[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 51 (Monday, December 23, 2002)]
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

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Monday, December 23, 2002

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Volume 38--Number 51

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Pages 2167-2186

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 Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Capital Area Food Bank--2177
    Radio address--2167
    White House Children's Story Hour--2170

Appointments and Nominations

    National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 
        Chairman, statement--2168

Bill Signings

    E-Government Act of 2002, statement--2174
    Legislation to reauthorize the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act 
        of 1998 and for other purposes, statement--2179
    National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002, statement--
        2178

Communications to Congress

    Aloha Airlines, Inc., subsidy budget authority request, letter--2176
    Northern Ireland, letter transmitting report--2167
    Nuclear proliferation created by the accumulation of weapons-usable 
        fissile material in the territory of the Russian Federation, 
        letter transmitting report on national emergency with respect to 
        the risk --2175
    World intellectual property rights, letter transmitting report--2175

Executive Orders

    Half-Day Closing of Executive Departments and Agencies of the 
        Federal Government on Tuesday, December 24, 2002--2179

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchange with reporters in the Oval Office--2179

Joint Statements

    President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Voronin on U.S.-
        Moldovan Relations--2173
    United States of America and Negara Brunei Darussalam--2169

Letters and Messages

    Christmas, message--2181
    Kwanzaa, message--2182

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Brunei, Sultan Hassanal--2169
    Denmark, Foreign Minister Moller--2179
    Moldova, President Voronin--2173
    Russia, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ivanov--2179
    Spain, President Aznar--2175
    United Nations, Secretary-General Annan--2179

Proclamations

    Wright Brothers Day--2170
(Continued on the inside of the back cover)

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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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Contents--Continued

Resignations and Retirements

    Federal Emergency Management Agency, Director, statement--2168
    National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, 
        Chairman, statement--2167
    White House Office, Assistant to the President for Legislative 
        Affairs, statement--2173

Statements by the President

    See also Appointments and Nominations; Bill Signings; Resignations 
        and Retirements

Statements by the President--Continued

    Democratic Republic of the Congo, peace agreement--2176
    Senator Trent Lott's decision not to seek the Senate majority 
        leader's position--2181
    National missile defense initiative--2172

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--2184
    Checklist of White House press releases--2183
    Digest of other White House announcements--2182
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--2183

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