[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 40, Number 53 (Monday, January 3, 2005)]
[Page 3021]
[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 24

    In the morning, at Camp David, MD, the President had an intelligence 
briefing.
    During the day, the President had telephone conversations with 
members of the U.S. Armed Forces. He also had a telephone conversation 
with King Juan Carlos I of Spain to exchange best wishes and holiday 
greetings.

December 25

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.

December 26

    In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to the Bush 
Ranch in Crawford, TX.

December 27

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing and a 
briefing on the December 26 earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean. 
He also had a telephone conversation with Secretary of State Colin L. 
Powell to discuss the earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean and 
the elections in Ukraine.
    The White House announced that the President sent letters of 
condolence to the leaders of Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, 
India, Maldives, and Malaysia, which were affected by the December 26 
earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean.

December 28

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing and a 
briefing on the earthquake and tsunamis in the Indian Ocean.

December 29

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.

December 30

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.