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Musharraf of Pakistan. He then had an intel- ister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife, Ho ligence briefing. Later, in the Roosevelt Ching. Later, they returned to the Shangri- Room, he met with members of the Iraq La Hotel. Study Group. In the afternoon, the President had a November 17 working lunch with Prime Minister Ehud In the morning, the President had an intel- Olmert of Israel. Later, he hosted a reception ligence briefing. He and Mrs. Bush then trav- for newly elected Members of Congress. eled to Hanoi, Vietnam, where, upon arrival, The President announced his intention to they went to the Sheraton Hanoi. nominate Mark Everett Keenum to be In the afternoon, the President had lunch Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and with Prime Minister John Howard of Aus- Foreign Agricultural Services and to be a tralia. Later, at the Presidential Palace, he member of the Board of Directors of the and Mrs. Bush participated in an arrival cere- Commodity Credit Corporation. mony and official photograph with President The President announced his intention to Nguyen Minh Triet of Vietnam and his wife, nominate Ellen C. Williams to be a Governor Mrs. Chi. of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Later in the afternoon, the President and Service. Mrs. Bush paid a courtesy call on President Triet and Mrs. Chi. The President then had November 14 separate meetings with President Triet and In the morning, the President had an intel- Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of Viet- ligence briefing. nam. Then, at the Communist Party Head- In the evening, the President and Mrs. quarters, he met with General Secretary Bush traveled to Moscow, Russia, arriving Nong Duc Manh of the Communist Party the following day. of Vietnam. November 15 Later in the afternoon, the President re- turned to the Sheraton Hanoi. In the morning, aboard Air Force One, the In the evening, at the International Con- President had an intelligence briefing. vention Center, the President and Mrs. Bush In the afternoon, upon arrival at the participated in a state banquet. They then Vnukovo II International Airport in Moscow, returned to the Sheraton Hanoi. the President and Mrs. Bush met with Presi- dent Vladimir Putin of Russia and his wife, Lyudmila. Later in the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush traveled to Singapore, arriving the Nominations following day. Submitted to the Senate November 16 In the morning, upon arrival in Singapore, The following list does not include promotions of the President and Mrs. Bush went to the members of the Uniformed Services, nominations Shangri-La Hotel. Later, he had an intel- to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- ligence briefing. eign Service officers. Later in the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush visited the the Asian Civilisations Submitted November 13 Museum. Then, at the Shangri-La Hotel, they greeted U.S. Embassy personnel and Katherine Almquist, their families. of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator In the afternoon, the President went to the of the U.S. Agency for International Devel- Istana where he met with Acting President opment, vice Lloyd O. Pierson, resigned. J.Y. Pillay of Singapore. Later, he and Mrs. Bush returned to the Shangri-La Hotel. Andrew G. Biggs, In the evening, at the Istana, the President of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner and Mrs. Bush had dinner with Prime Min- of Social Security for the remainder of the

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term expiring January 19, 2007, vice James tember 3, 2012, vice Don V. Cogman, term B. Lockhart III. expired.

Andrew G. Biggs, Mark Everett Keenum, of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of Agri- of Social Security for a term expiring January culture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 19, 2013 (reappointment). Services, vice J. B. Penn. Dan Gregory Blair, Mark Everett Keenum, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commis- of Mississippi, to be a member of the Board sioner of the Postal Rate Commission for a of Directors of the Commodity Credit Cor- term expiring October 14, 2012, vice George poration, vice J. B. Penn. A. Omas, term expired. Terry L. Cline, Scott A. Keller, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Sub- of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of stance Abuse and Mental Health Services Housing and Urban Development, vice Ste- Administration, Department of Health and ven B. Nesmith, resigned. Human Services, vice Charles Curie, re- signed. Charlotte P. Kessler, of Ohio, to be a member of the National Benjamin Donenberg, Council on the Arts for a term expiring Sep- of California, to be a member of the National tember 3, 2012, vice Katharine DeWitt, term Council on the Arts for a term expiring Sep- expired. tember 3, 2012, vice Maribeth McGinley, term expired. Robert Bretley Lott, of Louisiana, to be a member of the National Charles E. Dorkey III, Council on the Arts for a term expiring Sep- of New York, to be a member of the Advisory tember 3, 2012, vice Teresa Lozano Long, Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Devel- term expired. opment Corporation, vice James S. Simpson. William Francis Price, Jr., Foreststorn Hamilton, of California, to be a member of the National of New York, to be a member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring Sep- Council on the Arts for a term expiring Sep- tember 3, 2012, vice Evelyn Dee Potter tember 3, 2012, vice Mary Costa, term ex- Rose, term expired. pired. Richard Allan Hill, Anthony W. Ryan, of Montana, to be a member of the Board of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Sec- of Directors of the Corporation for National retary of the Treasury, vice Timothy S. and Community Service for a term expiring Bitsberger. June 10, 2009, vice Juanita Sims Doty, term Paul A. Schneider, expired. of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Man- Daine Humetewa, agement, Department of Homeland Secu- of Arizona, to be a member of the Board rity, vice Janet Hale, resigned. of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholar- ship and Excellence in National Environ- Leon R. Sequeira, mental Policy Foundation for a term expiring of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of August 25, 2012, vice Richard Narcia, term Labor, vice Veronica Vargas Stidvent. expired. Ellen C. Williams, Joan Israelite, of Kentucky, to be a Governor of the U.S. of Missouri, to be a member of the National Postal Service for a term expiring December Council on the Arts for a term expiring Sep- 8, 2016 (reappointment).

