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The President announced his intention to Bush participated in an event for children appoint the following individuals as members in the Reading Room of the British Museum. of the Congressional-Executive Commission The President then visited the Cabinet War on the People’s Republic of China: Grant D. Rooms museum. Aldonas, Donald Cameron Findlay, Paula J. In the afternoon, following an arrival cere- Dobriansky, Lorne W. Craner, and James mony at Buckingham Palace, the President Andrew Kelly. and Mrs. Bush attended a luncheon hosted July 18 by Queen Elizabeth II of the United King- In the morning, the President met with dom. Later, they went to Chequers, the Brit- Seeds of Peace program participants on the ish Prime Minister’s country residence in South Steps of the White House. Later, the Aylesbury, England, as guests of Prime Min- President and Mrs. Bush traveled to London, ister Tony Blair and his wife, Cherie. United Kingdom, arriving in the evening. In the evening, the President went to The President announced his intention to Royal Air Force Halton station and later re- nominate Cynthia Shepard Perry to be U.S. turned to Chequers. Director of the African Development Bank. The President announced his intention to The President announced his intention to nominate Ronald E. Neumann to be Ambas- nominate Steven A. Williams to be Director sador to . of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The President announced his intention to The President announced his intention to nominate Linton F. Brooks to be Deputy Ad- nominate James B. Lockhart III to be Dep- ministrator for Defense Nuclear Non- uty Commissioner of Social Security. proliferation at the Department of Energy. The President announced his intention to The President announced his intention to nominate Harold Craig Manson to be Assist- nominate Benigno G. Reyna to be Director ant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and of the U.S. Marshals Service. Wildlife. The President announced his intention to nominate Jeffrey D. Jarrett to be Director July 20 of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation In the morning, the President traveled to and Enforcement at the Department of the Genoa, Italy. Interior. The President announced his intention to The President announced his intention to nominate John F. Turner to be Assistant Sec- nominate Joseph M. Clapp to be Adminis- retary of State for Oceans and International trator of the Federal Motor Safety Adminis- Environmental and Scientific Affairs. tration at the Department of Transportation. The President announced his intention to The President announced his intention to designate Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., as nominate Mark W. Everson to be Controller Chairman of the Board of Directors of the of the Office of Federal Financial Manage- Tennessee Valley Authority. ment in the Office of Management and Budget. The President announced his intention to nominate John F. Wolf to be Assistant Sec- retary of State for Nonproliferation. The President announced his intention to nominate Earl N. Phillips to be Ambassador Nominations to Barbados. Submitted to the Senate July 19 In the morning, the President met with The following list does not include promotions of UK Conservative Party leader William members of the Uniformed Services, nominations Hague in the Gold Room at Winfield House, to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- the residence of the U.S. Ambassador to eign Service officers. Great Britain. Later, the President and Mrs.

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Submitted July 17 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary of the United States of America Jo Anne Barnhart, to the Republic of Yemen. of Delaware, to be Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring January 19, Franklin L. Lavin, 2007, vice Kenneth S. Apfel, term expired. of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Daniel R. Coats, America to the Republic of Singapore. of Indiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of John Thomas Schieffer, America to the Federal Republic of Ger- of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary many. and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Australia. John A. Gauss, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Brig. Gen. Edwin J. Arnold, Jr., Veterans Affairs (Information and Tech- United States Army, to be a member and nology), vice David E. Lewis, resigned. President of the Mississippi River Commis- sion, under the provisions of Section 2 of an Marie T. Huhtala, Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 of California, a career member of the Senior Stat. 37)(33 U.S.C. 642). Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Theodore H. Kattouf, potentiary of the United States of America of Maryland, a career member of the Senior to Malaysia. Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Submitted July 18 potentiary of the United States of America to the Syrian Arab Republic. R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, a career member of the Harvey Pitt, Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister- of North Carolina, to be a member of the Counselor, to be U.S. Permanent Represent- Securities and Exchange Commission for the ative on the Council of the North Atlantic remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2002, Treaty Organization, with the rank and status vice Paul R. Cary. of Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary, vice Alexander R. Vershbow. Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a member of the Edward William Gnehm, Jr., Securities and Exchange Commission for a of Georgia, a career member of the Senior term expiring June 5, 2007 (reappointment). Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Maureen Quinn, potentiary of the United States of America of New Jersey, a career member of the Sen- to the Hashemite Kingdom of . ior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Jeffrey D. Jarrett, potentiary of the United States of America of , to be Director of the Office to the State of . of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce- ment, vice Kathleen M. Karpan. Brig. Gen. Carl A. Strock, United States Army, to be a member of the Robert S. Mueller III, Mississippi River Commission, under the of California, to be Director of the Federal provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, Bureau of Investigation for the term of 10 approved 28 June 1879 (21 Stat. 37)(22 years, vice Louis J. Freeh, resigned. U.S.C. 642). Edmund James Hull, Joseph Gerard Sullivan, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to

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be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Checklist potentiary of the United States of America of White House Press Releases to the Republic of Zimbabwe.

The following list contains releases of the Office Johnny Young, of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as of Maryland, a career member of the Senior items nor covered by entries in the Digest of Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to Other White House Announcements. be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary of the United States of America Released July 16 to the Republic of . Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- retary Ari Fleischer Withdrawn July 18 Released July 18 Harvey Pitt, Statement by the Press Secretary announcing of North Carolina, to be a member of the that the President signed into law S. 560 Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2005, vice Isaac C. Released July 19 Hunt, Jr., term expired, which was sent to Announcement: United States and Italy the Senate on July 10, 2001. Pledge Joint Research on Climate Change Advance text of Remarks by National Eco- nomic Council Director Lawrence B. Submitted July 19 Lindsey at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary Released July 20 and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Hungary. Fact sheet: U.S. Proposal To Increase World Bank Grants to the Poorest Countries Fact sheet: U.S. Leadership on Global Fund Linton F. Brooks, To Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuber- of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for culosis Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration (new posi- tion). Acts Approved by the President Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Approved July 17 Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- S. 560 / Private Law 107–1 potentiary of the United States of America For the relief of Rita Mirembe Revell (a.k.a. to the State of Bahrain. Margaret Rita Mirembe)

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