[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 18 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

Documents



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Monday, May 8, 2000

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Volume 36--Number 18
Pages 943-1020

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    Council of the Americas 30th Washington Conference--970
    Employment report--1015
    Independent Insurance Agents of America's National Legislative 
        Conference--961
    Iowa, Central High School in Davenport--988
    Kentucky, Audubon Elementary School in Owensboro--978
    Michigan
        Commencement address at Eastern Michigan University in 
            Ypsilanti--948
        NAACP Fight for Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit--953
    Minnesota, City Academy in St. Paul--990
    Ohio, roundtable discussion on reforming America's schools in 
        Columbus--1000
    Pennsylvania, departure for Farmington--1015
    Radio address--945
    White House Conference on Raising Teenagers and Resourceful Youth--
        967
    White House Correspondents' Association dinner--946

Bill Signings

    Federal reporting requirements, statement on legislation amending 
        certain--975

Communications to Congress

    Colombia, message transmitting report on the national emergency with 
        respect to significant narcotics traffickers--978
    Crude oil, letter--945

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Additional Guidelines for Charter Schools, memorandum--1012
    White House Program for the National Moment of Remembrance, 
        memorandum--978

Executive Orders

    Actions To Improve Low-Performing Schools--985
    Establishing the Kosovo Campaign Medal--987
    Further Amendment to Executive Order 11478, Equal Employment 
        Opportunity in Federal Government--977
  
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

Editor's Note: The President was in Farmington, PA, on May 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.

              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Contents--Continued

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters
        Rose Garden--1014
        South Grounds--1015
    Webside Chat with Tracy Smith of Channel One in St. Paul, MN--994

Letters and Messages

    Cinco de Mayo, message--1011

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Japan, Prime Minister Mori--1014

Proclamations

    Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month--958
    Jewish Heritage Week--976
    Law Day, U.S.A.--944
    Loyalty Day--959
    National Charter Schools Week--943
    National Day of Prayer--1011
    Older Americans Month--975

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, legal framework agreement--943
    Caribbean Basin and Africa, legislation on trade--1011
    Death of John Cardinal O'Connor--985
    Employment report, Bureau of Labor Statistics--1017
    Global Positioning System signals, decision to stop degrading--959
    U.S. Treasury ``Debt Buybacks''--960
    World Press Freedom Day--985

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--1019
    Checklist of White House press releases--1019
    Digest of other White House announcements--1017
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--1018

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