[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 43 (Monday, October 27, 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, October 27, 2003

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Volume 39_Number 43
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 Contents

 Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Australia, Parliament in Canberra--1456
    Hawaii, Bush-Cheney reception in Honolulu--1459
    Philippines
         Joint session of the Philippine Congress in Quezon City--1427
         State dinner hosted by President Macapagal-Arroyo in Manila--
            1431
    Radio address--1423
    Thailand
         Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok--1434
         State dinner hosted by King Phumiphon Adunyadet and Queen 
            Sirikit in Bangkok--1436

 Communications to Federal Agencies

    Certification Concerning U.S. Participation in the U.N. Mission in 
        Liberia Consistent With Section 2005 of the American 
        Servicemembers' Protection Act, memorandum--1439

 Communications to Federal Agencies--Continued

    Presidential Determination on FY 2004 Refugee Admissions Numbers and 
        Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status, memorandum--1441
    Presidential Determination on Sudan Peace Act, memorandum--1441

Interviews With the News Media

     Exchanges with reporters
         Bangkok, Thailand--1432
         Canberra, Australia--1454
         Manila, Philippines--1424
     Interviews
         Antonio Baltazar V. Nebrida, Jr., 
            NBN TV-4--1415
         Laurence Oakes of Australia's Channel 9 TV--1421
         Malcolm Brown of Channel News Asia--1417
         Rosianna Silalahi of Indonesia's SCTV--1419
         Taro Kimura of Japan's FUJI TV--1413
         Thepchai Yong of Thailand's Nation TV--1416
         White House press pool--1447

  

(Continued on the inside of the back cover)

  Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on October 24, 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--Continued

    News conference with President Megawati of Indonesia in Bali, 
        October 22--1442

Joint Statements

    United States of America and the Republic of Indonesia--1445
    United States of America and the Republic of Korea--1438
    United States of America and the Republic of the Philippines--1430
    United States of America and the Republic of Singapore--1440

Letters and Messages

    President Hu of China on China's first human space mission, letter--
        1436
    Ramadan, message--1464

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Australia, Prime Minister Howard--1454, 1456
    China, President Hu--1435
    Indonesia, President Megawati--1442, 1445
    Philippines, President Macapagal-Arroyo--1424, 1427, 1430, 1431
    Singapore, Prime Minister Goh--1440, 1441
    South Korea, President Roh--1438

Meetings With Foreign Leaders--Continued

    Thailand
         King Phumiphon Adunyadet--1436
         Prime Minister Thaksin--1432
         Queen Sirikit--1436

Proclamations

    National Character Counts Week--1437
    National Forest Products Week--1423

Statements by the President

    Congressional passage of the supplemental funding request to support 
        the war on terror--1413
    Death of Don Luis Ferre--1454
    Death of Madame Chiang Kai-shek--1463
    Iraq Donors' Conference--1463
    Senate
         Action to block a vote on the proposed ``Class Action Fairness 
            Act'' --1459
         Passage of partial-birth abortion legislation--1454

Supplementary Materials

     Acts approved by the President--1467
     Checklist of White House press releases--1466
     Digest of other White House announcements--1464
     Nominations submitted to the Senate--1466

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