[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2003, Book I)] [January 1, 2003] [Pages A-1-A-15] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]Subject Index Administration of George W. Bush, 2003 Subject Index [[Page A-1]] Abortion. See Health and medical care Administration. See other part of subject Advisory. See other part of subject Aeronautics and Space Administration, National--732 Affirmative action. See Civil rights Afghanistan President--220 Reconstruction efforts--220 Trade with U.S.--47 Women's Council, U.S.-Afghan--730 Africa See also specific country African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum--54 AIDS prevention and care--85 Counterterrorism efforts--698 Food assistance program with U.S.--521 Trade with U.S.--54 U.S. assistance--54 Africa, Corporate Council on--696 African Development Foundation--737 African Development, New Partnership for--758 African Growth and Opportunity Act--54 African American History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission, National Museum of--728 Agency. See other part of subject Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, Federal--740 Agriculture Biocrop technology--521 Exports--521 Farmers and ranchers, assistance--194 Field inspections--315 Food assistance program with Africa--52 International food assistance--119 Agriculture, Department of Assistant Secretary--728 Forest Service--5 Secretary--226 AIDS. See HIV/AIDS AIDS Policy, Office of National--110 AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Global Fund to Fight--112 Air Force, Department of the See also Armed Forces, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S.--497 MacDill Air Force Base, FL--297 Operating location near Groom Lake, NV--102 Secretary--498 Airline industry. See Aviation; specific airline Airways, U.S., Inc.--312 Al Arabiyya--554 Al Qaida. See Terrorism Alabama, disaster assistance--755 Alaska, disaster assistance--752 Alfalfa Club--730 Algeria Earthquake--528 U.S. Ambassador--753 Ambassadors. See specific country or region Amber Alert. See Children and youth, Missing and exploited children American. See other part of subject America's Heritage Abroad, Commission for the Preservation of--745 Angola National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA)--281, 445 President--734 U.S. national emergency--281 Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board--733 Arctic Research Commission--755 Argentina Ambassador to U.S.--737 President--731 U.S. Ambassador--733 Arkansas Disaster assistance--727 President's visits--426 Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Compact Commission--741 Armed Forces Radio and Television. See Defense, Department of Armed Forces, U.S. See also Defense, Department of; Defense and national security; specific military department Liberia, deployment to stabilize--615 [[Page A-2]] Mauritania, deployment to stabilize--615 POWs/MIAs--289 Armenia Armenian Remembrance Day--385 Normal trade relations status--98 Arms and munitions See also Defense and national security; Law enforcement and crime; Nuclear weapons Arms control negotiations and agreements--256 Chemical and biological weapons--86, 695 Chemical Weapons Convention--164 Weapons of mass destruction--210 Army, Department of the See also Armed Forces, U.S. Assistant Secretary--730 Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command--739 Fort Hood, TX--20 Secretary--754 Walter Reed Army Medical Center--80 Arts, National Council on the--731 Arts, National Medal of--739 Assistive Technology Mobility Devices, Interagency Working Group on. See Government organizations and employees Association. See other part of subject Atlantic Summit--274 Atomic Energy Agency, International--450 Australia Prime Minister--151, 753 Relations with U.S.--152 Aviation Open skies agreement--689 Safety and security efforts--164 Azerbaijan Normal trade relations status--98 President--736 U.S. Ambassador--734 U.S. assistance--309 Bahrain, King--125 Bangladesh, U.S. Ambassador--749 Battle Monuments Commission, American--737 Belarus Normal trade relations status--570 U.S. Ambassador--753 Belgium, U.S. Ambassador--762 Benin, U.S. Ambassador--739 Biological weapons. See Arms and munitions Biotechnology Industry Organization Conference--673 Black Music Month--686 Blind or Severely Disabled, Committee for Purchase From People Who Are-- 730, 750, 763 Board. See other part of subject Boeing Integrated Defense Systems--348 Bolivia, Ambassador to U.S.--737 Bosnia-Herzegovina Peace efforts--127 U.S. military role--71 Botswana, President Bush's visit--761 Boy Scouts of America--734 Brazil President--757 Relations with U.S.