[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 46 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Pages 1682-1683]
[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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November 10

    In the morning, the President traveled to New York City, NY.

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November 11

    In the morning, the President met separately in the Waldorf-Astoria 
hotel with President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, President Andres 
Pastrana of Colombia, and President Fernando de la Rua of Argentina.
    In the afternoon, the President had lunch at the Waldorf-Astoria 
hotel with Gov. George E. Pataki of New York and Mayor Rudolph W. 
Giuliani and Mayor-elect Michael Bloomberg of New York City. Later, he 
went to the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World 
Trade Center to attend a ceremony honoring victims of those attacks. He 
then returned to Washington, DC.

November 12

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation from the 
Oval Office with President Jiang Zemin of China to congratulate him on 
China's accession to the World Trade Organization. He also met in the 
Oval Office with the Congressional Domestic Consequences Committee to 
discuss economic stimulus and aviation security legislation.
    Later in the morning, the President met with his National Security 
Council in the Situation Room at the White House. During the meeting, 
the President received notice of the crash of American Airlines Flight 
587 in Queens, NY. He then had telephone conversations with Mayor 
Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York City and Gov. George E. Pataki of New 
York to express his condolences and to inform them of Federal response 
efforts.
    Also in the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom.

November 13

    In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to the Bush 
Ranch in Crawford, TX.

November 14

    In the morning, the President met with his National Security Council 
by teleconference from the Bush Ranch.
    In the evening, the President and Mrs. Bush hosted a dinner at the 
Bush Ranch for President Vladimir Putin of Russia and his wife, 
Lyudmila.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Francis Joseph 
Ricciardone, Jr., to be Ambassador to the Philippines and Palau.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Sean O'Keefe to be 
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Nancy Southard 
Bryson to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Vickers B. Meadows 
to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
Administration.
    The President announced his intention to nominate the following 
individuals to be members of the J. William Fulbright Foreign 
Scholarship Board: John Willard Johnson, Jan Donnelly O'Neill, Donald 
Edward Vermeil, and Steven Joel Uhlfelder.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jennifer Cabranes 
Braceras as a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

November 15

    The President announced his intention to nominate Randal Quarles to 
be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs and, 
upon confirmation, to designate him as Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury.