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.

January 17

In the morning, at Camp David, MD, the President had an intelligence briefing.

January 18

In the afternoon, the President and Mrs. Bush returned to Washington, DC.

January 19

In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later, in the Oval Office, he had several telephone conversations with current and former world leaders.

In the afternoon, on the State Floor, the President and former President George H.W. Bush participated in an interview with historian Richard Norton Smith.

January 20

In the morning, the President had an intelligence briefing. Later, on the North Portico, he and Mrs. Bush welcomed President-elect Barack Obama and his wife Michelle. Then, in the Blue Room, they had coffee with President-elect Obama and Mrs. Obama, Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden, Jr., and his wife Jill, and the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies leadership.

Later in the morning, at the U.S. Capitol, the President and Mrs. Bush participated in the swearing-in ceremony for President-elect Barack Obama.