--662 Budget, Federal See also Economy, national; specific agency Fiscal year 2003--34 Fiscal year 2004--204 Supplemental appropriations--293 Building Sciences, National Institute of--747 Bulgaria Foreign Minister--753 NATO membership--296 Prime Minister--736 Bureau. See other part of subject Burma Democracy and human rights--586 Detention of National League for Democracy leader--586 U.S. national emergency--501 Business and industry See also Employment and unemployment; specific State or industry; Taxation Corporate responsibility--46 Pollution prevention efforts--193 Small and minority business--31 Business Roundtable--748 Cabinet See also specific position under department or executive branch agency Members, meetings with President--25 California President's visits--413 Republican Party events--703 [[Page A-3]] Cameroon, President--743 Canada Prime Minister--732 Tuna fishing agreement with U.S.--45 Cancer Advisory Board, National--729 Cancer Panel, President's--734 Capital Planning Commission, National--732 Capital Revitalization Corporation, National--751 Caribbean region See also specific country AIDS prevention and care--85 Central Intelligence Agency--86 Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board--762 Chemical weapons. See Arms and munitions Children and youth See also specific subject Community service programs--331 Domestic violence--696 Missing and exploited children--307 Chile President--733 Trade with U.S.--99 China Premier--342 President--137 Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation--728 CIA. See Central Intelligence Agency Cinco de Mayo--434 Citizenship and Immigration Services, Bureau of. See Homeland Security, Department of Civil justice system. See Drug abuse and trafficking; Judiciary; Law enforcement and crime Civil rights See also specific subject Affirmative action--56 Discrimination--567 Clean Diamond Trade Act--386 Coast Guard, U.S. See Homeland Security, Department of College. See specific State Colombia Antinarcotics campaign, U.S. assistance--47 Narcotics traffickers, U.S. national emergency--347 Plan Colombia--128 President--141 Terrorist attack in Bogota--141 Trade with U.S.--402 U.S. Ambassador--749 Colorado, disaster assistance--749 Columbia. See Space program, Shuttle Commerce, Department of Assistant Secretaries--747 Deputy Secretary--226 Secretary--139 Telecommunications and Information Administration, National--607 Commerce, international See also specific country, region, or subject Conflict diamonds, trade ban legislation--386 Customs procedures, amendments--405 Export controls--571 Free and fair trade--402 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)--47 Group of Eight (G-8) nations--565 Normal trade relations status--98 Trade negotiations and agreements--99 U.S. dollar, strength--572 Commission. See other part of subject Committee. See other part of subject Communications Cuba, telecommunications services payments--243 Do-Not-Call Registry, National--702 International Telecommunication Union, Constitution and Convention of the--404 National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace--178 News media. See specific country or news organization Radio frequency spectrum initiative--605 Communications Commission, Federal--607 Community Service, Corporation for National and--103 Conference. See other part of subject Congo, Democratic Republic of the, conflict resolution--698 Congress See also specific subject House majority leader--739 House minority leader--739 Members, meetings with President--40- 735, 741-762 Senate majority leader--110, 142, 748, 761 Senate minority leader--739 [[Page A-4]] Speaker of the House of Representatives--82, 739, 744, 748, 761 Connecticut Disaster assistance--741 Governor--399 President's visits--518 Yale University in New Haven--758 Conservation See also Environment; Maritime affairs Forest management--514-518 Wilderness and wildlife preservation--265 Consolidated Appropriations Resolution, 2003--194 Consumer Cooperative Bank, National--728 Corporate responsibility. See Business and industry Corporation. See other part of subject Corruption, Inter-American Convention Against. See Law enforcement and crime Costa Rica, President--748 Council. See other part of subject Crime. See Law enforcement and crime Croatia, U.S. Ambassador--740 Cuba Cuban Independence Day--518 Democracy and human rights--65 Telecommunications services with U.S.--243 U.S. national emergency--225 Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996--65 Cultural Property Advisory Committee--730 Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of. See Homeland Security, Department of Cyprus Conflict resolution--35 U.S. Ambassador--35 U.S. Special Coordinator--35 Czech Republic President--732 Prime Minister--761 Defense and national security See also Arms and munitions; Aviation; Nuclear weapons; Terrorism Export controls, U.S. national emergency--571 Infrastructure protection--178 Military strength and deterrence--380 National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets--178 Defense, Department of See also Armed Forces, U.S.; specific military department Armed Forces Radio and Television Assistant Secretaries--727 Deputy Secretary--175 Deputy Under Secretary--728 Funding--294 Joint Chiefs of Staff--297 Presidential Envoy to Iraq--440 