[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 44 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

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Monday, November 8, 1999

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Volume 35--Number 44
Pages 2199-2266

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Bill Vetoes; Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Connecticut, North End community in Hartford--2257
    EgyptAir Flight 990 aircraft tragedy--2213, 2218
    Foundry United Methodist Church, following services--2213
    Georgia
        Anti-Defamation League National Commission dinner in Atlanta--
            2206
        Democratic National Committee dinner in Atlanta--2199
    Middle East peace process--2229, 2230
    New Jersey
        Community in Newark--2246
        Project GRAD students at Malcolm X Shabazz High School in 
            Newark--2244
    Norway
        American Embassy community in Oslo--2231
        Departure for Oslo--2218
        Luncheon hosted by King Harald V in Oslo--2225
        Yitzhak Rabin, ceremony honoring memory in Oslo--2227
    Radio address--2211
    Shootings in Honolulu and Seattle--2233

Addresses and Remarks--Continued

    Wildlife refuge expansion to protect the salmon habitat in the 
        Columbia River, radio remarks--2263

Bill Signings

    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000, statement--2260

Bill Vetoes

    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2000, statement--2260
    District of Columbia, Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
        Services, and Education and related agencies appropriations bill
          Message--2237
          Remarks--2233

Communications to Congress

    See also Bill Vetoes
    Australia-U.S. agreement on technology for the separation of 
        isotopes of uranium by laser excitation with documentation, 
        message transmitting--2242
    ``Bipartisan Consensus Managed Care Improvement Act of 1999,'' 
        selection procedure for participants in joint House-Senate 
        conference, letter--2262
    Hurricane Floyd, disaster assistance and relocation funding, 
        letter--2263
    Minimum wage legislation, letter--2261
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

Editor's Note: The President was in Chicago, IL, on November 5, the 
closing date of this issue. Releases and announcements issued by the 
Office of the Press Secretary but not received in time for inclusion in 
this issue will be printed next week.

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Contents--Continued

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters
        Foundry United Methodist Church--2213
        Norway, Oslo--2221, 2226, 2229, 2230
        Rose Garden--2233
        South Lawn--2218
    Interviews
        Bryant Gumbel of CBS' ``Early Show''--2213
        Dan Patrick of ESPN Radio--2254
        Neil Cavuto of FOX News--2250

Joint Statements

    Joint Statement by President Clinton and Prime Minister Kjell 
        Bondevik--2224

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Israel, Prime Minister Barak--2229, 2230
    Norway
        King Harald V and Queen Sonja--2225, 2227
        Prime Minister Bondevik--2221
    Palestinian Authority, Chairman Arafat--2226, 2229, 2230

Proclamations

    Child Mental Health Month--2220
    National American Indian Heritage Month--2226

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings; Bill Vetoes

Statements by the President--Continued

    Deaths
        Daisy Bates--2260
        Walter Payton--2226
    District of Columbia appropriations legislation--2241
    Foreign operations appropriations bill, funding--2263
    House action on the proposed ``African Growth and Opportunity 
        Act''--2229
    Hurricane Floyd, additional assistance for victims--2259
    India, cyclone--2229
    Patients' Bill of Rights legislation--2242
    Senate action
        District of Columbia, Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
            Services, and Education and related agencies appropriations 
            bill--2230
        Financial system, legislation to reform--2260
    Senator John H. Chafee, naming guided missile cruiser in his honor--
        2213
    Verdict in the Matthew Shepard murder trial--2241

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--2266
    Checklist of White House press releases--2266
    Digest of other White House announcements--2264
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--2265

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