    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 15 (Monday, April 15, 2002)]
    [Pages 615-616]
    [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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    April 6

        In the afternoon, from the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, the President
    had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel
    concerning the situation in the Middle East.
        In the evening, the President and Mrs. Bush hosted a dinner at the
    Bush Ranch for Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, his
    wife, Cherie, their daughter, Kathryn, and Mrs. Blair's mother, Gale
    Booth.

    April 7

        In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.

    April 8

        In the morning, the President had intelligence briefings. Later, he
    traveled to Knoxville, TN.
        In the afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC.
        The White House announced that the President will welcome President
    Rudolf Schuster of the Slovak Republic to the White House on June 7.

    April 9

        In the morning, the President traveled to Bridgeport, CT, and later
    to Greenwich, CT. In the afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC.
        The White House announced that the President will meet with King
    Mohamed VI of Morocco at the White House on April 23 to discuss
    developments in the Middle East and other key bilateral issues.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Stuart D. Rick to
    be a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
        The President announced his intention to appoint the following
    individuals as members of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam
    Education Foundation: Herbert Monroe Allison, Jr., Robert Leamon Bryant,
    Chung Wook Kim, Tuan Joseph Pham, Frank Jao, and Marilyn Castor Mashon
    Pattillo.
        The President announced his intention to appoint the following
    individuals as members of the Advisory Committee to the Pension Benefit
    Guaranty Corporation: George M. Kraw and Judith F. Mazo (Employee
    Representatives), and Mary Ann Melody Larson McDonald (Public
    Representative).
        The President announced his intention to appoint the following
    individuals as members of the Advisory Committee on the Arts, John F.
    Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Judson C. Ball, Bray Bruce
    Barnes, William Dewayne Dunlap, Ann Hundley Hoover, Linda Nordstrom,
    Wilbur O. Powers, Noel Quinones, Juan F. Woodroffe, and T. Caroline D.
    Wyly.
        The President announced his intention to designate Terry Bathen as
    Acting Inspector

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    General for the Corporation for National and Community Service.

    April 10

        In the morning, the President had CIA and FBI briefings and met with
    the National Security Council. Later, he met with Republican House and
    Senate leaders to discuss the upcoming congressional agenda.
        In the afternoon, the President met with Republican House Members to
    discuss welfare reform. Later, in the Oval Office, he met with
    California Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Simon.
        The White House announced that the President will welcome President
    Andres Pastrana of Colombia to the White House on April 18 to discuss
    cooperation against terrorism and drug interdiction efforts.

    April 11

        In the morning, the President had a breakfast meeting with Speaker
    of the House of Representatives Dennis J. Hastert, Senate Majority
    Leader Tom Daschle, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, and House
    Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt. Later, he had CIA and FBI
    briefings. He also had a telephone conversation with King Hamad bin Isa
    Al Khalifa of Bahrain concerning the situation in the Middle East.
        In the afternoon, the President had lunch with Vice President Dick
    Cheney.
        The White House announced that the President will meet with Prime
    Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon at the White House on April 17.

    April 12

        In the morning, from the Oval Office, the President had separate
    telephone conversations with President Vladimir Putin of Russia and
    Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy concerning a possible NATO-
    Russia summit to be held in Italy in May. He then had CIA and FBI
    briefings and met with the National Security Council.
        Also in the morning, the President met with Edmund Stoiber,
    opposition candidate for Chancellor of Germany. Also, in the Oval
    Office, he met with Sarah Hughes, 2002 Olympic gold medalist for women's
    figure skating, and her mother, Amy Hughes, and coach, Robin Wagner. He
    also met with U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick.
        In the afternoon, the President traveled to Camp David, MD.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Michael F. Duffy as
    a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
        The President announced his intention to appoint David Horton
    Wilkins as a member of the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Military
    Academy.
        The President announced his intention to appoint the following
    individuals as members of the President's Commission on White House
    Fellowships: Victoria Arias, Myrna Blyth, Corrine Claiborne Boggs, Julie
    Nixon Eisenhower, Ronald Robert Fogleman, Lisa Guillermin Gable, Kay
    Coles James, Jay L. Johnson, Edith Hollan Jones, Jeffrey C. Pope,
    William L. Roper, James Smith, and Barbara F. Vucanovich.
        The President announced his intention to appoint James David
    Gwartney, Patricia Louise Herbold, and Demaris H. Miller as members of
    the President's Council on the 21st Century Workforce.