Retirement Board of Actuaries--753 Secretary--175 Under Secretary--733 Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences--729 U.S. Military Academy--728 Defense Industries, United--413 Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board--750 Delaware, disaster assistance--744 Delaware River Basin Commission--731 Denmark, Prime Minister--734 Department. See other part of subject Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal--760 Development, U.S. Agency for International (USAID)--55 Dinner, President's--523 Disability, National Council on--736 Disabled persons--162 Disarmament, Conference on--761 Disaster assistance Alabama--755 Alaska--752 American Samoa--759 Arkansas--727 Colorado--749 Connecticut--741 Delaware--744 District of Columbia--743 Emergency funding--347 Florida--752 Illinois--756 Kansas--754 Kentucky--742 Maine--741 Maryland--742 Massachusetts--741 Micronesia--727 Mississippi--751 Missouri--484 New Hampshire--741 [[Page A-5]] New Jersey--744 New York--738 North Carolina--746 Ohio--742 Oklahoma--733 Pennsylvania--742 Rhode Island--746 September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, emergency funds--320 South Carolina--727 Tennessee--744 Virginia--746 West Virginia--742 Discrimination. See Civil rights Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for. See Health and Human Services, Department of District of Columbia Disaster assistance--743 Mayor--103 Militia--761 Djibouti, President--729 Do-Not-Call Registry, National. See Communications Dominican Republic President--756 U.S. Ambassador--211 Drug abuse and trafficking Drug control cooperation with Colombia--196 Foreign narcotics traffickers, U.S. sanctions--584 Prevention and treatment efforts--84 Drug Enforcement Administration. See Justice, Department of Drug-Free Communities, Advisory Commission on--744 Earth Day--358 Earth Observation Summit. See Environment East Timor, Ambassador to U.S.--754 Easter--352 Economic Advisers, Council of--737 Economic Council, National--29 Economy, international. See Commerce, international Economy, national See also Budget, Federal; Employment and unemployment Growth rate--221 Improvement--27 Stimulus legislation--464 Ecuador, President--729 Education See also specific State Affirmative action--56 Literacy initiatives--24 Mentoring and tutoring programs--84 Reform legislation--35 Standards and accountability--38 Teachers--396 Title I funding--24 Education, Department of Assistant Secretary--740 Commissioner for Education Statistics--759 Secretary--36 Egypt See also Middle East Nile TV--552 President--460, 749 President Bush's visit--587 Relations with U.S.--553 Eid al-Adha--154 El Salvador, President--748 Election Assistance Commission--759 Elections See also specific party, State, or country 2004 Presidential election--500 Employment and unemployment See also Business and industry; Economy, national Job creation and growth--16 Unemployment benefits--33 Unemployment insurance legislation--528 Unemployment rate--413 Energy Alternative technologies--84 Fusion energy--109 Hydrogen--224 Low-income home energy assistance--242 National energy plan, proposed--336 Energy, Department of Assistant Secretaries--735 Deputy Secretary--464 Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal--740 Nuclear Security Administration, National--733 Secretary--132 Under Secretary--733 Energy Regulatory Commission, Federal. See Energy, Department of Enterprise Institute, American--216 Environment See also Conservation [[Page A-6]] Pollution prevention and reduction--84 Environmental Cooperation, Joint Public Advisory Committee of the Commission for--735 Environmental Protection Agency--132 Environmental Quality, Council on--515 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission--340 Estonia Foreign Minister--753 NATO membership--296 Prime Minister--735 Europe See also specific country Assistance to developing countries--576 Aviation agreement with U.S.--689 Hydrogen energy agreement with U.S.--693 Relations with U.S.--274 Weapons of mass destruction--694 European Union--182 Export Council, President's--737 Export-Import Bank of the U.S.--748 Exports, U.S. See Commerce, international Faith-based and community organizations initiative. See Government organizations and employees Famine Fund for Africa--738 FBI. See Justice, Department of Federal. See other part of subject FEMA. See Homeland Security, Department of Fine Arts, Commission on--758 Fishery agreements. See Maritime affairs Flag Day and National Flag Week--634 Florida Disaster assistance--752 Governor--165 President's visits--165 Republican Party events--718 Food and Drug Administration. See Health and Human Services, Department of Foreign policy, U.S. See also specific country, region, or subject Foreign assistance, accountability standards--129 Human rights--701 International food assistance--119 Forest Service. See Agriculture, Department of Foster Care Month, National--434 France President--342 President Bush's visit--585 Relations with U.S.