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Nov. 26 / Administration of George W. Bush, 2001

• $50 million for the Housing and Urban erans and retired military personnel with Development Down Payment Assist- America’s youth through mentoring, tutor- ance initiative that assists low-income ing, after-school, and other programs. families with the down payment on The VA/DoD Medical Care Choice ini- their first home. tiative would ensure that all military retir- Several additional initiatives I have pro- ees annually choose either the Department posed were worthy of funding but are not of Defense or the Department of Veterans Affairs as their health care provider. This part of this bill: the Community Technology would enhance quality and continuity of Centers and Improving Access programs in care and prevent duplication of services and HUD, the Silver Scholarships and Veterans costs. Mission for Youth programs under the Cor- Several provisions in the Act purport to poration for National and Community Serv- require congressional approval before exec- ice, and the VA/DOD Medical Care Choice utive branch execution of aspects of the initiative. bill. My Administration will interpret such The Silver Scholarship Program would provisions to require notification only, since have provided Silver Scholarships to 10,000 any other interpretation would contradict older Americans who volunteer 500 hours the Supreme Court ruling in INS v. of service tutoring and mentoring students Chadha. in after-school programs. Each $1,000 scholarship could be deposited in an edu- GEORGE W. BUSH cation savings account for use by seniors’ The White House, children, grandchildren, or another child. November 26, 2001. The Veterans Mission for Youth program would have provided matching grants to NOTE: H.R. 2620, approved November 26, community organizations that connect vet- was assigned Public Law No. 107–73.

Remarks Honoring the United States Nobel Laureates November 27, 2001

Ambassador, thank you very much. Wel- striving and accomplishment. Since 1901 come. Dr. Marburger, thanks for putting more than 700 Nobel Prizes have been this on. We’re so honored that so many awarded, and a third of those to Americans. great Americans have shown up today. Standing with me are seven of those who Laura and I are thrilled to not only greet have been selected this year. Among their you but host a reception after this brief achievements are pathbreaking discoveries dialog. in physics, helpful insights in the workings I want to welcome all the Nobel laure- of the market economies, and a new treat- ates, past and present. I want to thank ment for Parkinson’s disease. And all of Members of the Congress for being here. America congratulates them. I want to thank members of my Cabinet Each Nobel laureate here today belongs for coming. And I am grateful that family to a incredibly select group of people. It and friends have joined such a distin- includes the names of Martin Luther King, guished crowd. Jr.; George C. Marshall; T.S. Eliot; Albert As the Ambassador said, for a century Einstein; Vice President Charles Dawes; now the has recognized human and President , the first

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American Nobel laureate, whose Peace in human progress. You’ve achieved great- Prize today occupies a place of honor in ness through service to others. You have the West Wing of the White House. been given great gifts, and you’ve used Tomorrow I’ll meet with the newest re- them to your fullest. cipient of that prize, Secretary-General Kofi Our Nation is proud of the work each Annan. Several other Nobel laureates have of you have done. We’re proud to count visited the White House this year: Nelson you as fellow citizens. We thank you for Mandela, the Dalai Lama, Shimon Peres. bringing credit to our country and great These folks come from different regions benefit to mankind. of the world, but the Nobel Foundation And now, Laura and I would like to in- is never limited by region or culture. The vite you all into the foyer for a reception. standard is a universal one. It is awarded God bless. to men and women who have served the highest aspirations of humanity and have done so with success. Many awards recog- NOTE: The President spoke at 1:20 p.m. in nize excellence; the Nobel Foundation rec- the East Room at the White House. In his ognizes greatness. remarks, he referred to Swedish Ambassador So much of human progress depends on to the U.S. Jan Eliasson; John H. Marburger achievements in medicine, physics, chem- III, Director, Office of Science and Tech- istry, , literature, and peace. The nology Policy; 2001 Nobel laureates Eric A. annual selection of the laureates expresses Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle, and Carl E. a profound optimism about humanity and Wieman (Physics), William S. Knowles our prospects for improvement. This opti- (Chemistry), Leland H. Hartwell (Physiology mism was captured by William Faulkner, or Medicine), George A. Akerlof, A. Michael when accepting his Nobel Prize a half cen- Spence, and Joseph E. Stiglitz (Economic tury ago. ‘‘I believe,’’ he said, ‘‘that man Sciences), and Secretary- will not merely endure; he will prevail. He General (Peace); former Presi- is immortal, not because he alone amongst dent of South Africa, 1993 creatures has an inexhaustible voice but be- Nobel Peace laureate; and Foreign Minister cause he has a soul, a spirit capable of Shimon Peres of , 1994 Nobel Peace compassion, sacrifice, and endurance.’’ laureate. The Office of the Press Secretary Each of you, in your own field of excel- also released a Spanish language transcript lence, has carried forward that same belief of these remarks.

Remarks Following Discussions With Secretary-General Kofi Annan of the United Nations November 28, 2001

President Bush. It’s my honor to wel- Prior to September the 11th, there was come back to the White House our friend a lot of hunger in that country, primarily Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Today we’ve because it was run by a government that had a valuable discussion about how to didn’t really care about the human condi- make sure that the good intentions of tion. After September the 11th, obviously, America and others around the world are the war has aggravated the situation, and met, and those intentions have to do with as I declared to the American people, our feeding people who starve in Afghanistan.

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