[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 15 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
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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, April 21, 2008

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Volume 44_Number 15

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Pages 517	551

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Contents

Addresses and Remarks

    See also Appointments and Nominations; Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    America's Small Business Summit--542
    Cabinet meeting--518
    Commander in Chief's Trophy, presentation to the U.S. Naval Academy 
        Midshipmen--518
    Energy and climate change--524
    Holy See, welcoming ceremony for Pope Benedict XVI--522
    National Catholic Prayer Breakfast--539
    President's Environmental Youth Awards ceremony--527
    President Thomas Jefferson's 265th birthday--520
    Radio address--517

Appointments and Nominations

    Homeland Security Department, Coordinator of Gulf Coast Region 
        Recovery and Rebuilding, statement--548
    Housing and Urban Development Department, Secretary, remarks--547

Communications to Congress

    Solomon Islands, message on extending Generalized System of 
        Preferences benefits--539

Executive Orders

    Amending Executive Orders 13389 and 13390--549

Interviews With the News Media

    News conference with Prime Minister Brown of the United Kingdom, 
        April 17--529

Joint Statements

    Joint Statement by the United States of America and the Holy See--
        523

Letters and Messages

    Passover, 5768, message--549

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI--522, 523
    United Kingdom, Prime Minister Brown--529

Proclamations

    Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.--521
    National Park Week--521
    Small Business Week--539
    To Take Certain Actions Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act 
        and the Generalized System of Preferences and for Other 
        Purposes--537

Statements by the President

    See also Appointments and Nominations
    American Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, 25th anniversary of terrorist 
        attack--536
    Death of John A. Wheeler--519
    Virginia Tech, anniversary of shootings in Blacksburg, VA--521

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--551
    Checklist of White House press releases--551
    Digest of other White House announcements--549
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--550

Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on April 18, 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, April 18, 2008