--153 TV3--551 Freedom Corps, USA--102 Frontier Airlines--164 General Services Administration--361 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP). See Commerce, international Georgia President's visits--185 Republican Party event--668 Germany Chancellor--342 Relations with U.S.--249 Government organizations and employees See also Budget, Federal; specific agency or organization Assistive Technology Mobility Devices, Interagency Working Group on--162 Faith-based and community organizations initiative--128 Federal drug and substance abuse programs--633 Spectrum Task Force, Federal Government--606 Terrorist Threat Integration Center--176 Governors Association, National--203 Governors Island National Monument, establishment--140 Great American Cleanup--571 Greece, Prime Minister--688 Gridiron Club--740 Group of Eight nations (G-8). See Commerce, international Guatemala, President--748 Guyana Ambassador to U.S.--110 U.S. Ambassador--738 Haiti, U.S. Ambassador--737 Hawaii, Governor--708 Health and Human Services, Department of Assistant Secretaries--211 Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for--110 Food and Drug Administration--110 Health, National Institutes of--110 [[Page A-7]] Indian Health Service--746 Information technology funding--240 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program--242 Medicare and Medicaid--83 Secretary--51 Surgeon General--103 Health and medical care Abortion--72 Medical liability reform--58 Medical research. See Science and technology Prescription drugs--241 Public health system--315 Quality and consumer protection--240 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)--444 Vaccinations--86 Health, National Institutes of. See Health and Human Services, Department of Hispanic Prayer Breakfast, National--492 Historic Preservation, Advisory Council on--755 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, President's Board of Advisors on--757 HIV/AIDS--55 HIV/AIDS, Presidential Advisory Council on--732 Holocaust Memorial Council, U.S.--745 Holocaust Memorial Museum, U.S.--760 Homeland Security Advisory Council--45 Homeland Security Council--231 Homeland Security, Department of Assistant Press Secretary--729 Assistant Secretaries--728 Chief Financial Officer--739 Chief Human Capital Officer--753 Chief Information Officer--727 Citizenship and Immigration Services, Bureau of--734 Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Officer--750 Coast Guard, U.S.--279 Counterterrorism efforts--86 Customs and Border Protection, Bureau of--228 Deputy Secretary--730 Domestic Preparedness, Office of--756 Emergency Management Agency, Federal--120 Funding--338 General Counsel--741 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Bureau of--313 Inspector General--730 Press Secretary--729 Reorganization plan--109 Science and Technology Directorate--227 Secretary--26, 732, 743, 746 Under Secretaries--226 Honduras, President--748 Housing and Urban Development, Department of Housing Enterprise Oversight, Office of Federal--733 Secretary--211 Housing Finance Board, Federal--761 Human rights. See Foreign policy, U.S.; specific country or region Humanities Medal, National--738 Hungary, Prime Minister--737 Illinois Disaster assistance--756 President's visits--28 Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Bureau of. See Homeland Security, Department of Immigration and naturalization See also specific country or region Border security--295 Illegal immigration--18 Visa policies--295 Immigration and Naturalization Service. See Justice, Department of India Deputy Prime Minister--760 Prime Minister--681 Relations with Pakistan--684 U.S. assistance--685 Indian Affairs, Bureau of. See Interior, Department of the Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, Institute of American--750 Indian Health Service. See Health and Human Services, Department of Indiana Governor--477 President's visits--477 Indonesia Free Aceh Movement, negotiations with--496 President--735 Prime Minister--496 [[Page A-8]] Information Security Classification Appeals Panel--761 Information Technology Advisory Committee, President's--754 Infrastructure Advisory Council, National--745 Insular Areas, Interagency Group on. See Interior, Department of the Intelligence Oversight Board--740 Intelligence. See Defense and national security Interior, Department of the Indian Affairs, Bureau of--515 Insular Areas, Interagency Group on--754 Park Service, National--751 Secretary--515 Special Trustee for American Indians--727 International. See other part of subject Investigation, Federal Bureau of. See Justice, Department of Iran Nuclear weapons development--449 Relations with U.S.--377 U.S. national emergency--261 Iraq Democracy and human rights--354 Development Fund, U.S. national emergency--529 Humanitarian assistance--291 Interim Government--325 Looting by Iraqi citizens--376 Post-liberation report--633 President--27 Reconstruction efforts--446 Regime change--250 Relations with Syria--334 Relations with U.S.