[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 17 (Monday, May 2, 2005)]
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

Published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register, National 
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Compilation of Presidential Documents contains statements, messages, and
other Presidential materials released by the White House during the 
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Weekly Compilation of

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Monday, May 2, 2005

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Volume 41_Number 17

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 Contents

 Addresses and Remarks

    Arbor Day tree planting ceremony--707
    Radio address--663
    Small Business Administration's National Small Business Week 
        Conference--675
    Texas, discussion on strengthening Social Security in Galveston--667
    Virginia, discussion on strengthening Social Security in Falls 
        Church--696

Interviews With the News Media

     Exchange with reporters in Crawford, TX--664
     News conference, April 28--683

Joint Statements

    President George W. Bush and Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al 
        Saud--665
    Presidents of the Russian Federation and the United States of 
        America--665

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Russia, President Putin--665
    Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince Abdullah--665

Proclamations

    National Charter Schools Week--682

Statements by the President

    Armenian Remembrance Day--664
    Iraqi Transitional National Assembly's vote to confirm Prime 
        Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari and his Cabinet--681
    House of Representatives
         ``Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act,'' passage of the 
            proposed--681
         Budget framework resolution, passage--682

Supplementary Materials

     Acts approved by the President--711
     Checklist of White House press releases--710
     Digest of other White House announcements--707
     Nominations submitted to the Senate--708

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