    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 44, Number 6 (Monday, February 18, 2008)]
    [Pages 215-216]
    [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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    February 9

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

    February 10

        In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush returned to
    Washington, DC.

    February 11

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he had separate telephone conversations with Annette Lantos, wife of
    Representative Thomas P. Lantos, and Speaker of the House of
    Representatives Nancy Pelosi to express his condolences for the death of
    Representative Lantos. Then, in the National Security Adviser's office,
    he dropped by a meeting between National Security Adviser Stephen J.
    Hadley and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad of the Palestinian Authority.
        The White House announced that the President will meet with United
    Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the White House on February 15.

    February 12

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.
        In the afternoon, at the historic Evermay house, the President
    attended a Republican National Committee luncheon.
        During the day, in the Roosevelt Room, the President attended
    National Security Adviser Stephen J. Hadley's meeting with the Helping
    to Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Peter E.
    Cianchette to be Ambassador to Costa Rica.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Jeffrey Robert
    Brown to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and
    Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Federal Disability Insurance Trust
    Fund as well as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.
        The President announced his intention to nominate the following
    individuals to be members of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board: Perri Klass; Katherine Mitchell; Eduardo J. Padron;
    Alexa E. Posny; Timothy Shanahan; and Richard Kenneth Wagner.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Hyepin Christine
    Im and Layshae Ward to be members of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for National and Community Service.

    February 13

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing.

    February 14

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he had separate telephone conversations with Prime Minister Nuri al-
    Maliki of Iraq and Speaker Mahmud al-Mashhadani, First Deputy Speaker
    Khalid

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    al-Atiya, and Second Deputy Speaker Arif Tayfur of the Iraqi House of
    Representatives.
        In the evening, in the Blue Room, the President and Mrs. Bush hosted
    a Valentine's Day social dinner followed by a performance in the East
    Room by entertainer Denise Thimes.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Stephen J. Nolan
    to be Ambassador to Botswana.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Joseph Evan
    LeBaron to be Ambassador to Qatar.
        The President announced that he has named Christopher Michel as
    Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Speechwriting.
        The President announced that he has named Sara Armstrong as Special
    Assistant to the President.
        The President announced that he has named Meghan Clyne as Special
    Assistant to the President for Speechwriting.
        The President announced that he has named Matthew Latimer as Special
    Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Speechwriting.
        The President announced that he has named Mark J. Webber as Special
    Assistant to the President and Senior Director for South and Central
    Asian Affairs in the National Security Council.

    February 15

        In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later,
    he had a telephone conversation with Northern Illinois University
    President John G. Peters to express his condolences for the victims of
    the February 14 campus shooting. Then, in the Oval Office, he met with
    Minister of Foreign Affairs Saud al-Faysal bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of
    Saudi Arabia.
        In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to Cotonou,
    Benin, arriving the following morning.
        The White House announced that the President and Mrs. Bush will
    welcome His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the White House on April 16.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Joseph A. Benkert
    to be Assistant Secretary of Defense (Global Security Affairs).
        The President announced his intention to nominate Carol Dillon
    Kissal to be Inspector General of the Small Business Administration.
        The President announced his designation of the following individuals
    as members of a Presidential delegation to Seoul, Republic of Korea, to
    attend the inauguration of President Lee Myung-bak on February 25:
    Condoleezza Rice (head of delegation); Alexander R. Vershbow; Wendy
    Cutler; Gen. Burwell B. Bell; Andy Groseta; William R. Rhodes; and Hines
    Ward.