[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 8 (Monday, February 28, 2005)]
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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, February 28, 2005

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Volume 41_Number 8

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Pages 273	325

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Belgium, remarks in Brussels--283
    Germany
        Discussion with Chancellor Schroeder of Germany and young 
            professionals in Mainz--307
        Luncheon hosted by Chancellor Schroeder of Germany in Mainz--300
        Remarks to U.S. troops at Wiesbaden Army Airfield--308
    Radio address--282
    Slovakia, remarks in Bratislava--313

Communications to Congress

    Cuba, letter on continuation and expansion of national emergency--
        274

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Assignment of Certain Functions Relating to Climate Change Reporting 
        Activities, memorandum--273
    Assignment of Reporting Function, memorandum--273

Interviews With the News Media

    Exchanges with reporters
        Belgium, Brussels--289
        Slovakia, Bratislava--311
    Interview with European print journalists--274

Interviews With the News Media--Continued

    News conferences
        February 22 with European Union leaders in Brussels, Belgium--
            296
        February 22 with Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer of the North 
            Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels, Belgium--291
        February 23 with Chancellor Schroeder of Germany in Mainz, 
            Germany--301
        February 24 with President Putin of Russia in Bratislava, 
            Slovakia--315

Joint Statements

    President George W. Bush and President Jacques Chirac: Lebanon--288
    President George W. Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin: Nuclear 
        Security Cooperation--322
    President George W. Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin: Russia's 
        Accession to the World Trade Organization--321
    President George W. Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin: U.S.-
        Russian Energy Cooperation--321
    United States and the European Union: Announcement on Iraq 
        Conference--296
    U.S.-German Joint Actions on Cleaner and More Efficient Energy, 
        Development and Climate Change--305
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

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Contents--Continued

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    European Union
        European Commission President Durao Barroso--296
        European Council President Juncker--296
        European Council Secretary General Solana--296
    France, President Chirac--288, 289
    Germany, Chancellor Schroeder--300, 301, 305, 307
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Secretary General de Hoop 
        Scheffer--291
    Russia, President Putin--315, 321, 322
    Slovakia, Prime Minister Dzurinda--311, 313
    United Kingdom, Prime Minister Blair--290

Notices

    Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and the 
        Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage 
        and Movement of Vessels--273

Statements by the President

    Pope John Paul II--323

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--325
    Checklist of White House press releases--325
    Digest of other White House announcements--323
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--324

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