[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 17 (Monday, May 3, 1999)]
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Weekly Compilation of

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Monday, May 3, 1999

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Volume 35--Number 17
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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Bill Signings; Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Balkans, situation in--759
    Gun control legislation, proposed--746
    Maryland, Democratic National Committee dinner in Chevy Chase--756
    National Medals of Science and Technology, presentation--750
    NATO 50th Anniversary Summit
        Close--735
        Commemorative ceremony--710
        Departure--708
        Dinner--715
        Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
            Dinner--733
            Opening session--734
        NATO-Ukraine Commission--732
        North Atlantic Council
            Meeting on Kosovo--709
            Meeting with the frontline states--733
            Opening session--716
    School violence, measures to address--767
    Radio address--717
    ``The Third Way: Progressive Governance for the 21st Century,'' 
        discussion--736
    Union of American Hebrew Congregations dinner honoring Rabbi David 
        Saperstein--742

Bill Signings

    Education Flexibility Act of 1999, remarks--761

Communications to Congress

    Nuclear weapons stockpile, letter transmitting report on 
        certification--741
    Ordering Reserves to active duty to support military action in 
        Kosovo, message transmitting Executive order--754

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Establishment of the Interagency Commission on Crime and Security in 
        U.S. Seaports, memorandum--755
    Kosovo
        Assistance to refugees fleeing, memorandum--767
        Emergency refugee admissions consultations relating to Kosovars, 
            memorandum --769
    Renewing the Federal Government-University Research Partnership for 
        the 21st Century, memorandum--753

Executive Orders

    Ordering the Selected Reserve and Certain Individual Ready Reserve 
        Members of the Armed Forces to Active Duty--754

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters
        Rose Garden--705, 759
        South Lawn--708
    Interview with Katie Couric of the National Broadcasting 
        Corporation--763
    News conference, April 24 (No. 173)--728
  
  
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Contents--Continued

Joint Statements

    Kosovo--711
    Washington Declaration--713
    Washington Summit Communique--718

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    NATO leaders--705, 709-711, 713, 715, 716, 718, 732-736

Proclamations

    National Crime Victims' Rights Week--707
    National Science and Technology Week--715

Statements by the President

    Congressional inaction on legislation to strengthen Social 
        Security--714
    Economy, national--769

Statements by the President--Continued

    Ordering Reserves to active duty to support military action in 
        Kosovo, Executive order calling--753
    Tobacco
        Legislation to waive the Federal Government's claim to tobacco 
            settlement funds--763
        Supreme Court's decision to consider Food and Drug 
            Administration regulation of tobacco products--741
    Working Group on Financial Markets report--763

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--771
    Checklist of White House press releases--770
    Digest of other White House announcements--770
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--770

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