    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 51 (Monday, December 24, 2007)]
    [Pages 1632-1633]
    [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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    December 15

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.

    December 17

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he traveled to Fredericksburg, VA.
        In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.

    December 18

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
        In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the President participated in
    a signing ceremony for H.R. 3315, designating the Great Hall of the
    Capitol Visitor Center as Emancipation Hall.
        The White House announced that the President will travel to Israel,
    the West Bank, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia,
    and Egypt from January 8-16, 2008.
        The President declared a major disaster in Oklahoma and ordered
    Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area
    struck by severe winter storms on December 8 and continuing.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Irene B. Brooks to
    be Chairman and Samuel W. Speck to be a Commissioner of the
    International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Robert G. McSwain
    to be Director of the Indian Health Service within the Public Health
    Service at the Department of Health and Human Services.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Deanna Tanner Okun
    to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative with the rank of Ambassador.

    December 19

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    in front of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building, he and
    Vice President Dick Cheney thanked Washington, DC, firefighters who
    responded to a fire in the Vice President's ceremonial office.
        In the afternoon, the President traveled to the National Naval
    Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, where he visited with wounded U.S.
    military personnel and presented Purple Heart medals to service members.
    He then returned to Washington, DC.

    December 20

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
        In the afternoon, the President visited Walter Reed Army Medical
    Center where he met with wounded U.S. military personnel and presented
    Purple Heart medals to soldiers.

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    December 21

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he and Mrs. Bush traveled to Camp David, MD.