[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 19 (Monday, May 16, 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, May 16, 2005

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Volume 41_Number 19

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Pages 767	806

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Central American leaders, meeting--790
    Congressional leaders, meeting--789
    Georgia
        Discussion with civil society leaders in Tbilisi, remarks with 
            President Saakashvili--786
        Freedom Square in Tbilisi--787
    Latvia
        Order of Three Stars, First-Class, presentation in Riga--767
        Remarks in Riga--772
    National Association of Realtors--793
    NCAA championship teams, spring and fall--799
    Netherlands
        Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial in Margraten--779
        Youth roundtable in Valkenburg, remarks with Prime Minister 
            Balkenende--777
    Radio address--772

Bill Signings

    Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global 
        War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005, statement--790

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Assignment of Function To Submit a Report to the Congress, 
        memorandum--803

Executive Orders

    Amendments to Executive Order 12788 Relating to the Defense Economic 
        Adjustment Program--792

Interviews With the News Media

    News conferences
        May 7 with President Vike-Freiberga of Latvia, President Ruutel 
            of Estonia, and President Adamkus of Lithuania in Riga, 
            Latvia--767
        May 10 with President Saakashvili of Georgia in Tbilisi, 
            Georgia--782
  
  
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on May 13, 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

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Costa Rica, President Pacheco--790
    Dominican Republic, President Fernandez Reyna--790
    El Salvador, President Saca Gonzalez--790
    Estonia, President Ruutel--767
    Georgia, President Saakashvili--782, 786, 787
    Guatemala, President Berger--790
    Honduras, President Maduro--790
    Latvia
        President Vike-Freiberga--767, 772
        Prime Minister Kalvitis--772
    Lithuania, President Adamkus--767
    Netherlands
        Prime Minister Balkenende--777, 779
        Queen Beatrix--779
    Nicaragua, President Bolanos--790
    Russia, President Putin--781

Proclamations

    National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation 
        Week--802

Proclamations--Continued

    National Hurricane Preparedness Week--788
    Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week--801
    World Trade Week--791

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    Congressional action on the proposed ``Emergency Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and 
        Tsunami Relief, 2005''--788
    Death of Lloyd Cutler--781
    Senate consideration of judicial nominees, calling for prompt--782

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--806
    Checklist of White House press releases--806
    Digest of other White House announcements--803
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--805

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