ,ms4
 ,murkowski7 submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,honoring the deep and    
enduring friendship between the ,kingdom
 of ,denmark and the ,united ,states on 
the occasion of ,danish ,constitution   
,day celebrations4  ,whereas ,denmark   
and the ,united ,states have enjoyed    
peaceful1 mutually beneficial relations 
since establishing diplomatic relations 
in #ahja2  ,whereas more than #a1jjj1jjj
 people in the ,united ,states claim    
,danish ancestry2  ,whereas ,denmark has
 bravely stood with the ,united ,states 
in nearly every conflict of the last #c 
decades1 sending troops and forces to   
fight alongside ,united ,states ,armed  
,forces in the #aiia ,gulf ,war1 the    
,balkans conflicts1 and in ,afghanistan1
 while dedicating military forces to    

stabilization and peacekeeping missions 
in ,africa1 the ,middle ,east1 and      
around the world2  ,whereas ,denmark and
 the ,united ,states are bound by a     
treaty of mutual defense and enjoy      
intense cooperation on                  
intelligence-sharing1 weapons sales1    
military exercises1 and joint basing2   
,whereas ,denmark is a founding member  
of the ,north ,atlantic ,treaty         
,organization 7,,nato7--the backbone of 
peace and prosperity in ,north ,america 
and ,europe for more than #ge years2    
,whereas ,denmark spends more on        
national defense than the target        
objective required by ,,nato for defense
 spending as a percentage of gross      
domestic product2  ,whereas ,denmark is 
the seventh largest source of foreign   
direct investment in the ,united        
,states1 contributing to the creation of
 approximately #bjj1jjj jobs2 and       
,whereas ,denmark was #a of #h founding 
partner-nations of the multinational    
,f-#ce ,lightning ,,ii program3 ,now1   

therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 acknowledges ,danish ,constitution 
,day in a spirit of friendship and      
respect toward the people of ,denmark2  
7#b7 recognizes the deep commitment of  
the ,danish people and government to the
 friendship and cooperation between     
,denmark and the ,united ,states2  7#c7 
expresses gratitude for the sacrifices  
borne in battle by ,danish heroes in    
securing the shared interests of        
,denmark and the ,united ,states2 and   
7#d7 looks toward many more decades of  
shared prosperity1 peace1 cooperation1  
and friendship4