[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 9 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
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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, March 1, 2004

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Volume 40_Number 9
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Contents

 Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Constitutional amendment defining and protecting marriage--276
    Kentucky
         Bush-Cheney luncheon in Louisville--292
         Discussion on the national economy in Louisville--286
    National Governors Association
         Conference--265
         Dinner--264
    Radio address--263
    Republican Governors Association--271

 Bill Signings

    NASA Flexibility Act of 2004, statement--278

 Communications to Congress

    Cuba, message on continuation and expansion of national emergency--
        300
    Free trade agreement with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, 
        Guatemala, and Nicaragua, letter transmitting notice of 
        intention--263

Communications to Congress--Continued

    Haiti, deployment of U.S. military forces in response to security 
        concerns for U.S. Embassy personnel, letter--284
    NATO invitees Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, 
        Slovakia, and Slovenia
          Letter transmitting report on security
            progress--286
          Messages reporting certifications--285
    U.N. Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime and two 
        supplementary protocols, letter transmitting--271

 Communications to Federal Agencies

    Delegation of Certain Authority Under the United States Leadership 
        Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003, 
        memorandum--270
    Determination Consistent With the Emergency Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of 
        Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106), To Make 
        Available Assistance for Liberia, memorandum--284
  

(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

  Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on February 27, 
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

Communications to Federal Agencies--Continued

    Determination Pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) of the Migration and 
        Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as Amended, memorandum--284
    Determination That the Government of Pakistan Is Cooperating With 
        the United States in the Global War on Terrorism, memorandum--
        300

 Executive Orders

    Encouraging Innovation in Manufacturing--278
    Human Service Transportation Coordination--280
    National and Community Service Programs--304

Interviews With the News Media

     Exchanges with reporters in the Oval Office--281, 300

Joint Statements

    The German-American Alliance for the 21st Century: Joint Statement 
        by President George W. Bush and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder--
        302

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Georgia, President Saakashvili--281
    Germany, Chancellor Schroeder--300, 302

Notices

    Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and of the 
        Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage 
        and Movement of Vessels--299
    Notice of Intention To Enter Into a Free Trade Agreement With Costa 
        Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua (the 
        ``CAFTA Countries'')--263

Proclamations

    Expanding the Scope of the National Emergency and Invocation of 
        Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage 
        and Movement of Vessels Into Cuban Territorial Waters--297

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    Congress
         House passage of the ``Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 
            2004''--297
         Senate action to block medical liability reform--278
    Death of President Boris Trajkovski of Macedonia--303
    Iran, parliamentary elections--278

Supplementary Materials

     Acts approved by the President--308
     Checklist of White House press releases--307
     Digest of other White House announcements--306
     Nominations submitted to the Senate--307

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Week Ending Friday, February 27, 2004