News Archive - August, 2005

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		August 31, 2005 President Outlines Hurricane Katrina Relief Efforts Video In Focus: Hurricane Relief Fact Sheet: Federal Relief for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina Personnel Announcement

		August 30, 2005 President Commemorates 60th Anniversary of V-J Day In Focus: Veterans Memorandum for the Secretary of State

		August 29, 2005 President Participates in Conversation on Medicare Fact Sheet: New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit to Include Low-Cost Options In Focus: Medicare President Discusses Medicare, New Prescription Drug Benefits In Focus: Medicare Fact Sheet: New Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit to Include Low-Cost Options Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Alabama Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Louisiana Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Mississippi National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month, 2005 National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month, 2005 National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, 2005

		August 28, 2005 President Discusses Hurricane Katrina, Congratulates Iraqis on Draft Constitution In Focus: Iraq Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Florida Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Mississippi Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Alabama

		August 27, 2005 President's Radio Address Audio Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for Louisiana

		August 25, 2005 Women's Equality Day, 2005 Personnel Announcement

		August 24, 2005 President Addresses Military Families, Discusses War on Terror Video In Focus: Defense In Focus: Iraq Fact Sheet: President Bush Honors America's National Guard And Reserve Presidential Delegation to Gdansk, Poland for 25th Anniversary of the Solidarity Movement

		August 23, 2005 President Discusses Iraqi Constitution with Press Pool President to Welcome Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House Statement on Federal Assistance for Kansas Statement on Federal Assistance for Louisiana Personnel Announcement

		August 22, 2005 President Honors Veterans of Foreign Wars at National Convention Video In Focus: Honoring Our Veterans President Bush Honors America's Veterans and Soldiers Statement on Iraqi Leaders Submitting Draft Constitution to National Assembly Statement on Federal Assistance for Wyoming

		August 20, 2005 President's Radio Address Audio

		August 19, 2005 Statement on Appointment of Jay Lefkowitz as Special Envoy on Human Rights in North Korea

		August 18, 2005 Vice President's Remarks at the 73rd National Convention of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Statement on President Requesting Senator Lugar to Travel to Algeria to Facilitate Release of Moroccan Prisoners Personnel Announcement

		August 17, 2005 Statement on Presidential Determination Regarding U.S. Assistance to the Government of Colombia Airbridge Denial Program Memorandum for Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense

		August 16, 2005 Personnel Announcement

		August 15, 2005 President's Statement on Iraqi Draft Constitution National Airborne Day, 2005

		August 14, 2005 President's Statement on 70th Anniversary of Social Security

		August 13, 2005 President's Radio Address Audio President Attends Little League Baseball Southwest Regional Championship Video

		August 12, 2005 President Signs Prescription Electronic Reporting Act of 2005 Presidential Delegation to Kyrgyz Republic Inauguration Interview of the President by Israeli Television Channel 1

		August 11, 2005 President Meets with Defense and Foreign Policy Teams Video Personnel Announcement

		August 10, 2005 President Signs Transportation Act Video President's Statement on Transportation Equity Act Statement on Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act

		August 9, 2005 President Meets with Economic Team Video In Focus: Economy President Bush Discusses Agenda for Continued Economic Growth Personnel Announcement

		August 8, 2005 President Signs Energy Policy Act Video President's Statement on Energy Policy Act of 2005 Fact Sheet: President Bush Signs Into Law a National Energy Plan In Focus: Energy President's Statement on Energy Policy Act of 2005 President Signs Energy Policy Act Fact Sheet: President Bush Signs Into Law a National Energy Plan In Focus: Energy Statement by the President on Death of Peter Jennings

		August 6, 2005 President's Radio Address Audio

		August 5, 2005 Memorandum for the Secretary of Commerce 40th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965

		August 4, 2005 President Bush, President Uribe of Colombia Discuss Terrorism and Security Video Personnel Announcement

		August 3, 2005 President Discusses Second Term Accomplishments and Priorities President Bush's Second Term Accomplishments and Agenda

		August 2, 2005 President Signs CAFTA-DR Video In Focus: CAFTA President Calls Crew Members of Space Shuttle Discovery Video In Focus: Space President's Statement on H.R. 2361 Statement on H.R. 2361, H.R. 2985, S. 45, and S. 1395 Presidential Delegation to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Statement on H.R. 3423, the "Medical Device User Fee Stabilization Act of 2005" Statement on House and Senate Resolutions Statement on Recess Appointment Memorandum for the Secretary of State Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate Notice: Continuation of Emergency Regarding Export Control Regulations

		August 1, 2005 President Appoints John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations Video President's Statement on Death of King Fahd bin Abd al-Aziz President Congratulates King Abdallah bin Abd on Assuming the Saudi Throne President's Statement on Death of Sudanese First Vice President Dr. John Garang de Mabior In Focus: Africa Statement on the 30th Anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act Statement on Federal Assistance for Utah Memorandum for the Director of OMB