[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 44 (Monday, November 7, 2005)]
[Pages 1656-1657]
[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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October 29

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

October 30

    In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush returned to 
Washington, DC.
    In the evening, in the Rotunda at the U.S. Capitol, the President 
and Mrs. Bush participated in a wreath-laying ceremony and attended the 
public viewing of Rosa Parks, who lay in state until her funeral on 
November 2.

October 31

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. He then 
had a telephone conversation with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of 
Brazil.
    In the afternoon, in the Old Family Dining Room, the President had a 
working lunch with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy.
    Later in the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the President had a 
meeting with activist Charm Tong of Burma.

November 1

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing and a 
briefing on hurricane recovery efforts. He then traveled to Bethesda, 
MD. Later, he returned to Washington, DC.
    In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the President met with 
Chairman Donald E. Powell of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Steven A. Browning 
to be Ambassador to Uganda.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jeanine E. Jackson 
to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Lisette M. Mondello 
as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center.

November 2

    In the morning, the President had a breakfast meeting with Senate 
Majority Leader Bill Frist, Senate Majority Whip Mitch McConnell, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives J. Dennis Hastert, and House 
Majority Whip Roy Blunt to discuss legislative priorities.
    Later in the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. He 
then met with the National Security Council. Later, he met with 
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.
    In the afternoon, on the South Lawn, the President and Mrs. Bush 
participated in an arrival ceremony for Prince Charles of Wales and 
Duchess Camilla of Cornwall from the United Kingdom. Later, they hosted 
a luncheon.

November 3

    In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to Mar del 
Plata, Argentina, arriving in the evening.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate Mark Acton to be a 
Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kristie A. Kenney 
to be Ambassador to the Philippines.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert Weisberg to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John L. Palmer and 
Thomas R. Saving to be members of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal 
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals as members of the Cultural Property Advisory Committee: 
Willard Lee Boyd; Jay I. Kislak; Nancy Clausen Wilkie; and James Wright 
Willis.
    The President announced that he has named Stephen S. McMillin as 
Deputy Assistant to the President and Adviser to the Chief of Staff.
    The President announced that he has named Douglas B. Baker as 
Special Assistant to the President and Director of Border and 
Transportation Security.
    The President announced that he has named Rudy Fernandez as Special 
Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs.
    The President announced that he has named Daniel W. Fisk as Special 
Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere 
Affairs.
    The President announced that he has named Meghan L. O'Sullivan as 
Special Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser 
for Iraq and Afghanistan.
    The President announced that he has named Matthew Scott Robinson as 
Special Assistant to the President for Speechwriting.
    The President announced that he has named Stephen B. Slick as 
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Intelligence 
Programs and Reform.

November 4

    In the morning, at the Sheraton Mar del Plata, the President met 
with President Abel Pacheco of Costa Rica, President Elias Antonio Saca 
Gonzalez of El Salvador, President Oscar Berger of Guatemala, President 
Ricardo Maduro of Honduras, President Enrique Bolanos of Nicaragua, and 
President Leonel Fernandez Reyna of the Dominican Republic to discuss 
the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade 
Agreement (CAFTA).
    Later in the morning, the President went to the Hermitage Hotel, 
where he met with President Nestor Kirchner of Argentina. Later, at the 
Sheraton Mar del Plata, he met with leaders of Andean nations.
    In the afternoon, the President met with President Ricardo Lagos of 
Chile. Later, he and Mrs. Bush went to the Teatro Auditorium at the 
Casino Central de Mar del Plata, where they participated in the opening 
ceremony of the Summit of the Americas.
    Later in the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush returned to the 
Hermitage Hotel, where he participated in a group photo. He then 
participated in a plenary session of the Summit of the Americas.
    In the evening, the President and Mrs. Bush went to the Casino 
Central de Mar del Plata, where they attended a formal dinner. Later, 
they returned to the Sheraton Mar del Plata.