--117 United Nations sanctions--529 United Nations Security Council resolutions--50 United Nations weapons inspections--88 U.S. assistance--217 U.S. confiscation of Iraqi property--283 U.S. military operations--278, 318, 320, 330, 334, 337, 343, 350, 372, 391, 410 U.S. national emergency--101 U.S. Presidential Envoy--440 U.S. prisoners of war--289 U.S. sanctions--446 U.S. servicemembers, casualties--333 Weapons of mass destruction--50 Ireland Northern Ireland. See Northern Ireland Prime Minister--262 IRS. See Treasury, Department of the Israel See also Middle East Prime Minister--25, 732, 755, 756, 758, 759 Terrorist attacks--25 Italy Ambassador to U.S.--754 President--736 Prime Minister--107 Relations with U.S.--107 James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation--748 Japan Prime Minister--342 Relations with U.S.--531 Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003--544 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. See Smithsonian Institution Joint Chiefs of Staff. See Defense, Department of Jordan See also Middle East King--589 President Bush's visit--589 Judiciary See also specific court Federal court nominations--154, 453 Judicial confirmation process--258 Juneteenth--661 Justice Assistance, Bureau of. See Justice, Department of Justice, Department of Administrator of Drug Enforcement--744 Assistant Attorneys General--741 Associate Attorney General--747 Attorney General--103 [[Page A-9]] Immigration and Naturalization Service--18 Investigation, Federal Bureau of--46 Parole Commission, U.S.--762 Violence Against Women, Office of--738 Kansas, disaster assistance--754 Kansas-Nebraska Big Blue River Compact Administration--745 Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Commission--731 Kazakhstan, normal trade relations status--98 Kennedy Center. See Smithsonian Institution Kentucky, disaster assistance--742 Kenya, U.S. Ambassador--740 Korea, North Chairman--16 Foreign Minister--28 Nuclear weapons, development--49 Relations with U.S.--17 Korea, South Ambassador to U.S.--754 President--253 Relations with U.S.--489 Kosovo Peace efforts--118 U.S. military role--487 U.S. national emergency--544 Kuwait Amir--736 Deputy Prime Minister--759 Minister of Foreign Affairs--736 Kyrgyzstan, U.S. Ambassador--746 Labor, Department of Secretary--51 Solicitor--753 Labor Relations Authority, Federal--750 Latino Coalition--211 Latvia Foreign Minister--753 NATO membership--296 President--735 Law enforcement and crime See also Drug abuse and trafficking Corporate fraud--46 Corruption, Inter-American Convention Against, report--316 Counterterrorism efforts. See Terrorism Memorial ceremony for law enforcement officers--494 Missing and exploited children--307 Legal Services Corporation--747 Legal system. See Judiciary Liberia Evacuation of U.S. citizens--615 Peace efforts--698 President--698 U.S. national emergency--64 Libya, U.S. national emergency--19 Lithuania Foreign Minister--753 NATO membership--296 U.S. Ambassador--739 Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. See Health and Human Services, Department of Lunar New Year--90 Madagascar, Ambassador to U.S.--737 Maine Disaster assistance--741 President's visits--635 Malawi, U.S. Ambassador--746 Maldives Ambassador to U.S.--737 U.S. Ambassador--733 Malta, Ambassador to U.S.--737 Management and Budget, Office of--34 March for Life--72 Marine Corps, U.S. See Navy, Department of the Maritime affairs Coastal zone management--633 Fishery agreements--45 Ocean and coastal activities report--280 Pollution from ships, international convention on--496 Seaports, security efforts--279 Maritime Commission, Federal--748 Marshall Islands, U.S. Ambassador--755 Maryland Disaster assistance--742 Governor--67 President's visits--67 Massachusetts, disaster assistance--741 Mauritania Evacuation of U.S. citizens--615 U.S. Ambassador--733 Mauritius, Prime Minister--762 [[Page A-10]] Mayors, U.S. Conference of--730 Medal. See other part of subject Medical Association, American--236 Medical care. See Health and medical care Medicare and Medicaid. See Health and Human Services, Department of Memorial Day--537 Mental Retardation, President's Committee on--728 Merit Systems Protection Board--750 Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority--749 Mexico President--732 Taxation convention with U.S.--210 MIAs. See Armed Forces, U.S. Michigan Governor--91 President's visits--91 Michigan, University of--56 Micronesia, disaster assistance--727 Middle East See also Palestinian Authority and Palestinians; specific country Judicial reform--460 Peace efforts--25 Terrorists threatening peace efforts, U.S. national emergency--68, 69 Trade development--589 Trade with U.S.