Appendix A—Digest of Other White House Announcements The following list includes the President’s pub- The President announced his intention to lic schedule and other items of general interest nominate Allison A. Hickey to be Under Secre- announced by the Office of the Press Secretary tary for Benefits at the Department of Veter- and not included elsewhere in this book. ans Affairs. The President announced his intention to January 1 nominate Jenni R. LeCompte to be Assistant In the morning, in Kailua, HI, the President Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department had an intelligence briefing. of the Treasury. The President announced his intention to January 2 nominate Steve L. Muro to be Under Secre- In the morning, the President had an intelli- tary for Memorial Affairs at the Department of gence briefing. Later, he signed H.R. 847, the Veterans Affairs. James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation The President announced his intention to Act of 2010. nominate Virginia A. Seitz to be Assistant At- torney General in the Office of Legal Counsel January 3 at the Department of Justice. In the morning, the President had an intelli- The President announced his intention to gence briefing. nominate Lafe E. Solomon to be General In the evening, the President, Mrs. Obama, Counsel of the National Labor Relations and their daughters Sasha and Malia returned Board. to Washington, DC, arriving the following morning. The President announced his intention to nominate Terence F. Flynn to be a member of January 4 the National Labor Relations Board. In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the President met with Secretary of Defense Rob- January 6 ert M. Gates. In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- During the day, the President dropped by a ident and Vice President Joe Biden had an in- meeting between National Security Adviser telligence briefing. Later, also in the Oval Of- Thomas E. Donilon and Minister of Foreign fice, he met with his senior advisers. Affairs Yang Jiechi of China. In the afternoon, in the Private Dining The White House announced that the Presi- Room, the President and Vice President Biden dent will welcome President Nicolas Sarkozy had lunch. Later, in the Oval Office, they met of France to the White House on January 10. with Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner. January 5 In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- January 7 ident and Vice President Joe Biden had an in- In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- telligence briefing. Later, also in the Oval Of- ident had an intelligence briefing followed by a fice, he met with his senior advisers. meeting with his senior advisers. Later, he In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the traveled to Landover, MD, where he toured President had a telephone conversation with Thompson Creek Window Company and met Reps. Eric Cantor and Nancy Pelosi. Then, al- with employees. so in the Oval Office, he met with Secretary of In the afternoon, the President returned to State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Washington, DC. 741 Appendix A / Administration of Barack Obama, 2011 January 8 rorism Adviser John O. Brennan on the ongo- In the afternoon, the President was briefed ing investigation of the shootings in Tucson, by Homeland Security and Counterterrorism AZ. Then, on the South Lawn, he and Mrs. Adviser John O. Brennan and White House Obama observed a moment of silence to honor Deputy Chief of Staff James A. Messina on the the victims of the shootings. Later, also in the shootings in Tucson, AZ. Later, he left a tele- Oval Office, he met with his senior advisers. phone message for Mark E. Kelly, husband of In the afternoon, in the Old Family Dining shooting victim Rep. Gabrielle D. Giffords, Room, the President had a working lunch with and had separate telephone conversations with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France. Gov. Janice K. Brewer of Arizona, Speaker of the House of Representatives John A. Boeh- January 11 ner, and Reps. Eric Cantor, Nancy Pelosi, Ste- In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- ny H. Hoyer, James E. Clyburn, and Edward ident had an intelligence briefing and met with L. Pastor regarding the shootings. his senior advisers. Later in the afternoon, the President was During the day, the President had a tele- briefed by Federal Bureau of Investigation Di- phone conversation with Vice President Joe rector Robert S. Mueller III, Secretary of Biden. He also had a telephone conversation Homeland Security Janet A. Napolitano, Attor- with King Abdallah bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of ney General Eric H. Holder, Jr., White House Saudi Arabia to discuss Saudi Arabia-U.S. rela- Chief of Staff William M. Daley, White House tions, the situation in Lebanon, and the King’s Deputy Chief of Staff James