[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 43 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

Documents



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Monday, October 26, 1998

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Volume 34--Number 43
Pages 2069-2099

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Appointments and Nominations; Resignations and Retirements
    Breast cancer research funding--2083
    Illinois, luncheon honoring Senator Moseley-Braun in Chicago--2069
    Legislative agenda--2092
    Radio address--2073
    Terrorist attack at Beersheba, Israel--2077
    Texas, flash floods--2077
    Wye River Middle East peace talks, departure--2077, 2092

Appointments and Nominations

    White House Office, Chief of Staff John Podesta, remarks--2081

Bill Signings

    Charter School Expansion Act of 1998, statement--2093
    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1999, statement--2077
    Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, 
        and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, statement--
        2086
    Gallatin Land Consolidation Act of 1998, statement--2082
    Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999, statement--2082

Bill Signings--Continued

    Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
        1999, statement--2075
    Year 2000 Information and Readiness Disclosure Act, statement--2078

Bill Vetoes

    ``Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998,'' message--
        2088

Communications to Congress

    See also Bill Vetoes
    Angola, letter reporting--2094
    Budget deferrals, letter reporting--2093
    Colombia, emergency with respect to
          significant narcotics traffickers
        Letter reporting--2089
        Message transmitting notice on continuation--2080

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Blocked property of terrorist-list states, memorandum on waiver--
        2088

Executive Orders

    Amendment to Executive Order 13021, Tribal Colleges and 
        Universities--2079

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchange with reporters on the South Lawn--2077



         (Continued on the inside of the back cover.)


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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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Contents--Continued

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    See Digest of other White House announcements

Notices

    Continuation of Emergency With Respect to Significant Narcotics 
        Traffickers Centered in Colombia--2080

Proclamations

    National Character Counts Week--2073

Resignations and Retirements

    White House Office, Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, remarks--2081

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    Death of Chris Georges--2083
    Georgia, violence in the Republic of--2079
    Homeownership, national rate--2092
    Senate action to confirm the Commissioner of the Food and Drug 
        Administration--2087

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--2098
    Checklist of White House press releases--2097
    Digest of other White House announcements--2096
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--2097

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Week Ending Friday, October 23, 1998