--460 U.S. assistance--460 Military, U.S. See Armed Forces, U.S.; Defense, Department of Military Academy, U.S. See Defense, Department of Millennium Challenge Account--129 Millennium Challenge Corporation--129 Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Federal--734 Minnesota Governor--655 Micro Control Company in Fridley--761 President's visits--655 Minority business. See Business and industry Mississippi, disaster assistance--751 Missouri Disaster assistance--484 Governor--484 President's visits--73 Moldova Normal trade relations status--98 U.S. Ambassador--735 Monetary Fund, International--734 Mongolia Ambassador to U.S.--737 U.S. Ambassador--742 Montana, Governor--515 Morocco, terrorist attack in Casablanca--503 Mortgage Association, Federal National--757 Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal. See Transportation, Department of Mozambique President--697 U.S. Ambassador--741 Museum Services Board, National--744 NASA. See Aeronautics and Space Administration, National National. See other part of subject NATO. See North Atlantic Treaty Organization Naval Academy, U.S. See Navy, Department of the Navy, Department of the See also Armed Forces, U.S. Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet--169 Marine Corps, U.S.--317 Naval Academy, U.S.--738 Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, CA--752 Secretary--464 U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln--408 Nebraska Governor--470 President's visit--470 Nebraska Big Blue River Compact Administration, Kansas---745 Netherlands, Prime Minister--730 New Hampshire, disaster assistance--741 New Jersey Andrea Foods in Orange--761 Disaster assistance--744 President's visits--636 New Mexico Governor--464 MCT Industries in Albuquerque--755 President's visit--464 New York Disaster assistance--738 Governor--117 Governors Island--117 President's visits--677 Republican Party event--677 Nicaragua, President--748 [[Page A-11]] Nigeria President--758 President Bush's visit--761 No Child Left Behind Act--35 Normal trade relations status. See Commerce, international; specific country North Atlantic Treaty Organization--71, 451, 561, 753 North Carolina Disaster assistance--746 President's visits--317 Northern Ireland Peace efforts--262 President Bush's visit--322 Sinn Fein party--325 U.S. Special Envoy--760 Norway Prime Minister--752 Social Security agreement with U.S.--128 Nowruz--283 Nuclear Regulatory Commission--746 Nuclear Security Administration, National. See Energy, Department of Nuclear weapons See also Arms and munitions Former Soviet Union, securing nuclear weapons, material, and expertise--260 Nonproliferation--256 Spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste, disposal--570 OAS. See States, Organization of American Office. See other part of subject Ohio Disaster assistance--742 Governor--207 Lima Army Tank Plant in Lima--367 President's visits--360 Timken Company, The, in Canton--360 Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission--750 Oklahoma, disaster assistance--733 Oklahoma Arkansas River Commission, Kansas---731 Oklahoma Arkansas River Compact Commission, Arkansas---741 Oman, Sultan--740 Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC)--55 Pakistan President--681 Prime Minister--742 Relations with India--684 Trade with U.S.--682 U.S. assistance--682 Palau, President--518 Palestinian Authority and Palestinians See also Middle East Chairman--379 Finance Minister--534 Minister of State for Security Affairs--635 Prime Minister--264 Statehood--559 U.S. assistance--594 Panama Ambassador to U.S.--686 Foreign Minister--686 President--686 Papua New Guinea, U.S. Ambassador--749 Park Service, National. See Interior, Department of the Parole Commission, U.S. See Justice, Department of Passover--352 Peace Corps--104 Peace, U.S. Institute of--747 Pennsylvania Disaster assistance--742 President's visits--57 University of Scranton in Scranton--57 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation--744 Personnel Management, Office of--359 Peru, President--739 Philippines President--503 Relations with U.S.--503-510 Poland President--568, 574 President Bush's visit--574 Prime Minister--574 Relations with U.S.--568 TVP--567 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 60th anniversary--752 Portugal President Bush's visit--267 Prime Minister--267 Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003--359 Postal Service, U.S.--359 Potomac River Basin, Interstate Commission on the--742 POWs. See Armed Forces, U.S. Prayer Breakfast, National--130 [[Page A-12]] Prayer, National Day of--406 President. See other part of subject Presidential. See other part of subject Prison Fellowship Ministries--761 Prison Industries, Federal, Inc.