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Charles Gibson of ABC News. He then trav- Kansas City, MO, where, upon arrival, he eled to Marietta, GA, where, upon arrival, met with USA Freedom Corps volunteers he met with USA Freedom Corps volunteer Bradley Fisher and Taylor Mayes. Later, at Margaret Rose Halbert. a private residence, he attended a reception In the afternoon, the President traveled to for Senate candidate James M. Talent. Savannah, GA, where, upon arrival, he met In the evening, the President returned to with USA Freedom Corps volunteer Mary Washington, DC. Nelson Adams. He then traveled to Pooler, GA. Later, he returned to Washington, DC. While en route aboard Air Force One, he participated in an interview with Paul Gigot of The Wall Street Journal. Nominations The White House announced that the Submitted to the Senate President will visit Tallinn, Estonia, on No- vember 28 and Riga, Lativa, where he will participate in the North Atlantic Treaty Or- The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations ganization summit, on November 28 and 29. to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- The President declared a major disaster in eign Service officers. Arizona and ordered Federal aid to supple- ment State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and flooding Submitted September 5 from July 25 to August 4. The President announced his intention to David Longly Bernhardt, nominate Lauren M. Maddox to be Assistant of Colorado, to be Solicitor of the Depart- Secretary of Education (Communications ment of the Interior, vice Sue Ellen and Outreach). Wooldridge. The President announced his intention to nominate Jovita Carranza to be Deputy Ad- Mary Amelia Bomar, ministrator of the Small Business Administra- of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Na- tion. tional Park Service, vice Frances P. Mainella, The President announced his intention to resigned. nominate Donald Y. Yamamoto to be Ambas- sador to Ethiopia. Terrence W. Boyle, The President announced his intention to of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge nominate Dean A. Pinkert and Irving A. for the Fourth Circuit, vice J. Dickson Phil- Williamson to be Commissioners of the U.S. lips, Jr., retired. International Trade Commission. The President announced his intention to Larry W. Brown, designate Leslie Silverman as Vice Chairman of Virginia, to be a member of the Defense of the Equal Employment Opportunity Com- Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term mission. expiring October 18, 2010, vice R. Bruce Matthews, resigned. September 8 In the morning, the President had an intel- Peter E. Cianchette, ligence briefing. Later, he participated in an of Maine, to be a member of the Internal interview with Matt Lauer of NBC News. He Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term then traveled to Flint, MI, where, upon ar- expiring September 14, 2010, vice Nancy rival, he met with USA Freedom Corps vol- Killefer, term expired. unteer Greg Ybarra. In the afternoon, the President traveled to Charles F. Conner, Clarkston, MI, where, at a private residence, of Indiana, to be a member of the Board he attended a reception for Senate candidate of Directors of the Commodity Credit Cor- Michael J. Bouchard. Later, he traveled to poration, vice James R. Moseley.

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John Ray Correll, Halil Suleyman Ozerden, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce- the Southern District of Mississippi, vice ment, vice Jeffrey D. Jarrett. David C. Bramlette, retired. Charles L. Glazer, Norman Randy Smith, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraor- of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the dinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Ninth Circuit, vice Stephen S. Trott, retired. States of America to the Republic of El Sal- vador. Richard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary William James Haynes II, of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, vice of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the David D. Lauriski, resigned. Fourth Circuit, vice H. Emory Widener, Jr., retiring. Sara Alicia Tucker, of California, to be Under Secretary of Edu- Tracy A. Henke, cation, vice Edward R. McPherson, resigned. of Missouri, to be Executive Director of the Office of State and Local Government Co- Michael Brunson Wallace, ordination and Preparedness, Department of of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for Homeland Security, vice C. Suzanne the Fifth Circuit, vice Charles W. Pickering, Mencer, resigned. Sr., retired. Robert T. Howard, William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Adminis- Veterans Affairs (Information and Tech- trator of the Environmental Protection Agen- nology), vice Robert N. McFarland. cy, vice Jeffrey R. Holmstead, resigned. Collister Johnson, Jr., Peter Stanley Winokur, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Saint of Maryland, to be a member of the Defense Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term for a term of 7 years, vice Albert S. Jacquez, expiring October 18, 2009, vice John T. term expired. Conway, term expired. John Edward Mansfield, Otis D. Wright II, of Virginia, to be a member of the Defense of California, to be U.S. District Judge for Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term the Central District of California, vice Gary expiring October 18, 2011 (reappointment). L. Taylor, retired. William W. Mercer, George H. Wu, of Montana, to be Associate Attorney Gen- of California, to be U.S. District Judge for eral, vice Robert D. McCallum, Jr. the Central District of California, vice Ron- ald S. W. Lew, retiring. Mark Myers, of Alaska, to be Director of the U.S. Geologi- Submitted September 6 cal Survey, vice Charles G. Groat, resigned. Robert K. Steel, William Gerry Myers III, of Connecticut, to be an Under Secretary of of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the the Treasury, vice Randal Quarles. Ninth Circuit, vice Thomas G. Nelson, re- tired. Submitted September 7 James F. X. O’Gara, Jovita Carranza, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director for of Illinois, to be Deputy Administrator of the Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Small Business Administration, vice Melanie Control Policy, vice Barry D. Crane. Sabelhaus, resigned.

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Paul DeCamp, Checklist of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage of White House Press Releases and Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice Tammy Dee McCutchen, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the The following list contains releases of the Office last recess of the Senate. of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as items nor covered by entries in the Digest of Michael F. Duffy, Other White House Announcements. of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Re- view Commission for a term of 6 years expir- Released September 5 ing August 30, 2012 (reappointment), to Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Sec- which position he was appointed during the retary Tony Snow and Assistant to the Presi- last recess of the Senate. dent for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Frances Fragos Townsend Lauren M. Maddox, Fact sheet: The President’s National Strategy of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for for Combating Terrorism Communications and Outreach, Department of Education, vice Kevin F. Sullivan, re- Fact sheet: Mary Peters: The Right Person signed. for Secretary of Transportation Text: Letter from Chief of Staff Joshua B. Daniel Meron, Bolten to Senator Harry Reid of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, Released September 6 vice Alex Azar II, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Sen- Transcript of a background briefing by a sen- ate. ior administration official and a senior intel- ligence official on the transfer of Central In- telligence Agency detainees to the Depart- Mary E. Peters, ment of Defense’s Guantanamo Bay deten- of Arizona, to be Secretary of Transportation, tion facility vice Norman Y. Mineta, resigned. Fact sheet: The Administration’s Legislation Dean A. Pinkert, To Create Military Commissions of Virginia, to be a member of the U.S. Inter- Fact sheet: Bringing Terrorists to Justice national Trade Commission for the term ex- piring December 16, 2015, vice Jennifer Released September 7 Anne Hillman, term expiring. Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Sec- retary Tony Snow Irving A. Williamson, of New York, to be a member of the U.S. Statement by the Press Secretary: President International Trade Commission for the term To Visit Estonia and to Participate in the expiring June 16, 2014, vice Stephen Koplan, NATO Summit in Latvia term expired. Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President received the second report Donald Y. Yamamoto, of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of of New York, a career member of the Senior North America (SPP) Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Statement by the Press Secretary on disaster potentiary of the United States of America assistance to Arizona to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethi- Fact sheet: Progress Report: Fixing the Prob- opia. lems Exposed by the 9/11 Attacks

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