[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 17 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Pages 693-694]
[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 22

    In the morning, the President traveled from Camp David, MD, to 
Wilmington, NY, where he worked on a trail maintenance project on the 
Ausable River Trail in Adirondack Park. In the afternoon, he returned to 
Washington, DC.

April 23

    In the morning, the President had intelligence briefings. In the 
afternoon, he met with Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha of 
Bulgaria to discuss Bulgaria's potential admission into NATO.

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April 24

    In the morning, the President traveled to Wentworth, SD. In the 
afternoon, he traveled to Sioux Falls, SD. In the evening, he traveled 
to the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX.
    The President announced his intention to designate John L. Howard as 
Federal Environmental Executive of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    The President announced his appointment of Mark A. Carter, John G. 
Cruz, and Grace Flores-Hughes as members of the Federal Service Impasses 
Panel.
    The President announced his intention to appoint John Paul 
Hammerschmidt as a member of the President's Task Force to Improve 
Health Care Delivery for our Nation's Veterans and, upon appointment, to 
designate him Cochair.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals as members of the Board of Directors of the Federal Prison 
Industries, Inc.: Audrey J. Roberts (retailers/consumer representative), 
Kenneth Rocks (labor representative), Donald R. Elliot (industry 
representative), Diane K. Morales (defense representative), and David D. 
Spears (agriculture representative).

April 25

    The President announced his intention to nominate James Franklin 
Jeffrey to be Ambassador to Albania.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Roel C. Campos and 
Harvey Jerome Goldschmid to be Commissioners of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.

April 26

    In the morning, from the Bush Ranch, the President had a telephone 
conversation with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines 
to express his condolences concerning recent terrorist attacks in the 
Philippines. Later, he had a teleconference with economic advisers.
    In the afternoon, the President attended a Republican National 
Committee luncheon at a neighboring ranch in Crawford.