[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 50 (Monday, December 13, 2004)]
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

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Monday, December 13, 2004

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Volume 40_Number 50

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Appointments and Nominations; Meetings With Foreign 
        Leaders; Resignations and Retirements
    California, remarks at Camp Pendleton--2918
    Hanukkah menorah, lighting--2931
    Radio address--2911
    Social Security trustees, meeting--2930
    Virginia, Fort Belvoir--2933

Appointments and Nominations

    Energy Department, Secretary, remarks--2932
    Veterans Affairs Department, Secretary, remarks--2929

Bill Signings

    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, statement--2924
    Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004, 
        statement--2912
    Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2004, statement--2933

Communications to Congress

    African Union security force and construction of a mail irradiation 
        facility in Washington, DC, letter concurring on the designation 
        of funds--2927
    District of Columbia, letter providing notification of proposed 
        reimbursement for costs of public safety expenses--2918
    ``Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004,'' letter 
        on proposed--2916
    1995 Revision of the Radio Regulations, with appendices, message 
        transmitting--2923

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Assignment of Functions Implementing the HELP Commission Act, 
        memorandum--2927
    Delegation of Certain Reporting Authority (Department of 
        Agriculture), memorandum--2928
    Delegation of Certain Reporting Authority (Federal Labor Relations 
        Authority), memorandum--2928
  
  
  
  
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Contents--Continued

Communications to Federal Agencies--Continued

    Delegation of Certain Reporting Authority (National Endowment for 
        the Arts), memorandum--2928
    Delegation of Certain Reporting Authority (National Endowment for 
        the Humanities), memorandum--2929
    Waiver of Restrictions on Assistance to Russia Under the Cooperative 
        Threat Reduction Act of 1993 and Title V of the FREEDOM Support 
        Act, memorandum--2918
    Waiver of Restrictions on Providing Funds to the Palestinian 
        Authority, memorandum--2927

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters in the Oval Office--2909, 2913, 2930

Letters and Messages

    Hanukkah 2004, message--2922

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Iraq, President al-Yawr--2913
    Jordan, King Abdullah II--2915
    Pakistan, President Musharraf--2909

Proclamations

    National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day--2916

Resignations and Retirements

    Energy Department, Secretary, remarks--2932
    Veterans Affairs Department, Secretary
        Remarks--2929
        Statement--2924

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings; Resignations and Retirements

    Senate passage of the ``Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention 
        Act of 2004''--2923

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--2936

    Checklist of White House press releases--2936

    Digest of other White House announcements--2934

    Nominations submitted to the Senate--2935

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