Appendix A—Digest of Other White House Announcements
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Appendix A—Digest of Other White House Announcements The following list includes the President’s public January 7 schedule and other items of general interest an- In the morning, the President had an intel- nounced by the Office of the Press Secretary ligence briefing. Later, he traveled to Chicago, and not included elsewhere in this book. IL. In the afternoon, he returned to Wash- ington, DC. January 1 The President announced his intention to ap- In the morning, at the Bush Ranch in point Steven I. Cooper as Chief Information Crawford, TX, the President had an intelligence Officer at the Department of Homeland Secu- briefing. rity. January 2 January 8 In the morning, the President had a CIA In the morning, the President had intelligence briefing and a teleconference meeting with Vice and FBI briefings and met with the National President Dick Cheney. Security Council. January 3 In the afternoon, in the Roosevelt Room, the In the morning, the President had an intel- President met with members of the Commission ligence briefing. Later, he and Mrs. Bush trav- on Excellence in Special Education. eled to Fort Hood in Killeen, TX. The White House announced that the Presi- In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush dent will host President Aleksander Kwasniewski had lunch with troops in Theodore Roosevelt of Poland for lunch on January 14 to discuss Hall. Later, they returned to the Bush Ranch key bilateral issues including the situation in in Crawford, TX. Iraq and cooperation against terrorism. The President announced his intention to The President declared a major disaster in nominate Ross Owen Swimmer to be Special South Carolina and ordered Federal aid to sup- Trustee for American Indians at the Department plement State and local recovery efforts in the of the Interior. area struck by a severe ice storm on December 4–6, 2002. January 4 In the morning, the President had an intel- January 9 ligence briefing. In the morning, the President had intelligence and FBI briefings. He then traveled to Alexan- January 5 dria, VA, where he participated in a roundtable In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush discussion on economic issues at the National returned to Washington, DC. Capital Flag Company. Later, he returned to January 6 Washington, DC. In the morning, the President had intelligence In the afternoon, the President had lunch and FBI briefings. with Vice President Dick Cheney. The President declared a major disaster in The President announced the appointment of Arkansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement Otto J. Reich as Special Envoy for Western State and local recovery efforts in the area Hemisphere Initiatives. struck by a severe ice storm on December 3– The President announced his intention to 4, 2002. nominate Roger Francisco Noriega to be Assist- The President declared a major disaster in ant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere the Federated States of Micronesia and ordered Affairs. Federal aid to supplement national and State The President announced his intention to recovery efforts in the area struck by Typhoon nominate Paul McHale to be Assistant Secretary Pongsona on December 5–7, 2002. of Defense for Homeland Defense. 727 Appendix A / Administration of George W. Bush, 2003 The President announced his intention to January 11 nominate Christopher Ryan Henry to be Deputy In the morning, the President had an intel- Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. ligence briefing. The President announced his intention to nominate John W. Nicholson to be Under Sec- January 13 retary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs. In the morning, the President had intelligence The President announced his intention to and FBI briefings. nominate Paul Sarbanes, Michael B. Enzi, and In the afternoon, in his private dining room, James Shinn to be U.S. Representatives to the the President had lunch with Federal Reserve General Assembly of the United Nations. Chairman Alan Greenspan to discuss economic The President announced his intention to issues. nominate Ralph Martinez and Cynthia Costa to The President announced his intention to be U.S. Alternate Representatives to the Gen- nominate Mark Everson to be Commissioner of eral Assembly of the United Nations. the Internal Revenue Service. The President announced his intention to The President announced his intention to nominate Claudia Puig to be a member of the nominate Clay Johnson III to be Deputy Direc- Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. tor for Management at the Office of Manage- The President announced his intention to ap- ment and Budget. point J.C. Watts, Jr., as a member of the Board The President announced his intention to ap- of Visitors of the U.S. Military Academy. point Dina Habib Powell as Assistant to the The President announced his intention to ap- President for Presidential Personnel. point Michael Rogers as a member of the Presi- dent’s Committee on Mental Retardation. January 