[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 22 (Monday, June 3, 2002)]
[Pages 940-941]
[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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May 25

    In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled from Moscow, 
Russia, to St. Petersburg, Russia, where the President participated in a 
wreath-laying ceremony with President Vladimir Putin of Russia at 
Piskarevskoye Cemetery. Later, President Bush and Mrs. Bush went to the 
State Hermitage Museum for a tour and lunch with President Putin and his 
wife, Lyudmila.
    In the evening, the President, Mrs. Bush, President Putin, and Mrs. 
Putin attended a performance of ``The Nutcracker'' at Mariinskiy Theater 
and later took a White Nights boat tour on the Neva River.

May 26

    In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush attended a service at 
the Kazan Cathedral in St. Petersburg and later toured the Russian 
Museum.
    In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to Paris, 
France. In the evening, the President had a working dinner with 
President Jacques Chirac of France at Elysee Palace.

May 27

    In the morning, the President met with personnel at the U.S. Embassy 
in Paris. He and Mrs. Bush then traveled to Sainte Mere Eglise, France, 
arriving in the afternoon. Later, they traveled to Colleville-sur-Mer, 
France, where the President participated in a wreath-laying ceremony 
with President Jacques Chirac of France at the Normandy American 
Cemetery.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Rome, Italy, where he had 
meetings and a working dinner with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of 
Italy at Villa Madama.

May 28

    In the morning, the President met with President Carlo Azeglio 
Ciampi of Italy at Quirinale Palace. He then traveled to Pratica di Mare 
Air Force Base for NATO summit meetings.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Rome and met with Pope 
John Paul II at the Vatican. He then returned to Washington, DC.

May 29

    In the morning, the President met in the Oval Office with Gov. Jeb 
Bush of Florida to discuss environmental issues in Florida.
    The White House announced that the President will meet with 
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt at Camp David, MD, on June 7-8 to 
discuss developments in the Middle East and key bilateral issues.
    The President declared a major disaster in the Federated States of 
Micronesia and ordered Federal aid to supplement national and State 
recovery efforts in the area struck by Typhoon Mitag on February 26-
March 3.
    The President declared a major disaster in Illinois and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding on April 21 and 
continuing.

May 30

    In the morning, the President had CIA and FBI briefings. In the 
afternoon, he had lunch with Vice President Dick Cheney. Later, he 
dropped by a USA Freedom Corps service opportunities fair for White 
House staff in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office 
Building.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Fernando Caldeiro, 
Van Dedric Romero, and Juan Secada as members of the President's 
Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.
    The President announced his intention to designate Enedelia 
Schofield as Co-Chair of the President's Advisory Commission on 
Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals as members of the National Museum of African American

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History and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Commission: Renee 
Joslyn Amoore; Barbara Alice Franco; Harold Kenneth Skamstad, Jr.; Eric 
Lin Sexton; Currie Dioan Ballard; and Andrew Gene McLemore, Jr.

May 31

    In the morning, the President had intelligence and FBI briefings. In 
the afternoon, he traveled to Camp David, MD.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals as members of the President's New Freedom Commission on 
Mental Health: Jane Adams; Rodolfo Arredondo; Daniel B. Fisher; Anil 
Godbole; Henry Troutman Harbin; Ginger Lerner-Wren; Robert Neil 
Postlethwait; Waltraud Ellinger Prechter; Randolph John Townsend; and 
Deanna Felber Yates.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals as members of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy 
Center for the Performing Arts: Smith Bagley; William Francis McSweeny; 
Frank Hilton Pearl; Mark S. Weiner; Thomas Edgar Wheeler; and Albert B. 
Glickman.