[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.