[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 29 (Monday, July 21, 2003)]
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Weekly Compilation of

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Monday, July 21, 2003

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Volume 39--Number 29

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Contents

 Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Nigeria, Leon H. Sullivan Summit in Abuja--910
    Radio address--913
    Texas, HealthierUS Initiative in Dallas--931
    Urban leaders--920

 Bill Signings

    Legislation to provide Bill Emerson and Mickey Leland Hunger 
        Fellowships, statement--917

 Communications to Congress

    Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, 
        letter on review of title III--925
    Requests to change appropriations law and budget amendment for the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, letter transmitting--920
    U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement, message transmitting proposed 
        legislation to implement--918
    U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, message transmitting proposed 
        legislation to implement--919

Interviews With the News Media

     Exchanges with reporters
         Abuja, Nigeria--909
         Oval Office--914
    News conference with Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United 
        Kingdom, July 17--926

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Nigeria, President Obasanjo--909, 910
    United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair--926
    United Nations, Secretary-General Annan--914

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    African Union, welcoming new leadership--914
    Death of Celia Cruz--931
    House of Representatives action on the ``Project BioShield Act of 
        2003''--925
    Iraqi Governing Council, establishment--917

Supplementary Materials

     Acts approved by the President--938
     Checklist of White House press releases--937
     Digest of other White House announcements--935
     Nominations submitted to the Senate--937
  

  Editor's Note: The President was at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, on 
July 18, 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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