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of the National Commission on Terrorist At- retary of Energy for Environment, Safety, tacks Upon the (9/11 Commis- and Health. sion) to discuss recommendations in the The President announced his intention to Commission’s report, which was released nominate James S. Simpson to be a member that day. Later, in the Roosevelt Room, the of the Advisory Board of the St. Lawrence President participated in a signing ceremony Seaway Development Corporation. for the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act The President announced his intention to of 2004. nominate Jane Dee Hull to be a U.S. Rep- In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the resentative to the 59th Session of the General President participated in a signing ceremony Assembly of the . for Executive Order 13347—Individuals The President announced his intention to With Disabilities in Emergency Prepared- nominate Yousif B. Ghafari to be a U.S. Al- ness. ternate Representative to the 59th Session Later in the afternoon, the President trav- of the General Assembly of the United Na- eled to Glenview, IL, where, upon arrival, tions. he met with USA Freedom Corps volunteer The President made additional disaster as- Nicolette Meier. He then toured the North- sistance available to the Federated States of eastern Illinois Public Safety Training Acad- Micronesia impacted by Typhoon Sudal on emy. Later, he traveled to Winnetka, IL, April 8–14, by authorizing an increase in the where he attended a Victory 2004 dinner at level of Federal funding for public restora- a private residence. tion work in the State of Yap. In the evening, the President returned to July 23 Washington, DC. The President announced his intention to In the morning, the President had intel- nominate Karen Alderman Harbert to be As- ligence and FBI briefings. Later, he traveled sistant Secretary of Energy for International to Detroit, MI, where, upon arrival, he met Affairs and Domestic Policy. with USA Freedom Corps volunteer Eric The President announced his intention to Rasmussen. nominate Gregory Franklin Jenner to be As- In the afternoon, the President traveled to sistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Pol- Crawford, TX, where he participated in a icy. Victory 2004 event at a private residence and then went to the Bush Ranch. The President announced his intention to designate Sharon Brown-Hruska as Acting Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trad- ing Commission. The President announced his intention to Nominations nominate Sharon Brown-Hruska to be a Submitted to the Senate Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The President announced his intention to The following list does not include promotions of nominate Hector E. Morales to be U.S. Ex- members of the Uniformed Services, nominations ecutive Director of the Inter-American De- to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- velopment Bank. eign Service officers. The President announced his intention to nominate to be Submitted July 19 Treasurer of the United States. The President announced his intention to Michael D. Gallagher, designate John S. Shaw as Acting Assistant of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of Secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety, Commerce for Communications and Infor- and Health. mation, vice Nancy Victory, resigned, to The President announced his intention to which position he was appointed during the nominate John S. Shaw to be Assistant Sec- last recess of the Senate.

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Floyd Hall, member of the Board of Directors of the Af- of New Jersey, to be a member of the Reform rican Development Foundation for a term Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5 years, vice expiring September 22, 2009, vice John F. Amy M. Rosen, term expired, to which posi- Hicks, Sr., term expired. tion he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Submitted July 22

Theodore William Kassinger, Christopher A. Boyko, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Com- of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the merce, vice Samuel W. Bodman, resigned, Northern District of Ohio, vice Paul R. to which position he was appointed during Matia, retiring. the last recess of the Senate. Sharon Brown-Hruska, Daniel R. Levinson, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the of Maryland, to be Inspector General, De- Commodity Futures Trading Commission for partment of Health and Human Services, the term expiring April 13, 2009 (reappoint- vice Janet Rehnquist, resigned. ment). Jack Edwin McGregor, of Connecticut, to be a member of the Advi- Anna Escobedo Cabral, sory Board of the St. Lawrence Seaway De- of Virginia, to be Treasurer of the United velopment Corporation, vice Vincent J. States, vice Rosario Marin. Sorrentino, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Yousif B. Ghafari, Senate. of Michigan, to be an Alternate Representa- tive of the United States of America to the B. Lynn Pascoe, 59th Session of the General Assembly of the of Virginia, a career member of the Senior United Nations. Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Alan Greenspan, potentiary of the United States of America of New York, to be U.S. Alternate Governor to the Republic of Indonesia. of the International Monetary Fund for a term of 5 years (reappointment). Brig. Gen. Don T. Riley, USA, to be a member and President of the Mis- Karen Alderman Harbert, sissippi River Commission. of the District of Columbia, to be an Assist- Withdrawn July 19 ant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs and Domestic Policy), vice Vickey A. Bailey. Albert Casey, of , to be a Governor of the United Jane Dee Hull, States Postal Service for a term expiring De- of Arizona, to be a Representative of the cember 8, 2009, vice Tirso del Junco, term United States of America to the 59th Session expired, which was sent to the Senate on Jan- of the General Assembly of the United Na- uary 21, 2004. tions.

Submitted July 21 Gregory Franklin Jenner, Lloyd O. Pierson, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator the Treasury, vice Pamela F. Olson, resigned. of the U.S. Agency for International Devel- opment, vice Constance Berry Newman. Hector E. Morales, of Texas, to be U.S. Executive Director of Lloyd O. Pierson, the Inter-American Development Bank for an Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agen- a term of 3 years, vice Jose A. Fourquet, re- cy for International Development, to be a signed.

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Richard B. Roper III, Released July 22 of Texas, to be U.S. Attorney for the North- Statement by the Press Secretary on the ap- ern District of Texas for the term of 4 years, pointment of Cindy L. Courville as Special vice Jane J. Boyle, resigned. Assistant to the President and Senior Direc- John S. Shaw, tor for African Affairs at the National Secu- of the District of Columbia, to be an Assist- rity Council ant Secretary of Energy (Environment, Safe- Statement by the Press Secretary announcing ty, and Health), vice Beverly Cook, resigned. that the President signed H.R. 218

James S. Simpson, Statement by the Press Secretary announcing of New York, to be a member of the Advisory that the President signed H.R. 3846, S. 103, Board of the St. Lawrence Seaway Develop- and S. 1167 ment Corporation, vice Jay C. Ehle. Statement by the Press Secretary on addi- tional disaster assistance to the Federated Lisa Godbey Wood, States of Micronesia of Georgia, to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia for the term of Released July 23 4 years, vice Richard S. Thompson, resigned. Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Claire Buchan Fact sheet: Encouraging Minority Entrepre- Checklist neurship of White House Press Releases

The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as Acts Approved items nor covered by entries in the Digest of by the President Other White House Announcements.

Released July 19 Approved July 21 Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- S. 15 / Public Law 108–276 retary Scott McClellan Project BioShield Act of 2004 Statement by the Press Secretary on the up- coming visit of Prime Minister Adrian Approved July 22 Nastase of Romania Released July 20 H.R. 218 / Public Law 108–277 Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Sec- 2004 retary Scott McClellan

Statement by the Press Secretary on disaster H.R. 3846 / Public Law 108–278 assistance to South Dakota Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 Released July 21 S. 1167 / Public Law 108–279 Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- To resolve boundary conflicts in Barry and retary Scott McClellan Stone Counties in the State of Missouri Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed S. 15 S. 103 / Private Law 108–1 Fact sheet: Progress in the War on Terror For the relief of Lindita Idrizi Heath

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