[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 18 (Monday, May 7, 2001)]
[Pages 706-707]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Digest of Other White House Announcements

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The following list includes the President's public schedule and other 
items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary 
and not included elsewhere in this issue.

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April 28

    In the afternoon, the President returned from Crawford, TX, to 
Washington, DC.

April 30

    The President had separate telephone conversations with Chancellor 
Gerhardt Schroeder of Germany, President Jacques Chirac of France, Prime 
Minister Jean Chretien of Canada, Prime Minister Tony Blair of the 
United Kingdom, and NATO Secretary General George Robertson.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Clark T. Randt, 
Jr., to be Ambassador to China.

May 1

    The President announced his intention to nominate Alexander R. 
Vershbow to be Ambassador to Russia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James Laurence 
Connaughton to

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be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality. Upon confirmation, 
he will be designated Chairman.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John W. Gillis to 
be Director of the Office of Victims of Crime.

May 2

    In the afternoon, the President met with members of the RespecTeen 
National Youth Forum at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office 
Building.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Hans H. Hertell to 
be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
    The President declared a disaster in Iowa and ordered Federal aid to 
supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe 
storms, tornadoes, and flooding beginning on April 8 and continuing.

May 3

    In the morning, the President met seperately with Foreign Minister 
Shimon Peres of Israel, President Vicente Fox of Mexico, and Foreign 
Minister Josenka Fischer of Germany in the Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Edmund James Hull 
to be Ambassador to Yemen.
    The White House announced that the President invited President 
Vicente Fox of Mexico to the White House for a state visit on September 
5-7.

May 4

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Camp David, MD.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ronald Weiser to 
be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Matt Fong to be 
Under Secretary of the Army.