A. Messina, Assis- recovery from medical treatment in the U.S. tant to the President for Legislative Affairs The White House announced that the Presi- Philip M. Schiliro, National Security Adviser dent will travel to Tucson, AZ, on January 12. Thomas E. Donilon, White House Senior Ad- viser David M. Axelrod, White House Com- January 12 munications Director H. Daniel Pfeiffer, and In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- White House Scheduling and Advance Direc- ident had an intelligence briefing. Later, also tor Alyssa Mastromonaco on the ongoing in- in the Oval Office, he met with Prime Minister vestigation of the shootings in Tucson, AZ. Sa’ad al-Din al-Hariri of Lebanon to discuss the situation in Lebanon and Lebanon-U.S. re- January 9 lations. During the day, the President was briefed In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. several times by Homeland Security and Obama traveled to Tucson, AZ. Upon arrival Counterterrorism Adviser John O. Brennan on they traveled to the University Medical Cen- the ongoing investigation of the shootings in ter, where they visited with Rep. Gabrielle D. Tucson, AZ. Giffords and four other victims of the January In the evening, the President was briefed by 8 shootings, toured the facilities, and met hos- Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Rob- pital staff. ert S. Mueller III on the ongoing investigation In the evening, the President and Mrs. of the shootings in Tucson, AZ. He also had Obama traveled to the McKale Center at the separate telephone conversations with the fam- University of Arizona, where they met sepa- ilies of Christina-Taylor Green and Gabriel M. rately with the families of individuals killed in Zimmerman, victims of the shootings, and the January 8 shootings, shooting victims dis- Sens. Jon L. Kyl and John S. McCain III. charged from the hospital and their families, Rep. Giffords’s staff and their families, and the January 10 first-responders and bystanders who rendered In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- aid during the shootings. ident had an intelligence briefing and was up- In the evening, the President and Mrs. dated by Homeland Security and Counterter- Obama returned to Washington, DC. 742 Administration of Barack Obama, 2011 / Appendix A January 13 ley, and Ted Quasula as members of the Indian In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the Law and Order Commission. President met with his senior advisers. The President announced his intention to appoint Norma Lee Funger as a General January 14 Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the John F. In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ident had an intelligence briefing and met with his senior advisers. Later, also in the Oval Of- January 19 fice, he met with President Asif Ali Zardari of In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- Pakistan to discuss Pakistan-U.S. relations, the ident and Vice President Joe Biden met with promotion of regional stability, and ongoing President Hu Jintao of China. Later, in the counterterrorism cooperation. Cabinet Room, they met with expanded U.S. In the afternoon, at the John F. Kennedy and China delegations. Center for the Performing Arts, the President In the evening, on the North Portico, the and Vice President Joe Biden met with Presi- President and Mrs. Obama greeted President dent Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia to discuss Hu upon his arrival for a state dinner and recep- Georgia’s economic development, trade, the tion. Then, on the Grand Staircase, they partici- situation in the Caucasus, and Georgia’s partic- pated in a photograph with President Hu. ipation in military operations in Afghanistan. The White House announced that the Presi- January 20 dent will travel to Schenectady, NY, on January In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- 21. ident had an intelligence briefing and met with his senior advisers. Then, he had an economic January 17 briefing. In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- ident had an intelligence briefing. In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the President met with Vice President Joe Biden. January 18 Later, in the Roosevelt Room, they met with a In the morning, in the Oval Office, the Pres- bipartisan group of mayors to discuss job cre- ident had a telephone conversation with Presi- ation and the economy. dent Mohamed Hosni Mubarak of Egypt to discuss the January 1 terrorist bombings in Al- January 21 exandria, the situations in Tunisia and Leba- In the morning, in the East Room, the Pres- non, and the Middle East peace process. Then, ident hosted a reception for attendees of the he had an intelligence briefing and met with U.S. Conference of Mayors. Then, he traveled his senior advisers. to Schenectady, NY, where he toured a Gener- In the afternoon, in the Oval Office, the al Electric plant and met with employees.