[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 18 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

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Monday, May 5, 1997

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Volume 33--Number 18
Pages 587-636

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Democratic National Committee gala--626
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial--631, 632
    Library of Congress, 100th anniversary of the Thomas Jefferson 
        Building--618
    Pennsylvania, Presidents' Summit for America's Future in 
        Philadelphia
            Kickoff--604
            Luncheon--610
            Opening ceremony--607
            President's Service Awards presentation--605
            Students, teachers, parents, and AmeriCorps volunteers--612
    Radio address--599
    Saxophone Club--629
    White House Correspondents' Association dinner--601

Bill Signings

    Assisted Suicide Funding Restriction Act of 1997, statement--617

Communications to Congress

    Cyprus, letter transmitting report--613

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Excused absence for employees affected by the flooding of the Red 
        River and its aftermath, memorandum--618
    Use of funds for the U.S. contribution to the Korean Peninsula 
        Energy Development Organization, memorandum--599

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters
        Oval Office--615

Interviews With the News Media--Continued

    Interview with Jacobo Goldstein of CNN Radio Noticias--621
    News conference with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan, 
        April 25 (No. 142)--587

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Japan, Prime Minister Hashimoto--587
    Spain, President Aznar--615

Proclamations

    Loyalty Day--625
    Older Americans Month--625

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    ``Adoption Promotion Act of 1997,'' House action--617
    Economic expansion and job creation--616
    Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses, 
        interim report--624
    Sentencing Commission action on penalties for drug offenses--614
    Senate confirmation of Alexis Herman as Secretary of Labor--617
    Senate resolution establishing a national day to erase the hate and 
        eliminate racism--617

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--636
    Checklist of White House press releases--635
    Digest of other White House announcements--634
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--635


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