    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 3 (Monday, January 23, 2006)]
    [Pages 95-97]
    [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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    January 14

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

    January 15

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

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    January 16

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.

    January 17

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    in the Oval Office, he met with Secretary of Veterans Affairs James R.
    Nicholson, American Legion national commander Tom Brock, and John
    Summer, executive director of the Washington office of the American
    Legion.
        In the afternoon, in Room 350 of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executice
    Office Building, the President met with members of the Foreign
    Intelligence Service Advisory Board and participated in a swearing-in
    ceremony for the board.
        The White House announced that the President will welcome President
    Lech Kaczynski of Poland to the White House on February 9.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Richard A. Boucher
    to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Tyler D. Duvall to
    be Assistant Secretary of Transportation (Transportation Policy).
        The President announced his intention to nominate Preston M. Geren
    to be Under Secretary of the Army.
        The President announced his intention to nominate James B. Gulliford
    to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances at the Environmental
    Protection Agency.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Roger Shane Karr
    to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation (Governmental Affairs).
        The President announced his intention to nominate Nicole R. Nason to
    be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
        The President announced his intention to nominate David L. Norquist
    to be Chief Financial Officer at the Department of Homeland Security.
        The President announced his intention to nominate David C. Sanborn
    to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration of the Department of
    Transportation.
        The President announced his intention to nominate James S. Simpson
    to be Federal Transit Administrator at the Department of Transportation.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Ben S. Bernanke to
    be U.S. Alternate Governor of the International Monetary Fund.
        The President announced his intention to appoint John N. Etchart as
    a member of the Advisory Board of the National Air and Space Museum.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Valencia Campbell,
    Raymond Paul Caldiero, and James T. Dyke, Jr., as members of the Board
    of Governors of the United Service Organization, Incorporated.
        The President announced his intention to designate David L. Dunn as
    Acting Under Secretary of Education.
        The President announced his recess appointment of C. Boyden Gray as
    U.S. Representative to the European Union with the rank and status of
    Ambassador.
        The President announced his recess appointment of Dennis P. Walsh as
    a member of the National Labor Relations Board.

    January 18

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing followed
    by a meeting with Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.
        Later, he had a telephone conversation with Chancellor Angela Merkel
    of Germany to dicuss the situation in Iran.

    January 19

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he traveled to Sterling, VA. Later, he returned to Washington, DC.
        Also in the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with
    President-elect Michelle Bachelet of Chile to congratulate her on her
    election victory.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Randall L. Tobias
    to be Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Thad W. Allen to
    be Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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    January 20

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing followed
    by a National Security Council meeting. Later, he met with Secretary of
    State Condoleezza Rice.
        In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to Camp
    David, MD.
        The President declared a major disaster in South Carolina and
    ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in
    the area struck by a severe ice storm from December 15-16, 2005.