[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 1 (Monday, January 7, 2002)]
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[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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December 29

    During the day, from the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, the President 
had separate telephone conversations with Prime Minister Atal Bihari 
Vajpayee of India and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan to urge 
them to take measures to ease tensions in South Asia. Later, he had a 
telephone conversation with Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United 
Kingdom to discuss the situation in South Asia.

December 31

    The President announced the appointment of Zalmay Khalilzad as 
Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan.

January 1

    The President issued an emergency declaration for areas struck by 
record and near-record snowfall in New York.

January 4

    In the morning, the President traveled to Austin, TX, and later 
returned to Crawford, TX.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Steven Robert 
Blust to be a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission and to be 
designated Chairman upon confirmation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Deborah Matz to be 
a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Mark Sullivan to 
be U.S. Executive Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Vernadette Ramirez 
Broyles to be a member of the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice 
and Delinquency Prevention.