    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 15 (Monday, April 14, 2003)]
    [Pages 430-431]
    [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 5

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing at Camp
    David, MD.

    April 6

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

    April 7

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he traveled to Hillsborough, Northern Ireland.
        In the evening, the President had dinner with Prime Minister Tony
    Blair of the United Kingdom at Hillsborough Castle.

    April 8

        In the afternoon, at Hillsborough Castle, the President had lunch
    with Prime Minister Blair and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland.
    The three leaders then met with Northern Ireland leaders to discuss the
    peace process in Northern Ireland.
        Later in the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.

    April 9

        In the morning, the President had breakfast with Speaker of the
    House of Representatives J. Dennis Hastert, House Majority Leader Tom
    DeLay, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Bill
    Frist, and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle. Later, he had
    intelligence and FBI briefings and met in the Situation Room with the
    National Security Council. Then, in the Oval Office, he met with Defense
    Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
        Later in the morning, in the Oval Office, the President met with
    President Rudolf Schuster of Slovakia to discuss the war on terror and
    the situation in Iraq.
        During the morning, in the Oval Office, the President watched
    television coverage of events in Iraq.
        The White House announced that the President will welcome President
    Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea to the White House on May 14.
        The President announced his intention to nominate April H. Foley to
    be a member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the
    United States.

    April 10

        In the morning, the President had intelligence and FBI briefings and
    met with the National Security Council. Later, he had separate meetings
    with Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin
    L. Powell.
        Also in the morning, the President had separate telephone
    conversations with President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland and Prime
    Minister John Howard of Australia to discuss military operations in
    Iraq.
        In the afternoon, the President had lunch with Vice President Dick
    Cheney. Later, in the Oval Office, he met with President Francisco
    Flores Perez of El Salvador, President Alfonso Portillo Cabrera of
    Guatemala, President Ricardo Maduro of Honduras, President Enrique
    Bolanos of Nicaragua, and President Abel Pacheco of Costa Rica to
    discuss negotiations for a Central American free trade agreement.
        Later in the afternoon, the President met with members of the
    Business Roundtable to discuss his jobs-and-growth package.
        The President announced his intention to nominate A. Paul Anderson
    to be a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission.
        The President announced his intention to nominate David Hall to be a
    member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
        The President announced his intention to nominate David W. Fleming,
    Jay P. Greene, and John R. Petrocik to be members of the Board of
    Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Eric I. Cantor,
    Robert C. Scott, and James H. Wilkinson III as members of the

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    Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Vernon B. Sauer to
    be U.S. Representative of the Sabine River Compact Administration.
        The President declared an emergency in Colorado and ordered Federal
    aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by
    record/near record snow on March 17-20.

    April 11

        In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with
    President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines to discuss the
    situation in Iraq, military operations against terrorists in the
    Philippines, and her upcoming state visit. He then had a telephone
    conversation with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy to discuss
    the situation in Iraq.
        Later in the morning, the President had intelligence and FBI
    briefings and met with the National Security Council. He also met with
    Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld.
        In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush went to Walter Reed
    Army Medical Center. Later, they traveled to the National Naval Medical
    Center in Bethesda, MD. At both medical centers, they visited U.S.
    military personnel injured in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, and
    the President presented Purple Heart medals to some of them.
        The President and Mrs. Bush then traveled to Camp David, MD.