[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 16 (Monday, April 25, 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, April 25, 2005

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Volume 41_Number 16

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Appointments and Nominations; Bill Signings
    Commander in Chief's Trophy, presentation to the U.S. Naval Academy 
        Midshipmen--642
    Illinois
        Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum dedication in 
            Springfield--630
        Arrival from Springfield--632
    Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Legislative 
        Conference--644
    Pope Benedict XVI--632
    President's Environmental Youth Awards--652
    Radio address--619
    South Carolina, discussion on strengthening Social Security in 
        Columbia--620
    Teachers of the Year, 2005 National and State--634
    Tennessee, Earth Day in Knoxville--657
    U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Conference--636

Appointments and Nominations

    Defense Department, Joint Chiefs of Staff
        Chairman, remarks--656
        Vice Chairman, remarks--656

Bill Signings

    Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, 
        remarks--641

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Assignment of Reporting Functions Under the Intelligence Reform and 
        Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, memorandum--655
    Effective Dates of Provisions in Title I of the Intelligence Reform 
        and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, memorandum--654

Interviews With the News Media

    Interview with the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation--627

Letters and Messages

    Passover, 5765, message--633
  
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Editor's Note: The President was at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, on 
April 22, 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

Proclamations

    Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.--633
    National Park Week--619
    National Physical Fitness and Sports Month--644

Statements by the President

    Congress
        House of Representatives action on energy legislation--654
        Senate action on appropriations legislation for Afghanistan, 
            Iraq, and the war on terror--654

Statements by the President--Continued

        Senate confirmation of John D. Negroponte as Director of 
            National Intelligence--653
    Oklahoma City bombing, tenth anniversary--633

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--661
    Checklist of White House press releases--660
    Digest of other White House announcements--659
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--660

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