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[Public Papers of the Presidents]
[George W. Bush -- 2004]
[Volume 1]
[From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access]
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Public Papers of the President, 2004, Book I
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P U B L I C P A P E R S O F T H E P R E S I D E N T S
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Foreword
This volume collects my speeches and papers from the first 6 months
of 2004. During this period, my Administration worked to address many
key domestic priorities. I urged the Congress to adopt policies that
would make health care more affordable and accessible; give Americans
the skills needed for the jobs of the 21st century; reduce high energy
prices; and protect job creators from frivolous lawsuits. In January, I
outlined my vision for immigration reform and border security, including
a temporary worker program that would decrease pressure on our borders
by legally matching willing foreign workers with willing employers for
jobs Americans are not doing.
We also acted to reflect the compassionate spirit and values of
America. To turn the tide against HIV/AIDS in our country, I announced
new funding to deliver life-saving drugs to people in America living
with HIV/AIDS. In April, I signed into law the Unborn Victims of
Violence Act, which extended the protection of Federal law to unborn
children who are harmed or killed in crimes against their mothers. And
in May, we dedicated a national historic site in Topeka, Kansas, to
commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in
Brown v. Board of Education, which outlawed segregation in America's
public schools.
These months also brought solemn reminders of the sacrifices made
during the past century to protect our liberty. In May, we dedicated the
World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring a generation of
Americans who gave so much to ensure freedom's triumph. In June, I
traveled to France to attend ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of
the D-Day invasion, when free nations came together to reclaim Europe
from Nazi tyranny. That same month, America mourned the passing of one
of freedom's greatest champions: President Ronald Reagan, whose
steadfast leadership helped the free world to win the Cold War.
As we honored the legacy of freedom's past defenders, we also worked
to protect and spread freedom's blessings in our own time. Thanks to the
support of the United States and our Coalition partners and the
sacrifices of our men and women in uniform, Afghanistan and Iraq
continued their remarkable journeys toward freedom and democracy. At the
beginning of 2004, Afghanistan adopted a new constitution that provided
a framework for national elections later in the year. In early March,
the Iraqi Governing Council approved a Transitional Administrative Law
that laid the foundation for democratic elections and a new
constitution. This document included a bill of rights that was
uprecedented in the Arab world--providing essential freedoms and rights
to all Iraqis regardless of gender, religion, or ethnic origin. And on
June 28th, the Coalition Provisional Authority transferred sovereignty
back to the Iraqi people.
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In the midst of all this progress, we were also reminded that
freedom's enemies remained evil and ruthless. On the morning of March
11th, members of a terrorist cell in Spain exploded bombs on commuter
trains in Madrid, killing nearly 200 people and injuring more than
1,500. In Iraq, illegal militias and remnants of the old regime, joined
by foreign terrorists, tried to take by force the power they could not
gain by the ballot. Terrorists brutally murdered innocent civilians and
committed other acts of unspeakable savagery in Iraq, hoping to shake
the will of our Coalition and convince us to abandon the Iraqi people.
I vowed that America would never retreat in the face of thugs and
assassins, because any concession or retreat on our part would only
embolden the terrorist enemy and invite more bloodshed. As I told the
American people in April: ``The defeat of violence and terror in Iraq is
vital to the defeat of violence and terror elsewhere; and vital,
therefore, to the safety of the American people. Now is the time, and
Iraq is the place, in which the enemies of the civilized world are
testing the will of the civilized world. We must not waver.''
In a speech in Istanbul in late June, I declared that just as the
defense of freedom in the 20th century had brought peace to Europe, the
defense of freedom in the 21st century would bring peace to the broader
Middle East. ``The historic achivement of democracy in the broader
Middle East will be a victory shared by all,'' I said--and I recognized
that ``this transformation is one of the great and difficult tasks of
history.'' Yet ``by our own patience and hard effort, and with
confidence in the peoples of the Middle East, we will finish the work
that history has given us.''
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Preface
This book contains the papers and speeches of the 43d President of
the United States that were issued by the Office of the Press Secretary
during the period January 1-June 30, 2004. The material has been
compiled and published by the Office of the Federal Register, National
Archives and Records Administration.
The material is presented in chronological order, and the dates
shown in the headings are the dates of the documents or events. In
instances when the release date differs from the date of the document
itself, that fact is shown in the textnote. Every effort has been made
to ensure accuracy: Remarks are checked against a tape recording, and
signed documents are checked against the original. Textnotes and cross
references have been provided by the editors for purposes of
identification or clarity. At the request of the Office of the Press
Secretary, the Bush property known as Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford,
Texas, is referred to simply as the Bush Ranch. Speeches were delivered
in Washington, DC, unless indicated. The times noted are local times.
All materials that are printed full-text in the book have been indexed
in the subject and name indexes, and listed in the document categories
list.
The Public Papers of the Presidents series was begun in 1957 in
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Presidents covering the period 1789 to 1897 was assembled by James D.
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the Office of
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the Press Secretary. Also included are lists of the President's
nominations submitted to the Senate, materials released by the Office of
the Press Secretary that are not printed full-text in the book, and
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Federal Register. This information appears in the appendixes at the end
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Archivist of the United States
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Contents
Foreword . . . v
Preface . . . vii
Cabinet . . . xi
Public Papers of George W. Bush,
January 1-June 30, 2004 . . . 1
Appendix A
Digest of Other White House Announcements . . . 1157
Appendix B
Nominations Submitted to the Senate . . . 1189
Appendix C
Checklist of White House Press Releases . . . 1203
Appendix D
Presidential Documents Published in the Federal
Register . . . 1215
Subject Index . . . A-1
Name Index . . . B-1
Document Categories List . . . C-1
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Cabinet
Secretary of State
Colin L. Powell.........
Secretary of the Treasury
John Snow...............
Secretary of Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld......
Attorney General
John Ashcroft...........
Secretary of the Interior
Gale A. Norton..........
Secretary of Agriculture
Ann M. Veneman..........
Secretary of Commerce
Donald L. Evans.........
Secretary of Labor
Elaine L. Chao..........
Secretary of Health and Human
Services
Tommy G. Thompson.......
Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development
Alphonso R. Jackson.....
(appointed April 1).....
Secretary of Transportation
Norman Y. Mineta........
Secretary of Energy
Spencer Abraham.........
Secretary of Education
Roderick R. Paige.......
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Anthony J. Principi.....
Secretary of Homeland Security
Tom Ridge...............
Chief of Staff
Andrew H. Card, Jr......
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Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency
Michael O. Leavitt......
United States Trade Representative
Robert B. Zoellick......
Director of the Office of
Management
and Budget
Joshua B. Bolten........
Director of National Drug Control
Policy
John P. Walters.........
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Administration of George W. Bush
2004