[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 1 (Monday, January 5, 2004)]
[Pages 12-13]
[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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December 27

    In the morning, at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, the President had 
an intelligence briefing.

December 28

    During the day, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Secretary of Agriculture Ann M. Veneman concerning the recent incidence 
of bovine spongiform encephalitis (also known as mad cow disease) in 
Washington State.

December 29

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.

December 30

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
    During the day, the President participated in an interview with 
author Ken Walsh.

December 31

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.

January 1

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
    Also in the morning, the President traveled to Falfurrias, TX, where 
he had lunch with

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his personal envoy on the issue of Iraqi debt, James A. Baker III, to 
discuss Presidential Envoy Baker's recent trips to Europe and Asia.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to the Bush Ranch in 
Crawford, TX. Later, he participated in briefings with Presidential 
Envoy Baker and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice.

January 2

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.


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