14 The President announced his intention to ap- In the morning, the President had intelligence point John L. Marion as a member of the Com- and FBI briefings. mittee for the Preservation of the White House. In the afternoon, the President had lunch The President announced his intention to with President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Po- nominate Alfred Plamann to be a member of land, following their meeting in the Oval Office. the Board of Directors of the National Con- The President announced his intention to sumer Cooperative Bank. nominate Vernon Bernard Parker to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights. January 10 The President announced his intention to des- In the morning, the President had a telephone ignate John Arthur Hammerschmidt as Vice conversation with President Jiang Zemin of Chairman of the National Transportation Safety China concerning the situation in North Korea. Board. He then had intelligence and FBI briefings and met with the National Security Council. The President announced his intention to ap- In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the point John Emory Fleming as a member of the President met with leaders of the free Iraqi National Museum of African American History community. and Culture Plan for Action Presidential Com- The President announced his intention to mission. nominate Michael D. Brown to be Under Sec- The President announced his intention to ap- retary for Emergency Preparedness and Re- point the following individuals as members of sponse at the Department of Homeland Secu- the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson rity. International Center for Scholars: The President announced his intention to Donald Earl Garcia; nominate Charles E. McQueary to be Under Bruce Stuart Gelb; Secretary for Science and Technology at the De- Tamala Lynne Longaberger; and partment of Homeland Security. David Allan Metzner (Vice Chairman). The President announced his intention to des- ignate Robert Jeffrey Glovitz as Chairman and The White House announced the President’s Lynda Hare Scribante as Vice Chairman of the intention to nominate Susan Neely to be Assist- Board of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus ant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Depart- Fellowship Foundation. ment of Homeland Security. 728 Administration of George W. Bush, 2003 / Appendix A The White House announced the appoint- The White House announced that the Presi- ment of Gordon Johndroe as Press Secretary dent will welcome President Ismail Omar at the Department of Homeland Security. Guelleh of Djibouti to the White House on Jan- The White House announced the appoint- uary 21 to discuss cooperation against terrorism, ment of Rachael Sunbarger as Assistant Press regional issues including humanitarian develop- Secretary at the Department of Homeland Secu- ment efforts, and combating HIV/AIDS. rity. The White House announced that the Presi- The White House announced the appoint- dent will welcome President Lucio Gutierrez of ment of Liz Donnan as Staff Assistant in the Ecuador to the White House on February 11. White House Lower Press Office. The White House announced an upcoming visit by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of January 15 In the morning, the President had intelligence the Philippines to Washington, DC, to discuss and FBI briefings and met with the National cooperation against terrorism and U.S. support Security Council. Later, in the Oval Office, he for economic reform in the Philippines. met with crew members of Space Shuttle January 18 Endeavour Mission STS–113 and International In the morning, the President had an intel- Space Station Expeditions 1, 4, and 5. He then ligence briefing. led the astronauts on a tour of the White House grounds. January 19 The White House announced that the Presi- In the afternoon, the President returned to dent will welcome Prime Minister Tony Blair Washington, DC. of the United Kingdom to Camp David, MD, on January 31 for a meeting and an informal January 20 working dinner. In the morning, the President had an intel- The President announced his intention to ligence briefing. He and Mrs. Bush then trav- nominate Dee Ann McWilliams to be Assistant eled to Landover, MD, where they participated Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Af- in a roundtable discussion with congregation fairs at the Department of Veterans Affairs. members and community leaders at the First The President announced his intention to Baptist Church of Glenarden. Later, they re- nominate Ricardo H. Hinojosa and Michael E. turned to Washington, DC. Horowitz to be members of the U.S. Sentencing Commission. January 21 The President announced his intention to ap- In the morning, the President had intelligence point Eric Steven Lander as a member of the and FBI briefings. National Cancer Advisory Board. In the afternoon, the President dropped by The President announced his intention to ap- a birthday luncheon for opera singer Placido point James Philip Hoffa and Paul Norman Domingo hosted by Mrs.