[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 13 (Monday, April 1, 2002)]
[Pages 537-538]
[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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March 23
In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled from Monterrey,
Mexico, to Lima, Peru, arriving in the afternoon.
In the afternoon, the President met with U.S. Embassy personnel.
Later, in the Presidential Palace, he met with Presidents Alejandro
Toledo of Peru, Andres Pastrana of Colombia, and Jorge Fernando Quiroga
Ramirez of Bolivia, and Vice President Pedro Pinto Rubianes of Ecuador
to discuss the Andean Trade Preferences Act and other regional issues.
March 24
In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to San
Salvador, El Salvador.
In the afternoon, the President participated in a luncheon meeting
at the Casa Presidencial with Prime Minister Said Musa of Belize and
Presidents Francisco Flores Perez of El Salvador, Alfonso Portillo of
Guatemala, Ricardo Madura of Honduras, Enrique Bolanos of Nicaragua,
Miguel Angel Rodriguez of Costa Rica, and Mireya Elisa Moscoso of Panama
to discuss trade and other regional issues. Later, the President and
Mrs. Bush returned to Washington, DC, arriving in the evening.
March 25
In the morning, the President had CIA and FBI briefings and met with
the National Security Council. Then, in the Oval Office, he met with
Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark to discuss cooperation
against terrorism, issues related to NATO, and the Prime Minister's role
as incoming President of the European Union. Later, also in the Oval
Office, he met with leaders of the Lubavitch Jewish community to sign a
ceremonial copy of Proclamation 7534--Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.,
2002, and commemorate the 100th birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel
Schneerson, a Lubavitch leader who died in 1994.
March 26
In the morning, the President had CIA and FBI briefings.
In the afternoon, the President met with Prime Minister Helen Clark
of New Zealand in the Oval Office.
The President announced his intention to appoint the following
individuals as members of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services
Corporation: Frank B. Strickland, Michael McKay, Thomas A. Fuentes,
Lillian R. BeVier, and Robert J. Dieter.
March 27
In the morning, the President traveled to Greenville, SC. While en
route aboard Air Force One, he had a telephone conversation with
Chairman Hamid Karzai of the Afghan Interim Authority to express his
condolences concerning the earthquakes that struck northern Afghanistan
on March 25-26.
In the afternoon, the President traveled to Atlanta, GA. In the
evening, he traveled to the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX.
March 28
In the morning, the President traveled to Dallas, TX. In the
afternoon, he returned to the Bush Ranch in Crawford.
The President announced his intention to nominate Charlotte A. Lane
to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission.
The President announced his intention to nominate Carolyn Y. Peoples
to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
The President announced his intention to nominate Bruce R. James to
be the Public Printer.
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March 29
In the morning, the President had a teleconference meeting with the
National Security Council.
The President announced the recess appointment of Dennis L.
Schornack as Commissioner and Chairman of the International Joint
Commission--United States and Canada.
The President announced the recess appointment of Emil H. Frankel as
Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Transportation Policy.
The President announced the recess appointment of Jeffrey Shane as
Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
The President announced the recess appointment of Michael E. Toner
as a member of the Federal Election Commission.
The President announced the recess appointment of Gerald Reynolds as
Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights.