    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 17 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
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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, May 1, 2006

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    Volume 42_Number 17

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    Pages 751	823

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     Contents

     Addresses and Remarks

        See also Appointments and Nominations; Meetings With Foreign Leaders
        California
             California Fuel Cell Partnership in West Sacramento--762
             California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento--761
             Discussion at Cisco Systems, Inc., in San Jose--751
             Immigration reform and a question-and-answer session in
                Irvine--769
             Military personnel and their families in Twentynine Palms--768
             Republican National Committee reception in Indian Wells--766
             President Gerald R. Ford in Rancho Mirage, visit--769
        Commander in Chief's Trophy, presentation to the U.S. Naval Academy
            Midshipmen--792
        Iraq--761
        Louisiana, hurricane damaged home in New Orleans--806
        Mississippi
             BP gas station in Biloxi--807
             Hands On Gulf Coast Civic Action Center in Biloxi--807
        National economy--811
        Nevada, luncheon for congressional candidate Jon Porter in Las
            Vegas--781

     Address and Remarks--Continued

        North Korean defectors and family members of Japanese abducted by
            North Korea, meeting--810
        Radio address--760
        Renewable Fuels Association--786
        Senate, meeting with Members--794
        Sudan, meeting--818
        Teachers of the Year, 2006 National and State--798
        War on terror, briefing--792

     Appointments and Nominations

        White House Office, White House Press Secretary, remarks--797

     Communications to Congress

        Gulf coast, letter transmitting request for additional funds to
            support recovery efforts--794
        Ross Catherall US Holdings Inc., by Dubai International Capital LLC,
            letter on proposed acquisition--819
        Syria, blocking property of additional persons in connection with
            the national emergency, message transmitting an Executive
            order--796
        Sudan's Darfur region, blocking property of persons in connection
            with the conflict, message transmitting an Executive order--804

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    Contents--Continued

     Executive Orders

        Blocking Property of Additional Persons in Connection With the
            National Emergency With Respect to Syria--794
        Blocking Property of Persons in Connection With the Conflict in
            Sudan's Darfur Region--802
        Responsibilities of Federal Departments and Agencies With Respect to
            Volunteer Community Service--808

    Interviews With the News Media

         Exchange with reporters in the Rose Garden--811

    Letters and Messages

        Armenian Remembrance Day, message--785

    Meetings With Foreign Leaders

        Azerbaijan, President Aliyev--809

    Proclamations

        Jewish American Heritage Month--759
        National Charter Schools Week--801
        National Crime Victims' Rights Week--759

    Statements by the President

        Framework agreement with Canada on softwood lumber trade--807

    Supplementary Materials

         Acts approved by the President--823
         Checklist of White House press releases--823
         Digest of other White House announcements--819
         Nominations submitted to the Senate--821

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