[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 48 (Monday, December 3, 2001)]
[Pages 1733-1734]
[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 25

    In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush returned from Camp 
David, MD, to Washington, DC.

November 26

    In the morning, the President met with his National Security 
Council.

November 27

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with King 
Abdullah II of Jordan concerning cooperation against terrorism, events 
in Afghanistan, and Middle East peace efforts. Later, he met with his 
Homeland Security Council, and he also met with former Senator John C. 
Danforth, U.S. Special Envoy for Peace to the Sudan, to discuss human 
rights in the Sudan.
    In the afternoon, the President met in the Oval Office with the 
presidents of the International, U.S., and Salt Lake City Olympic 
Committees to discuss the 2002 Winter Olympics opening February 8, 2002, 
in Salt Lake City. Later, he met in the Oval Office with President Ali 
Abdallah Salih of Yemen.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Steven Joseph 
Chabot to be U.S. Representative to the 56th Session of the UN General 
Assembly.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Eni F.H. 
Faleomavaega to be U.S. Representative to the 56th Session of the UN 
General Assembly.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Stephen Hammerman, 
Floyd H. Flake, and William Harry Berdine as members of the White House 
Commission on Excellence in Special Education.
    The President announced his intention to designate Daniel R. 
Mulville as Acting Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration.

November 28

    The President declared a major disaster in Puerto Rico and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the 
area struck by severe storms, flooding, mudslides, and landslides on 
November 7 and continuing.

November 29

    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with Gov. 
James S. Gilmore III of Virginia concerning the Governor's decision to 
resign as Republican National Committee chairman.
    The White House announced that the President will travel to 
Philadelphia, PA, on December 1 to attend the Army-Navy football game at 
Veterans Stadium.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Naomi Churchill 
Earp to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and, 
upon confirmation, to designate her as Vice Chairman.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate Jacques Joseph 
Grandmaison to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Don A. Christensen 
as a member of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation 
Commission.

November 30

    In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to Camp 
David, MD.
    The White House announced that the President will meet with Minister 
of Foreign Affairs Saud al-Faysal al Saud of Saudi Arabia on December 6.
    The White House announced that the President and Mrs. Bush will 
participate in the Pageant of Peace on the Ellipse during the evening of 
December 6.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Tony Hammond to be 
a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission.
    The President announced his intention to designate George A. Omas as 
Chairman of the Postal Rate Commission.