[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]

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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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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 
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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.