[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 48 (Monday, December 1, 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, December 1, 2003

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Volume 39_Number 48
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 Contents

 Addresses and Remarks

    See also Bill Signings; Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Arizona
         Bush-Cheney reception in Phoenix--1704
         Los Olivos Senior Center in Phoenix--1698
    Colorado
         Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs--1687
         Troops at Fort Carson--1684
    Iraq
         Air Force One, remarks aboard--1710
         Troops at a Thanksgiving dinner in Baghdad--1709
    Medicare reform legislation--1687
    Nevada
         Bush-Cheney luncheon in Las Vegas--1694
         Spring Valley Hospital in Las Vegas--1688
    Radio address--1679
    Thanksgiving turkey presentation ceremony--1680
    United Kingdom, arrival from--1678

 Bill Signings

    Military Construction Appropriations Act, 2004, statement--1680
    National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2004
          Remarks--1681
          Statement--1683

 Communications to Congress

    Japan-U.S. Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 
        message transmitting--1688

Interviews With the News Media

     Exchange with reporters aboard Air Force One--1710

Letters and Messages

    Eid al-Fitr, message--1687

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Iraqi Governing Council--1709

Proclamations

    National Family Week--1678
    Thanksgiving Day--1677

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    40th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy--1677
    House of Representatives passage of Medicare reform legislation--
        1680
    Overseas force posture, ongoing review--1704

Supplementary Materials

     Acts approved by the President--1716
     Checklist of White House press releases--1716
     Digest of other White House announcements--1714
     Nominations submitted to the Senate--1715
  

  Editor's Note: The President was at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, on 
November 28, 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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