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Submitted November 14 expiring July 1, 2009, vice Read Van de Water, term expiring, which was sent to the Steven G. Bradbury, Senate on May 25, 2006. of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman Goldsmith III, Peter W. Tredick, resigned. of California, to be a member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, Paul DeCamp, 2007, vice Edward J. Fitzmaurice, Jr., term of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage expired, which was sent to the Senate on and Hour Division, Department of Labor, March 27, 2006. vice Tammy Dee McCutchen, resigned. Elizabeth Dougherty, Peter W. Tredick, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of California, to be a member of the National of the National Mediation Board for a term Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, expiring July 1, 2007, vice Edward J. 2010 (reappointment), which was sent to the Fitzmaurice, Jr., term expired. Senate on July 18, 2006. Elizabeth Dougherty, Submitted November 16 of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the National Mediation Board for a term Terrence W. Boyle, expiring July 1, 2010 (reappointment). of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice J. Dickson Phil- Arlene Holen, lips, Jr., retired. of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Re- William James Haynes II, view Commission for a term of 6 years expir- of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the ing August 30, 2010, vice Robert H. Beatty, Fourth Circuit, vice H. Emory Widener, Jr., Jr., term expired. retiring. Richard Stickler, Peter D. Keisler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, vice District of Columbia Circuit, vice John G. David D. Lauriski, resigned to which position Roberts, Jr., elevated. he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, Ninth Circuit, vice Thomas G. Nelson, re- of Virginia, to be a member of the Broad- tired. casting Board of Governors for a term expir- ing August 13, 2007 (reappointment). James Edward Rogan, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, the Central District of California, vice Nora of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Broad- M. Manella, resigned. casting Board of Governors (reappointment). Margaret A. Ryan, Peter W. Tredick, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of California, to be a member of the National of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, of 15 years to expire on the date prescribed 2009, vice Read Van de Water, term expired. by law, vice Herman F. Gierke, term expired. Withdrawn November 14 Benjamin Hale Settle, Elizabeth Dougherty, of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge for of the District of Columbia, to be a member the Western District of Washington, vice of the National Mediation Board for a term Franklin D. Burgess, retired.

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Norman Randy Smith, arrest warrants for the July 18, 1994, terrorist of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the attack on the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Asso- Ninth Circuit, vice Stephen S. Trott, retired. ciation building in Buenos Aires Scott Wallace Stucky, Released November 13 of Maryland, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term retary Tony Snow of 15 years to expire on the date prescribed by law, vice Susan J. Crawford, term expired. Statement by the Press Secretary: Statement on Mali Signing Millennium Challenge Cor- Michael Brunson Wallace, poration Compact of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Charles W. Pickering, Released November 16 Sr., retired. Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Sec- retary Tony Snow and National Security Ad- viser Stephen J. Hadley Fact sheet: Working Together To Build Checklist More Hopeful Societies in the Asia-Pacific of White House Press Releases Region Released November 17 The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- items nor covered by entries in the Digest of retary Tony Snow and Deputy National Se- Other White House Announcements. curity Adviser for International Economic Affairs David H. McCormick Released November 10 Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Sec- retary Tony Snow Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- retary Tony Snow Fact sheet: President Bush Dedicates the National Museum of the Marine Corps and Announces He Will Award Corporal Jason Acts Approved Dunham the Medal of Honor by the President Released November 11 NOTE: No acts approved by the President were Statement by the Press Secretary on an Ar- received by the Office of the Federal Register gentine Federal judge ordering international during the period covered by this issue.

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