[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 5 (Monday, February 6, 2006)]
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Weekly Compilation of

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Monday, February 6, 2006

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Volume 42_Number 5

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Contents

Addresses to the Nation

    State of the Union--145

Addresses and Remarks

    Cabinet meeting--142
    Minnesota, remarks in Maplewood--169
    National Prayer Breakfast--168
    New Mexico, discussion on American competitiveness in Rio Rancho--
        177
    Radio address--141
    Supreme Court, swearing-in ceremony for Associate Justice Alito--165
    Tennessee, remarks in Nashville--152

 Communications to Congress

    Veterans Affairs Department, letter revising budget amendments--142

Interviews With the News Media

     Exchange with reporters in the Cabinet Room--142

Proclamations

    Fourth Anniversary of USA Freedom Corps--143
    American Heart Month--167

Statements by the President

    Ben S. Bernanke To Be Chairman of the Federal Reserve System, Senate 
        confirmation--145

    Death of Coretta Scott King--144

    House of Representatives passage of spending-reduction legislation--
        166

    New Freedom Initiative--166

    Samuel A. Alito, Jr., To Be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme 
        Court
         Senate action to vote on nomination--143

         Senate confirmation--145

    South Korea, negotiation of a free trade agreement--177

Supplementary Materials

     Acts approved by the President--189

     Checklist of White House press releases--188

     Digest of other White House announcements--186

     Nominations submitted to the Senate--188
  

  Editor's Note: The President was at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, on 
February 3, 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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Week Ending Friday, February 3, 2006