[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 19 (Monday, May 14, 2007)]
[Pages 623-624]
[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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May 5

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later, 
he traveled to Beltsville, MD, where he went mountain biking with 
members of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports. 
Later, he returned to Washington, DC.

May 6

    During the day, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy of France to congratulate him on his 
election victory.
    The President declared a major disaster in Kansas and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding beginning on May 4 and 
continuing.

May 7

    In the morning, the President had separate telephone conversations 
with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India and President Mohammed Hosni 
Mubarak of Egypt. He then had an intelligence briefing.
    Later in the morning, in the Situation Room, the President had a 
video teleconference with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of Iraq.
    In the afternoon, in the Yellow Oval Room, the President and Mrs. 
Bush hosted a luncheon for Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and 
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.
    In the evening, on the North Portico, the President and Mrs. Bush 
greeted Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. They then participated in 
a photo opportunity in the Grand Foyer.
    Later in the evening, in the East Room, the President and Mrs. Bush, 
Vice President Dick Cheney and Mrs. Cheney, and Queen Elizabeth II and 
Prince Philip attended a performance by Itzhak Perlman.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Henrietta Holsman 
Fore to be Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International 
Development.

May 8

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
    In the afternoon, in the Yellow Oval Room, the President met with 
Republican Members of the House of Representatives.
    In the evening, the President and Mrs. Bush went to the British 
Embassy where they met with Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and 
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Later, they returned to the White 
House.

May 9

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. He then 
traveled to McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, KS. Later, aboard 
Marine One, he traveled to Greensburg, KS, where he took an aerial tour 
of the area damaged by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding on May 4.
    In the afternoon, the President took a walking tour of the damaged 
area and met with affected families. Later, in the Emergency Operations 
Center, he participated in a briefing on recovery efforts.
    Later in the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.

May 10

    In the morning, the President had separate telephone conversations 
with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and President

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Vladimir Putin of Russia. He then had an intelligence briefing.
    Later in the morning, the President traveled to Arlington, VA, 
where, at the Pentagon, he participated in a briefing by Secretary of 
Defense Robert M. Gates and Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff. He then met with U.S. military personnel.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The White House announced that the President and Mrs. Bush will host 
NATO Secretary General Jakob Gijsbert ``Jaap'' de Hoop Scheffer and Mrs. 
de Hoop Scheffer-van Oorschot at the Bush Ranch in Crawford, TX, on May 
20-21.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ravic R. Huso to 
be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Howard Radzely to 
be Deputy Secretary of Labor and appoint him as a Labor representative 
on the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of 
China.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ned L. Siegel to 
be Ambassador to the Bahamas.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert Lance 
Boldrey to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John E. Osborn and 
Lezlee J. Westine to be members of the U.S. Advisory Commission on 
Public Diplomacy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate William S. Jasien 
and Mark S. Shelton to be Directors of the Board of Directors of the 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation (Securities Industry).
    The President announced his intention to appoint Stephen E. Henry, 
James D. Range, and Edward R. Tinsley III as members of the Board of 
Directors of the Valles Caldera Trust.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Barbara Bruin as a 
member of the Federal Service Impasses Panel.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Michael Lewis 
Cromartie, Talil Eid, and Leonard A. Leo as members of the U.S. 
Commission on International Religious Freedom.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals as members of the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and 
Conservation Commission: Brad T. Barber; Don A. Christiansen; James F. 
Karpowitz; and Dallin Willard Jensen.
    The President announced his intention to designate Michael O. 
Leavitt (chief delegate), William Raymond Steiger, and Warren W. 
Tichenor as delegates of the U.S. to the Sixtieth World Health Assembly 
of the World Health Organization.
    The President announced his intention to designate the following 
individuals as alternate delegates of the U.S. to the Sixtieth World 
Health Assembly of the World Health Organization: John O. Agwunobi; Ann 
S. Blackwood; Julie L. Gerberding; David E. Hohman; Michael W. Miller; 
and Mary Lou Valdez.

May 11

    In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later, 
he traveled to Pittsburgh, PA, where, upon arrival, he met with USA 
Freedom Corps volunteer Dan Wiesman. He then traveled to Latrobe, PA.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The White House announced that the President will host Prime 
Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom at the White House on May 16-
17.
    The President declared a major disaster in Connecticut and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms and flooding on April 15-27.