[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 38, Number 38 (Monday, September 23, 2002)] [Pages 1590-1591] [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] <R04> ________________________________________________________________________ <R05> Digest of Other White House Announcements ________________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________________________________________________ September 14 In the morning, the President and Mrs. Bush went to Camp David, MD. September 15 During the day, the President and Mrs. Bush returned to Washington, DC. September 16 In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with President Megawati Sukarnoputri of Indonesia to discuss the situation in Iraq. Later in the morning, the President traveled to Davenport, IA, where, upon arrival at Quad City International Airport, he met with volunteer Dean Claussen. Later, he toured facilities at the Sears Manufacturing Co. In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC. Later, in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, he received former President Theodore Roosevelt's Medal of Honor from members of the Roosevelt family, to join President Roosevelt's Nobel Peace Prize on display in the room. September 17 In the morning, the President traveled to Nashville, TN. In the afternoon, at East Literature Magnet School in Nashville, he participated in a Pledge Across America recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. Later, he returned to Washington, DC. The President announced his intention to nominate Rickey Dale James (civilian/civil engineer representative) and Nicholas Augustus Prahl (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration representative) to be Commissioners of the Mississippi River Commission. The President announced his intention to nominate Arthur James Collingsworth to be a member of the National Security Education Board. The President announced his intention to nominate John L. Morrison to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The President announced his intention to nominate John Portman Higgins to be Inspector General of the Department of Education. September 18 In the morning, the President had intelligence and FBI briefings and met with the National Security Council. In the afternoon, in the Roosevelt Room, the President met with members of the President's Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. During the day, the President met with Members of Congress in the Cabinet Room to discuss the situation in Iraq. In the evening, the President and Mrs. Bush had dinner at the White House with President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic and his wife, Olga Havlova. The President announced his appointment of the following individuals as members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Committee: Richard K. Davidson (Chairman); Alfred R. Berkeley III; Martin G. McGuinn; Richard M. Kovacevich; L. George Martinez; Charles O. Holliday, Jr.; Margaret Grayson; John W. Thompson; Thomas E. Noonan; George H. Conrades; Craig R. Barrett; Enrique Hernandez, Jr.; Maynard G. Webb; Erle Nye; Marilyn Ware; Archie W. Dunham; Donald John Carty; Thomas H. Weidemeyer; Linwood H. Rose; William F. Owens; Jorge Santini; Raymond W. Kelly; Gilbert G. Gallegos; and Karen Katen. September 19 In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan to discuss the Prime Minister's visit to North Korea and the situation in Iraq. He then had a telephone conversation with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines to discuss the situation in Iraq and cooperation against terrorism. He also had a telephone conversation with President Aleksander [[Page 1591]] Kwasniewski of Poland to discuss the upcoming NATO summit and the situation in Iraq. Later in the morning, the President had intelligence and FBI briefings. He then met in the Cabinet Room with a bipartisan group of House members working to pass a resolution concerning the situation in Iraq. September 20 In the morning, the President had separate telephone conversations with Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende of the Netherlands and President Vladimir Putin of Russia to discuss the situation in Iraq. He then met with a group of Republican Governors. Later, in the Oval Office, the President met with Minister of Defense Sergey Borisovich Ivanov and Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Sergeyevich Ivanov of Russia to discuss the implementation of the Moscow Treaty on strategic offensive reductions. He then met with Senators Phil Gramm of Texas and Zell Miller of Georgia, and other members of a bipartisan group of Senators working to pass proposed homeland security legislation. In the afternoon, the President went to Camp David, MD.