[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 51 (Monday, December 26, 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, December 26, 2005

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Volume 41_Number 51

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Pages 1873	1916

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Contents

Addresses to the Nation

    Iraq and the war on terror--1882

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Bill Signings
    Legislative agenda--1901
    Maryland
        Caregivers at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda--
            1901
        Departure for Camp David--1905
        Departure for the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda--
            1901
    Millennium Challenge Corporation, swearing-in ceremony for John 
        Danilovich as Chief Executive Officer--1898
    Radio address--1880
    ``Toys for Tots'' collection center, visit--1896

Bill Signings

    Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005, remarks--1902

Communications to Congress

    Information sharing environment, message transmitting guidelines and 
        requirements--1879

Communications to Federal Agencies

    Assignment of Functions Under Section 1306 of Public Law 107-314, 
        memorandum--1873
    Designation of Officers of the Office of the Director of National 
        Intelligence To Act as Director of National Intelligence, 
        memorandum--1900
    Guidelines and Requirements in Support of the Information Sharing 
        Environment, memorandum--1874
    Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of Defense, 
        memorandum--1911
    Provision of Aviation Insurance Coverage for Commercial Air Carrier 
        Service in Domestic and International Operations, memorandum--
        1912
    Waiver of Conditions on Obligation and Expenditure of Funds for 
        Planning, Design, and Construction of a Chemical Weapons 
        Destruction Facility in Russia for Calendar Year 2006, 
        memorandum--1913

Executive Orders

    Adjustments of Certain Rates of Pay--1910
    Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Defense--
        1910
  
(Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on December 23, 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

Interviews With the News Media

    News conference, December 19--1885

Letters and Messages

    Christmas 2005, message--1897
    Hanukkah 2005, message--1897
    Kwanzaa 2005, message--1898

Proclamations

    National Mentoring Month--1909
    To Implement the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement--1907
    To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity 
        Act--1906

Statements by the President

    Afghan National Assembly, inauguration--1897
    Congress
        Congressional action funding the Armed Forces for the war on 
            terror in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere--1905

Statements by the President--Continued

        Congressional action to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act--1905
        Congresssional passage of legislation to help the gulf coast 
            rebuild following Hurricanes Rita and Katrina--1873
        House of Representatives action on the legislative agenda--1897
        House of Representatives passage of immigration reform 
            legislation--1873
        Senate action to extend the PATRIOT Act--1904
        Senate filibuster of the reauthorization of the PATRIOT Act--
            1873
        Senate vote to reduce entitlement spending--1905

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--1916
    Checklist of White House press releases--1915
    Digest of other White House announcements--1913
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--1914

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