the dropout rate within the United States and to authorize a program from the Department of Energy providing "funds to local school districts to devise and demonstrate innovative strategies to reduce dropout rates and to encourage those who have dropped out to return to school. Successful strategies can then be shared with other schools. March 6 – President Bush attends a state dinner Prime Minister Andreotti in the State Dining Room. March 7 – President Bush attends the American Electronics Association Luncheon in the Grand Ballroom at the Washington Court Hotel. March 7 – President Bush attends the National Drug Control Policy Luncheon in the Indian Treaty Room at the Old Executive Office Building. March 8 – Press Secretary Fitzwater releases a statement insisting that President Bush announced "the first of a series of policy decisions for the long-term space exploration initiative he announced on July 20." March 8 – President Bush attends the presentation ceremony for the Panama Campaign Streamer in the Ceremonial Hall at Fort Myer, Virginia. March 8 – President Bush attends the meeting on National Transportation Policy in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. March 8 – President Bush and Treasury Secretary Skinner release Moving America, a statement on national transportation policy. March 8 – President Bush attends a fundraiser dinner for Senator John Warner in the ballroom of the Sheraton Premier Hotel. April April 2 – President Bush attends the Annual Convention of the National Association of Broadcasters in the Thomas P. Murphy Ballroom of the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. April 2 – President Bush attends a fundraising dinner for George Voinovich in the Presidential Ballroom of the Westin Hotel in Cincinnati. April 3 – Press Secretary Fitzwater releases a statement confirming that the Bush administration has read the text of Hussein's speech the previous day and that President Bush "finds the statements about Iraq's chemical weapons capability and his threatening Israel to be particularly deplorable and irresponsible." April 3 – President Bush attends a tree-planting ceremony at the Trees for Tomorrow Park in Indianapolis, Indiana. April 3 – President Bush attends a fundraising luncheon for Senator Dan Coats in Hall C of the Indianapolis Convention Center. April 3 – President Bush speaks with reporters on assistance for Nicaragua and Panama, the chemical weapons threat of Iraq, and clean air legislation while on Air Force One. April 5 – President Bush