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Monday, November 17, 2003
 
Volume 39_Number 46
Pages 1565	1617
 
Contents


              WEEKLY COMPILATION OF
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              PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

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Addresses and Remarks

    See also Meetings With Foreign Leaders
    Arkansas, Bush-Cheney luncheon in Little Rock--1567
    Florida
        Bush-Cheney luncheon in Orlando--1590
        Engelwood Neighborhood Center in Orlando--1595
    Heritage Foundation President's Club luncheon--1583
    Judicial nominees, meeting--1588
    National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week, 
        proclamation signing--1611
    Presidential Medal of Freedom, presentation to NATO Secretary 
        General Lord Robertson--1586
    Radio address--1566
    South Carolina
        BMW Manufacturing Corp., discussion in Greer--1571
        Bush-Cheney reception in Greenville--1577
    Virginia, Veterans Day ceremony in Arlington--1582

Bill Signings

    Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
        2004, statement--1576

Communications to Congress

    Iran, message on continuation of the national emergency--1588

Interviews With the News Media

     Exchanges with reporters in the Oval Office--1588, 1599
     Interview with British journalists--1601

Meetings With Foreign Leaders

    Italy, President Ciampi--1599
    North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Secretary General Lord 
        Robertson--1586

Notices

    Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to Iran--1587

  

  

 (Continued on the inside of the back cover.)

Editor's Note: The President was at Camp David, MD, on November 14, 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

Proclamations

    America Recycles Day--1613
    National Adoption Month--1565
    National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week--1612
    Veterans Day--1577
    World Freedom Day--1566

Statements by the President

    See also Bill Signings
    House of Representatives action on the Defense Authorization 
        conference report--1565

Statements by the President--Continued

    Senate action to block up-or-down votes on judicial nominations--
        1613

Supplementary Materials

    Acts approved by the President--1616
    Checklist of White House press releases--1615
    Digest of other White House announcements--1614
    Nominations submitted to the Senate--1615

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Monday, November 17, 2003
 
Volume 39_Number 46
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Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003
 
Statement on House of Representatives Action on the Defense 
Authorization Conference Report


November 7, 2003

    I commend the House for passing the Defense Authorization conference 
report and showing strong bipartisan support for America's national 
security, our troops, and their families. This bill includes my request 
for a third straight pay raise, more resources for equipment and 
training, and quality of life improvements so that our military 
continues to be the finest fighting force in the world.
    The legislation also makes good progress toward transforming and 
modernizing our military so that it is best prepared to protect 
Americans.
    Finally, I am pleased that the House has resolved the issue of 
concurrent receipt for military retirees in a fair and responsible 
manner.

Note: This item was not received in time for publication in the 
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Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003
 
Proclamation 7731--National Adoption Month, 2003

 November 7, 2003

By the President of the United States

of America

A Proclamation

    Every year, tens of thousands of American families answer the call 
to adopt a child. During National Adoption Month, we recognize America's 
adoptive and foster families. We also commit to helping all of our 
children, including those waiting in foster care, find safe, permanent, 
and loving homes.
    On November 22, communities across the country will come together to 
celebrate National Adoption Day by finalizing the adoptions of over 
3,000 children from foster care. On this day and all this month, we 
honor families that have opened their hearts and homes to a child.
    The number of children who are adopted has increased in recent 
years. Still, thousands of children in our country--many with special 
needs--continue to wait in foster care for an adoptive family.
    We are taking important steps to make adoption more commonplace and 
to protect the well-being of our children. We have eased the financial 
burden of adoption by nearly doubling the maximum adoption tax credit. 
We expanded the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program, which 
encourages adoption at the local level and supports adoptive families 
with services that ease a child's transition into a new family and help 
to strengthen the family. The Department of Health and Human Services 
provides incentives to States that increase the number of children 
adopted from State-supervised foster care.
    Last year, my Administration launched 
the first Federal adoption website, www.AdoptUSKids.org, which features 
pictures and profiles of children available for adoption. This site 
helps loving families connect with waiting children across the country. 
Already, more than 1,700 children featured on the site have been placed 
with adoptive families. This progress is testimony to the selfless 
spirit of American families.
    Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States of 
America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and 
laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2003 as National 
Adoption Month. I call on all Americans to observe this month with 
appropriate programs and activities to honor adoptive families and to 
participate in efforts to find permanent homes for waiting children.
    In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of 
November, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and

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of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and 
twenty-eighth.
                                                George W. Bush

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 12, 
2003]

Note: This proclamation was published in the Federal Register on 
November 13. This item was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.


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Week Ending Friday, November 14, 2003
 
Proclamation 7732--World Freedom Day, 2003

 November 7, 2003

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    Fourteen years ago, freedom-loving people tore down the Berlin Wall 
and began to set a nation free from Communist oppression. On World 
Freedom Day, the United States joins with other countries in 
commemorating that historic day. The United States is committed to 
liberty, freedom, and the universal struggle for human rights. We strive 
to advance peace and democracy and to safeguard these ideals around the 
world.

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