News Archive - January, 2009

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		January 20, 2009 Radio Address by the President to the Nation

		January 19, 2009 Statement by President and Mrs. Bush on Selection of Alan Lowe as Director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum

		January 17, 2009 President's Radio Address Audio In Focus: Bush Record

		January 16, 2009 Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2009 In Focus: African-American History Executive Order: Granting Reciprocity on Excepted Service and Federal Contractor Employee Fitness and Reinvestigating Individuals in Positions of Public Trust To Implement the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement and for Other Purposes, 2009 Memorandum for the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Memorandum for the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration President Bush Signs S.J. Res. 3 Into Law Memorandum for the Secretary of State Personnel Announcement Memorandum for the Secretary of State To Suspend Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Foreign Government Officials Responsible for Failing to Combat Trafficking in Persons President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Andrew Wyeth

		January 15, 2009 President Bush Delivers Farewell Address to the Nation Play Video Audio Fact Sheet: President Bush: Farewell Address to the Nation Event Backgrounder and Guest List for the President's Farewell Address to the Nation In Focus: Bush Record President Bush Commemorates Foreign Policy Achievements and Presents Medal of Freedom to Ambassador Ryan Crocker Play Video Audio In Focus: Iraq In Focus: Freedom Agenda In Focus: Bush Record National Sanctity of Human Life Day, 2009 Text of a Letter from the President Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury Memorandum for the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Energy Message to the Senate of the United States Message to the Congress of the United States Message to the Congress of the United States Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Terrorists Who Threaten to Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process Message to the Congress of the United States Notice: Continuation of the National Emergency Relating to Cuba and of the Emergency Authority Relating to the Regulation of the Anchorage and Movement of Vessels Message to the Congress of the United States Statement by the President on Plane Crash in New York City

		January 14, 2009 Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Vermont

		January 13, 2009 President Bush Holds Last Cabinet Meeting Play Video Audio In Focus: Bush Record President Bush Honors Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients Play Video Audio Recipients of Medal of Freedom President Bush Meets with President Calderón of Mexico Play Video Audio In Focus: Global Diplomacy Message to the Cuban People by the President In Focus: Global Diplomacy Religious Freedom Day, 2009 Statement on Federal Emergency Assistance for the District of Columbia

		January 12, 2009 Press Conference by the President Play Video Audio In Focus: The Bush Record Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense Message to the Congress of the United States National Security Presidential Directive and Homeland Security Presidential Directive Personnel Announcement Message to the Congress of the United States Section 115 Report (PDF, 18 pages)

		January 11, 2009 Interview of the President and Former President Bush by Brit Hume, Fox News President and Mrs. Bush Saddened by Death of Cardinal Pio Laghi

		January 10, 2009 President Bush and Former President George H. W. Bush Attend Commissioning Ceremony of the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush Play Video Audio President's Radio Address Audio In Focus: Defense President Bush to Welcome President Felipe Calderon of Mexico In Focus: Global Diplomacy

		January 9, 2009 Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Maine Executive Order: Providing An Order of Succession Within the Department of Transportation Executive Order: Strengthening Laboratory Biosecurity in the United States Executive Order: Amending the Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture

		January 8, 2009 President Bush Discusses No Child Left Behind Play Video Audio In Focus: The Bush Record Fact Sheet: No Child Left Behind Has Raised Expectations and Improved Results In Focus: Education Fact Sheet: No Child Left Behind Has Raised Expectations and Improved Results President Bush Discusses No Child Left Behind In Focus: Education In Focus: The Bush Record President Bush Saddened by Death of Father Richard John Neuhaus Nomination Sent to the Senate President Bush Congratulates Senator Kit Bond on Career

		January 7, 2009 President Bush Welcomes President-Elect Obama, Former President Clinton, Former President Bush and Former President Carter to the White House Play Video Audio In Focus: Transition President Bush and Former President George H. W. Bush Host Reception in Honor of the Points of Light Institute Play Video Audio Remarks by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley at the Center for Strategic and International Studies National Security Council In Focus: National Security

		January 6, 2009 President Bush Discusses Conservation and the Environment Play Video Audio In Focus: The Bush Record Fact Sheet: Marine National Monuments In Focus: Environment President Bush Attends Military Appreciation Parade with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates Play Video Audio In Focus: The Bush Record In Focus: Homeland Security In Focus: National Security In Focus: Defense Statement by the President on the Occasion of the Designation of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Establishment of the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument In Focus: Environment Establishment of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument Statement by the President on the Occasion of the Designation of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Establishment of the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument Statement by the President on the Occasion of the Designation of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Establishment of the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Statement by the President on the Occasion of the Designation of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, and the Rose Atoll Marine National Monument Statement by Press Secretary Dana Perino In Focus: Global Diplomacy Fact Sheet: Marine National Monuments President Bush Discusses Conservation and the Environment In Focus: Environment Fact Sheet: President Bush Has Advanced Cooperative Conservation In Focus: The Bush Record In Focus: Environment Personnel Announcement Personnel Announcement

		January 5, 2009 President Bush Meets with First Vice President of the Government of National Unity of the Republic of Sudan and President of the Government of Southern Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit Play Video Audio In Focus: Global Diplomacy In Focus: Africa President, Mrs. Bush, Barbara, and Jenna Deeply Saddened by Passing of Their Cat India ("Willie") India's Biography Memorandum for the Secretary of State Statement by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley In Focus: Africa Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for Hawaii Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

		January 2, 2009 President's Radio Address Audio In Focus: Middle East The President and Mrs. Bush to Host Lunch for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Mrs. Ban Soon-taek In Focus: Global Diplomacy Statement on Federal Disaster Assistance for New Hampshire