    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 9 (Monday, March 4, 2002)]
    [Pages 328-329]
    [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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    February 25

        In the morning, the President had CIA and FBI briefings and met with
    the National Security Council.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Michael Alan Guhin
    for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as the U.S.
    Fissile Material Negotiator.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Lawrence E. Butler
    to be Ambassador to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Robert Watson Cobb
    to be Inspector General of the National Aeronautics and Space
    Administration.

    February 26

        In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with
    Prime Minister Jean Chretien of Canada to discuss the President's recent
    travel to Asia, the Prime Minister's recent travel to Germany and
    Russia, cooperation against terrorism, and various U.S.-Canadian trade
    issues. The President also had a telephone conversation with Crown
    Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, concerning

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    the situation in the Middle East and U.S.-Saudi relations.
        Later in the morning, the President had CIA and FBI briefings.
        In the evening, the President welcomed actor Mel Gibson to the White
    House and hosted a screening of the film ``We Were Soldiers.''
        The President announced his intention to nominate John Peter Suarez
    to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for
    Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.
        The President announced his intention to nominate J. Russell George
    to be Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community
    Service.

    February 27

        In the morning, the President had breakfast with congressional
    leaders. Later, he traveled to Charlotte, NC, and in the afternoon, he
    returned to Washington, DC.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Thomas Forrest
    Hall to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs.
        The President announced his intention to nominate John Leonard
    Helgerson to be Inspector General for the Central Intelligence Agency.

    February 28

        In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with King
    Mohamed VI of Morocco to discuss the situation in the Middle East and
    the United Nations effort to resolve the Western Sahara dispute. He then
    met with the Homeland Security Council.
        In the afternoon, the President had lunch with Vice President Dick
    Cheney and then met with bipartisan Members of Congress to discuss steel
    policy.
        The White House announced that the President will welcome His All
    Holiness Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church,
    to the White House on March 5.
        The White House announced that the President will welcome Prime
    Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg for a working visit on March
    6.
        The White House announced that the President and Prime Minister
    Bertie Ahern of Ireland will meet at the White House on March 13.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Robert Patrick
    John Finn to be Ambassador to Afghanistan.

    March 1

        In the morning, the President had intelligence and FBI briefings.
    Later, he traveled to Des Moines, IA. In the afternoon, he returned to
    Washington, DC. The President and Mrs. Bush then went to Camp David, MD.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Albert Casey to be
    a Governor of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Stephen Geoffrey
    Rademaker to be Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Jack David as
    Chairman of the U.S. Section of the United States and Canada Permanent
    Joint Board on Defense.
        The President announced his intention to appoint the following
    individuals as members of the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Naval
    Academy: Tirso Del Junco, Frederick Meyer, Jane Ellen Newman, and
    Michael Stephen Steele.