--753 Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003--398 Public Broadcasting, Corporation for--728 Public Diplomacy, U.S. Advisory Commission on--736 Qatar Amir--449 Minister of Foreign Affairs--740 President Bush's visit--608 Radiocommunications Conference, World--733 Railroad Retirement Board--729 Red Cross, American--313 Refugees. See specific country or region Regulatory reform. See Government organizations and employees Religious Broadcasters Convention, National--146 Religious leaders, meetings with President--130 Remembrance, White House Commission on the National Moment of--750 Republican Party See also Elections; specific State Fundraisers--523 Retreat--141 Reserve System, Federal--357 Rhode Island, disaster assistance--746 Romania Foreign Minister--753 NATO membership--296 President--736 Russia Highly enriched uranium disposition, U.S. national emergency--620 Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions--256 Normal trade relations status--98 President--450 President Bush's visit--579 Relations with U.S.--561 RTR TV--572 Securing nuclear weapons, material, and expertise--260 Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Collaboration meeting in St. Petersburg--109 World Trade Organization, membership--566 Rwanda Ambassador to U.S.--754 President--735 Sabine River Compact Administration--749 Saint Patrick's Day--262 Salary Council, Federal--746 Samoa, American, disaster assistance--759 Saudi Arabia See also Middle East Ambassador to U.S.--731 Crown Prince--459 Minister of Foreign Affairs--731 Terrorist attacks in Riyadh--477 Scholars, White House Commission on Presidential--734 Schools. See Education; specific State Science and technology Biotechnology--673 Communications. See Communications Human cloning--224 Human genome research--342 Medical research--124 Science and Technology Policy, Office of--732 Science, President's Committee on the National Medal of--733 Securities and Exchange Commission--29 Security Council, National--603- 749, 751 Security, national. See Defense and national security Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, President's National-- 751 Selective Service System--751 Senate Youth Program, U.S.--739 Senegal President--758 President Bush's visit--761 Sentencing Commission, U.S.--729 Serbia and Montenegro (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) Prime Minister--260 U.S. national emergency--544 Service and Civic Participation, President's Council on--731 Sierra Leone Ambassador to U.S.--754 U.S. national emergency--64 [[Page A-13]] Singapore Ambassador to U.S.--442 Prime Minister--442 Trade with U.S.--100 U.S. Ambassador--442 Slovakia Foreign Minister--753 NATO membership--296 President--748 Prime Minister--737 Slovenia Foreign Minister--753 NATO membership--296 Small Business Administration--73 Small business. See Business and industry Smithsonian Institution John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts--745 Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars--728 Social Security--128 Social Security Administration--129 Solomon Islands, U.S. Ambassador--749 South Africa President--698 President Bush's visit--761 South Carolina Disaster assistance--727 Governor--457 President's visits--457 University of South Carolina in Columbia--457 Southern States Energy Board--745 Space program See also Aeronautics and Space Administration, National International Space Station--581 Shuttle--119 Spain President--198 Relations with U.S.--446 Special Counsel, Office of--762 Special Education, President's Commission on Excellence in--727 Spectrum Task Force, Federal Government. See Government organizations and employees Sports Baseball--539 Basketball--647 Football--497 Golf--535 Hockey--647 NCAA championship teams--207 Sri Lanka Ambassador to U.S.--737 U.S. Ambassador--733 State and local governments See also specific subject or State Federal grants--204 Homeland security efforts--176 Unemployment benefits--33 Welfare reform--52 State, Department of Ambassadors. See specific country or region Assistant Secretaries--594 Deputy Assistant Secretary--697 Deputy Secretary--174 International agreements, report--236 Presidential Envoy to Iraq--440 Secretary--25 Special Coordinator for Cyprus--35 Special Envoy for Western Hemisphere Initiatives--727 Special Envoy of the President for Northern Ireland--760 Special Envoy to Sudan--698 Special Representative of the President for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons--761 Under Secretary--184 States, Organization of American--316 Sudan Peace efforts--357 President--357 Sudan People's Liberation Movement--357 U.S. national emergency--419 U.S. Special Envoy for Peace--698 Supreme Court of the U.S.--56 Suriname, U.S. Ambassador--745 Susquehanna River Basin Commission--731 Sweden, Prime Minister--731 Syria Relations with Iraq--334 Relations with U.S.--334 Weapons of mass destruction--339 Taiwan, World Health Organization, participation--556 [[Page A-14]] Tajikistan Ambassador to U.S.