[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 15 (Monday, April 14, 2003)]
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

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Monday, April 14, 2003

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Volume 39_Number 15

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Pages 413	433

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 Contents

 Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Iraqi people, videotape remarks--424
    Maryland, visit with troops wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 
        Bethesda--427
    Radio address--414

 Communications to Congress

    North Atlantic Treaty, message transmitting Protocols on the 
        accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, 
        Slovakia, and Slovenia--426

Interviews With the News Media

     Exchange with reporters in Bethesda, MD--427
    News conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom 
        in Hillsborough, Northern Ireland, April 8--415

Joint Statements

    President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United 
        Kingdom on Iraq--420
    President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United 
        Kingdom and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland on Northern 
        Ireland--421

Letters and Messages

    National Youth Service Day, message to participants--425

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Ireland, Prime Minister Ahern--421
    United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair--415, 420, 421

Proclamations

    Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.--425
    National Crime Victims' Rights Week--413
    National D.A.R.E. Day--423
    National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day--421

Statements by the President

    Congress
         Action on the budget resolution--429
         Passage of Amber Alert system legislation--424
         House of Representatives passage of comprehensive energy 
            legislation--429
         Senate passage of legislation on the Faith-Based Initiative--
            422

Supplementary Materials

     Acts approved by the President--433
     Checklist of White House press releases--432
     Digest of other White House announcements--430
     Nominations submitted to the Senate--431
  

  Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on April 11, 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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Week Ending Friday, April 11, 2003