    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 46 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
    [Pages 2068-2069]
    [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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    November 10

        In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with
    President Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia. He then had an intelligence
    briefing.
        In the afternoon, the President traveled to Quantico, VA. Later, he
    met with Dan and Deb Dunham, whose son, Corp. Jason Dunham, USMC, was
    killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He then
    returned to Washington, DC.

    November 11

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he and Mrs. Bush traveled to Arlington, VA, where they participated in a
    Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns in
    Arlington National Cemetery.
        In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush returned to
    Washington, DC.
        During the day, the President and Mrs. Bush hosted a reception for
    members of the 555th Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion who served during
    World War II.

    November 13

        In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with
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    Musharraf of Pakistan. He then had an intelligence briefing. Later, in
    the Roosevelt Room, he met with members of the Iraq Study Group.
        In the afternoon, the President had a working lunch with Prime
    Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel. Later, he hosted a reception for newly
    elected Members of Congress.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Mark Everett
    Keenum to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign
    Agricultural Services and to be a member of the Board of Directors of
    the Commodity Credit Corporation.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Ellen C. Williams
    to be a Governor of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service.

    November 14

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
        In the evening, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to Moscow,
    Russia, arriving the following day.

    November 15

        In the morning, aboard Air Force One, the President had an
    intelligence briefing.
        In the afternoon, upon arrival at the Vnukovo II International
    Airport in Moscow, the President and Mrs. Bush met with President
    Vladimir Putin of Russia and his wife, Lyudmila.
        Later in the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to
    Singapore, arriving the following day.

    November 16

        In the morning, upon arrival in Singapore, the President and Mrs.
    Bush went to the Shangri-La Hotel. Later, he had an intelligence
    briefing.
        Later in the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush visited the the
    Asian Civilisations Museum. Then, at the Shangri-La Hotel, they greeted
    U.S. Embassy personnel and their families.
        In the afternoon, the President went to the Istana where he met with
    Acting President J.Y. Pillay of Singapore. Later, he and Mrs. Bush
    returned to the Shangri-La Hotel.
        In the evening, at the Istana, the President and Mrs. Bush had
    dinner with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife, Ho Ching.
    Later, they returned to the Shangri-La Hotel.

    November 17

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. He and
    Mrs. Bush then traveled to Hanoi, Vietnam, where, upon arrival, they
    went to the Sheraton Hanoi.
        In the afternoon, the President had lunch with Prime Minister John
    Howard of Australia. Later, at the Presidential Palace, he and Mrs. Bush
    participated in an arrival ceremony and official photograph with
    President Nguyen Minh Triet of Vietnam and his wife, Mrs. Chi.
        Later in the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush paid a courtesy
    call on President Triet and Mrs. Chi. The President then had separate
    meetings with President Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of
    Vietnam. Then, at the Communist Party Headquarters, he met with General
    Secretary Nong Duc Manh of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
        Later in the afternoon, the President returned to the Sheraton
    Hanoi.
        In the evening, at the International Convention Center, the
    President and Mrs. Bush participated in a state banquet. They then
    returned to the Sheraton Hanoi.