--737 Normal trade relations status--98 Tax Relief Coalition--435 Taxation Bilateral conventions and agreements--210 Child tax credit--545 Dividends, double taxation--27 Estate tax legislation--654 Tax cuts for small and minority businesses--33 Tax relief legislation--31 Teacher of the Year, National--396 Technology. See Science and technology Telecommunications and Information Administration, National. See Commerce, Department of Telecommunication Union, International, Constitution and Convention of the. See Communications Telemundo television network--736 Tennessee Disaster assistance--744 President's visit--146 Tennessee Valley Authority--733 Terrorism See also Defense and national security; specific State, country, or region Al Qaida terrorist group--236 Counterterrorism efforts--86 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism--178 Persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism, U.S. national emergency--288 Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, National Commission on--320 Terrorist Threat Integration Center. See Government organizations and employees Texas Governor--20 President's visits--1 Thailand Crown Prince--760 Minister of Foreign Affairs--627 President Bush's visit--760 Prime Minister--759 Relations with U.S.--626 Togo, U.S. Ambassador--736 Trade agreements. See Commerce, international; specific country Trade Commission, Federal--702 Trade Policy and Negotiations, Advisory Committee for--729 Trade Representative, Office of the U.S.--54 Trade. See Commerce, international Transportation system, safety efforts--315 Transportation, Department of Assistant Secretaries--738 Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal--738 Secretary--226 Under Secretaries--226 Transportation Safety Board, National--728 Treasury, Department of the Assistant Secretary--740 Chief Financial Officer--746 Deputy Secretary--139 Internal Revenue Service--545 Secretary--29 Treasurer--211 Treaties and conventions. See specific country, region, or subject Trinidad and Tobago, Ambassador to U.S.--737 Tropical Tuna Commission, Inter-American--758 Tunisia, U.S. Ambassador--746 Turkey AK Party Chairman--740 Earthquake in Bingol Province--425 Minister of Foreign Affairs--735 Minister of State--735 NATO defense support--184 President--753 Prime Minister--751 Relations with U.S.--182 U.S. Ambassador--736 Turkmenistan Normal trade relations status--98 U.S. Ambassador--750 TV3--551 Uganda Ambassador to U.S.--110 President--394 President Bush's visit--761 Ukraine Normal trade relations status--98 U.S. Ambassador--752 [[Page A-15]] Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences. See Defense, Department of UNITA. See Angola United Arab Emirates, President--741 United Kingdom Northern Ireland. See Northern Ireland Prime Minister--114 United Nations Assistance to Iraq--327 High Commissioner for Human Rights--739 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture--701 Oil for Food Programme--301 Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons--741 Sanctions on Iraq--529 Secretary-General--35 Security Council--140 U.S. participation--281 U.S. Representatives--728 World Food Programme--738 World Health Organization--556 United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003--541 Universities. See specific State U.S. See other part of subject Urban Air Toxics Research Center, National--738 Uruguay, President--747 USA Today--738 Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Commission--759 Uzbekistan, normal trade relations status--98 Valles Caldera Trust--755 Valor Review Board, Medal of--741 Vanuatu, U.S. Ambassador--749 Venezuela, Ambassador to U.S.--737 Veterans Affairs, Department of Assistant Secretaries--729 Secretary--307 Under Secretary--728 Veterans Business Development Corporation, National--742 Vietnam, normal trade relations status--569 Vietnam Education Foundation--740 Violence Against Women, Office of. See Justice, Department of Virginia Disaster assistance--746 Flag Company, National Capital, in Alexandria--41 Northern Virginia Community College--642 President's visits--41 Voluntarism--332 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 60th anniversary--752 Washington, DC. See District of Columbia Weapons. See Arms and munitions; Nuclear weapons Welfare system, reform--50 West Virginia Disaster assistance--742 President's visit--141 Western Balkans See also specific country U.S. national emergency--98 U.S. sanctions--549 Western Interstate Nuclear Board--755 White House, Committee for the Preservation of the--728 White House Correspondents' Association--752 White House Fellowships, President's Commission on--755 White House Office Assistants to President Deputy Chiefs of Staff--755 Domestic Policy--162 Economic Policy--607 Homeland Security--231 Lower Press Office Staff Assistant--729 Presidential Personnel--728 Press Secretary--665 Security Adviser, National--35 Senior Adviser to President--756 Chief of Staff--372 Counsel to President--454 Wildlife Refuge System, National--265 Wildlife. See Conservation Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. See Smithsonian Institution World Health Organization. See United Nations World Trade Organization--566 Youth Service Day, National--331 Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of. See Serbia and Montenegro Yugoslavia, former. See specific country or region; Western Balkans Zambia, Ambassador to U.S.--737 Zimbabwe, U.S. national emergency--255