    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 16 (Monday, April 24, 2006)]
    [Pages 749-750]
    [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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    April 15

        In the morning, at Camp David, MD, the President had an intelligence
    briefing.
        In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush had Easter lunch with
    family members.

     April 16

        In the morning, at the Evergreen Chapel at Camp David, the
    President, Mrs. Bush, and family members attended an Easter Sunday
    service. Later, he met with U.S. military personnel.
        In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush returned to
    Washington, DC.

     April 17

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    on the State Floor, he and Mrs. Bush attended a White House Easter Egg
    Roll breakfast reception. They then participated in the White House
    Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn.
        Later in the morning, the President traveled to Sterling, VA, where,
    upon arrival, he toured Europa Stone Distributors, Inc.
        In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Paul A. Denett to
    be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy at the Office of
    Management and Budget.
        The President announced his intention to appoint the following
    individuals as members of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council: Debra
    Abrams; Esther Jungreis; Norma Lerner; Marvin A. Pomerantz; Alan Neil
    Rechtshaffen; J. Philip Rosen; Elie Wiesel; Bradley David Wine; and
    Judith Yudof.

     April 18

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he traveled to Rockville, MD, where, at the Parkland Magnet Middle
    School for Aerospace Technology, he met with students and teachers.
        In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Rob Portman to be
    Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Susan C. Schwab to
    be U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.

     April 19

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he met with a children's soccer team from Iraq. He then traveled to
    Tuskegee, AL, where, upon arrival, he met with USA Freedom Corps
    volunteer Vester Marable. Later, at Tuskegee University, he participated
    in a demonstration of nanotechnology research.
        In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
        The President announced his appointment of Joel D. Kaplan as
    Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy.
        The President announced his recess appointment of John L. Palmer and
    Thomas R. Saving as members of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal
    Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Disability
    Insurance Trust Fund, the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, and the
    Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
        The President announced his recess appointment of Bertha K. Madras
    as Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug
    Control Policy.
        The President announced his recess appointment of James F.X. O'Gara
    as Deputy Director for Supply Reduction at the Office of National Drug
    Control Policy.

     April 20

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
        In the afternoon, in the East Room, the President and Mrs. Bush
    hosted a social lunch and entertainment for President Hu Jintao of China
    and his wife, Liu Yongqing.

     April 21

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. He then traveled to
    Moffett Federal Airfield, CA, where, upon arrival, he met with USA
    Freedom Corps volunteer Joe Russo. While enroute aboard Air

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    Force One, he participated in a telephone conversation with Prime
    Minister-elect Romano Prodi of Italy to congratulate him on his election
    victory.
        Later in the morning, the President traveled to San Jose, CA.
        In the afternoon, the President traveled to Stanford, CA, where, at
    a private residence, he met with Hoover Institution Fellows. Later, the
    President had dinner at a private residence.
        In the evening, the President traveled to St. Helena, CA.
        The White House announced that the President will host Prime
    Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark at Camp David, MD, on June 9.