[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 18 (Monday, May 12, 2008)]
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              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

Published every Monday by the Office of the Federal Register, National 
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Compilation of Presidential Documents contains statements, messages, and
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Weekly Compilation of

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Monday, May 12, 2008

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Volume 44_Number 18

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 Contents

 Addresses and Remarks

    See also Bill Signings; Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Cinco de Mayo celebration--659
    Council of the Americas--666
    House Republican Conference, meeting--665
    Kansas, commencement address at Greensburg High School in 
        Greensburg--656
    Military Spouse Day--661
    Radio address--655

 Bill Signings

    Congressional Gold Medal to Aung San Suu Kyi, remarks--660

 Communications to Congress

    Czech Republic-U.S. Social Security Agreement, message 
        transmitting--672
    Iceland-U.S. Taxation Convention, message transmitting--665
    Syria, message on continuation of national emergency blocking 
        property of certain persons and prohibiting the export of 
        certain goods--671

 Communications to Federal Agencies

    Assignment of Reporting Function Under Subsection 1225(a) of the 
        John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
        2007, memorandum--665

Communications to Federal Agencies--Continued

    Designation and Sharing of Controlled Unclassified Information 
        (CUI), memorandum--673
    Proposed Agreement Between the Government of the United States of 
        America and the Government of the Russian Federation for 
        Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, 
        memorandum--660

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Panama, President Torrijos--664

Notices

    Continuation of the National Emergency Blocking Property of Certain 
        Persons and Prohibiting the Export of Certain Goods to Syria--
        671

Proclamations

    Military Spouse Day--659
    Mother's Day--672
    National Defense Transportation Day and National Transportation 
        Week--678
    Peace Officers' Memorial Day and Police Week--678

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--682
    Checklist of White House press releases--681
    Digest of other White House announcements--679
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--680
  

  Editor's Note: The President was at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, on 
May 9, 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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