[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 31 (Monday, August 8, 2005)]
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Weekly Compilation of

Presidential

Documents



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Monday, August 8, 2005

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Volume 41_Number 31

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Pages 1235	1260

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 Contents

 Addresses and Remarks

    See also Appointments and Nominations; Bill Signings; Meetings With 
        Foreign Leaders
    Maryland, remarks to reporters at the National Naval Medical Center 
        in Bethesda--1236
    President's health--1236
    Radio address--1235
    Space Shuttle Discovery, remarks to crew--1241
    Texas, American Legislative Exchange Council in Grapevine--1245
    Virginia, National Scout Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill--1236

 Appointments and Nominations

    United Nations, remarks on recess appointment of John Bolton--1239

 Bill Signings

    Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
        Appropriations Act, 2006, statement--1243
    Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade 
        Agreement Implementation Act, remarks--1241

 Communications to Congress

    Export control regulations, letter on continuation of emergency--
        1245

 Communications to Federal Agencies

    Assignment of Functions Relating to Certain Funding for 
        Unanticipated Needs, memorandum--1239

    Assignment of Reporting Functions, memorandum--1257

    Tenth Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation, memorandum--1244

    Waiving Prohibition on U.S. Military Assistance With Respect to 
        Cambodia, memorandum--1243

Interviews With the News Media

    News conference with President Uribe of Colombia, in Crawford, TX, 
        August 4--1253

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Colombia, President Uribe--1253
  
  
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

  Editor's Note: The President was at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, on 
August 5, 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

Notices

    Continuation of Emergency Regarding Export Control Regulations--1244

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings

    Congressional action on highway legislation--1235

    Deaths

         Sudan, First Vice President Dr. John Garang de Mabior--1240

         Saudi Arabia, King Fahd bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud--1240

Statements by the President--Continued

    Saudi Arabia
         Congratulating King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud--1240
         Death of King Fahd bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud--1240

Supplementary Materials

     Acts approved by the President--1259
     Checklist of White House press releases--1258
     Digest of other White House announcements--1257
     Nominations submitted to the Senate--1258

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