[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 9 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
[Pages 306-307]
[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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February 21

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.

February 23

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ricardo H. 
Hinojosa to be Chair of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Michael E. O'Neill 
for reappointment as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission.

February 24

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later, 
he met with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell.
    In the afternoon, the President had lunch with Vice President Dick 
Cheney. Later, in the Cabinet Room, he met with Republican congressional 
leaders to discuss legislative priorities.
    Later in the afternoon, the President attended an African American 
History Month reception on the State Floor.

February 25

    In the morning, in the Oval Office, the President had breakfast with 
congressional leaders. Later, he had an intelligence briefing.
    Also in the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to discuss regional issues.
    During the day, the President met with members of the Congressional 
Black Caucus to discuss the situation in Haiti.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Theodore William 
Kassinger to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Michael Christian 
Polt to be Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Neil McPhie to be 
Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Rosalyn Queen 
Alonso, Stephen J. Moses, and Paul S. Polo, Sr., as members of the Board 
of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation.

February 26

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later, 
he traveled to Louisville, KY, where, upon arrival, he greeted USA 
Freedom Corps volunteer Marina Partee.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint William Hogarth as 
a U.S. Commissioner to the International Commission for the Conservation 
of Atlantic Tunas.

February 27

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later, 
he met with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.
    Later in the morning, the President had lunch with Chancellor 
Gerhard Schroeder of Germany, following their meeting in the Oval 
Office.
    In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to Camp 
David, MD.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ann R. Klee to be 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Benjamin S. Carson, 
Sr., Peter A. Lawler, and Diana J. Schaub as members of the President's 
Council on Bioethics.

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