Digest of Other White House Announcements, Week Ending Friday, October 5, 2001

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 30

In the afternoon, the President returned from Camp David, MD, to the White House.

October 1

In the morning, the President had separate telephone conversations with President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic and Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia. Also in the morning, the President met with his National Security Council.

The President announced his intention to nominate Sichan Siv to be U.S. Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

The President announced his intention to appoint the following individuals as members of the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center: Neal McCaleb, Maureen Patricia Cragin, Sonya E. Medina, and Frances P. Mainella.

The President announced his intention to appoint the following individuals as members of the Board of Directors of the Presidio Trust: Donald G. Fisher, Tony Rosenblatt, an Mary G. Murphy.

The President announced his intention to appoint Robert R. Reilly as Director of the Voice of America.

October 2

In the morning, the President met with his National Security Council. Later, the President traveled to Arlington, VA, and then returned to Washington, DC.

In the evening, the President had dinner with Mayor Anthony A. Williams of Washington, DC, at Morton’s Steakhouse.

The President announced his intention to nominate John B. Brown III to be Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration at the Department of Justice.

The President announced his intention to nominate William Leidinger to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Management.

The President announced his intention to nominate Cameron R. Hume to be Ambassador to South Africa.

The President announced his intention to nominate Frederick W. Schieck to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

October 3

In the morning, the President traveled to New York City, NY.

In the afternoon, he met and had lunch with Gov. George E. Pataki of New York, Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani of New York City, and firefighters of New York City’s Engine Co. 55. Later, he returned to Washington, DC.

The White House announced that the President will meet with President Vicente Fox of Mexico on October 4.

The President announced his intention to nominate Charles S. Shapiro to be Ambassador to Venezuela.

The President announced his intention to appoint the following individuals as members of the newly created President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education: Terry Edward Branstad, Adela Acosta, Steve Bartlett, Paul C. Butterfield, Jay G. Chambers, W. Alan Coulter, Thomas Albert Flemming, Jack M. Fletcher, Douglas H. Gill, David W. Gordon, Nancy S. Grasmick, Bryan C. Hassel, Douglas Carl Huntt, Michael J. Rivas, Cheryl Rei Takemoto, and Katie Wright. The President also announced his intention to appoint the following individuals as ex officio members of the Commission: Elizabeth Ann Bryan, Edward Sontag, Robert Pasternack, Reid Lyon, and Wade F. Horn.

October 4

In the morning, the President had separate telephone conversations with Amir Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain and President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland concerning cooperation against terrorism.

In the afternoon, the President had a lunch meeting with Members of Congress to discuss his administration’s domestic agenda.

The President announced his intention to nominate R. Alex Acosta to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board.

The President announced his intention to nominate Richard S. Williams to be Alternate U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs to the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

October 5

In the morning, the President had separate telephone conversations with Prime Minister Zenawi Meles of Ethiopia and President Daniel T. Arap Moi of Kenya concerning cooperation against terrorism. Later, the President met with his National Security Council.

In the afternoon, the President met in the Oval Office with President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia. Later, the President went to Camp David, MD.

The White House announced that the President signed H.R. 2510, the "Defense Production Act Amendments of 2001," which extends the Defense Production Act of 1950 through September 30, 2003, and the authorization of appropriations for that Act.

The President announced his intention to appoint the following individuals as members of the President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board: Brent Scowcroft; Cresencio S. Arcos; Jim Barksdale; Robert Addsion Day; Stephen Friedman; Alfred Lerner; Ray Lee Hunt; Rita E. Hauser; David E. Jeremiah; Arnold Lee Kantner; James Calhoun Langdon, Jr.; Marie Elizabeth Pate-Cornell; John Harrison Streicker; Peter Barton Wilson; and Phillip David Zelikow.