[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 37, Number 9 (Monday, March 5, 2001)]
[Pages 394-395]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Digest of Other White House Announcements

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The following list includes the President's public schedule and other 
items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary 
and not included elsewhere in this issue.

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February 25

    In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush returned from Camp 
David, MD, to Washington, DC.

February 26

    The President announced his intention to nominate Hector V. Barretto 
to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Mel Sembler to be 
President of the Export-Import Bank.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert Glenn 
Hubbard to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisors. Upon 
confirmation, Mr. Hubbard will serve as the Chairman of the Council.
    The White House announced that the President will meet with 
President Francisco Flores of El Salvador at the White House on March 2.
    The White House announced that the President invited Chancellor 
Gerhard Schroeder of Germany to the White House for a working visit on 
March 29.
    The White House announced that the President invited President Hosni 
Mubarak of Egypt to the White House for a working visit on April 2.
    The White House announced that the President invited King Abdullah 
II of Jordan

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to the White House for a working visit on April 10.

February 27

    The White House announced that the President will meet with NATO 
Secretary General Lord Robertson on March 8.

February 28

    In the morning, the President traveled to Beaver, PA, where he met 
with Rev. Donald W. Wuerl, bishop of Pittsburgh.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Omaha, NE, and later, he 
traveled to Little Rock and North Little Rock, AR.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Wade F. Horn to be 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Family Support.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kevin Keane to be 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Public Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Lee Sarah Liberman 
Otis to be General Counsel at the Department of Energy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Peter S. Watson to 
be President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.

March 1

    In the morning, the President toured Lakewood Elementary School 
where he answered questions from first graders in classroom 6, and 
later, he traveled to Atlanta, GA.
    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Lincoln P. 
Bloomfield to be Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military 
Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Viet Dinh to be 
Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy.
    The President declared a disaster in Washington State and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by an earthquake on February 28 and continuing.
    The White House announced that the President ordered an increase in 
the Federal funding to Arkansas for debris removal in ice storm recovery 
efforts.

March 2

    In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush went to Camp David, 
MD.
    The President had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister 
Costas Simitis of Greece.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Chris Spear to be 
Assistant to the Secretary of Labor on Policy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John B. Taylor to 
be Under Secretary for the Treasury for International Affairs.
    The White House announced that the President will meet with Prime 
Minister Bertie Ahern of Ireland at the White House on March 16.