The following is a timeline of the presidency of George H. W. Bush, from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 1990. January January 1 – A message of President Bush to the Soviet Union is broadcast to the country. The remarks were recorded on December 19 of the previous year. January 2 – President Bush sends a letter to Benjamin Hooks, condemning recent racially-motivated bombings. He insists that he will make sure the federal government works to get the perpetrators in jail. The Bush administration announces the first full year budget will be late by a week, Richard Darman, the budget chief, attributing in part to Congress the delay. Congressional sources say the president's budget will have a proposed slashing by one fourth of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. January 3 – President Bush announces that General Manuel Noriega has turned himself in to American authorities in Panama during an evening address in the Briefing Room. January 5 – President Bush holds his thirty-second news conference in the Briefing Room during the afternoon. President Bush answers questions from reporters on women in combat, relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, military action in Panama, the attack on religious Nicaragua workers, covert diplomacy, American military action in the future, and relations between the United States and China. President Bush announces the nomination of Anthony Hurlbutt Flack for membership on the National Council on Disability. January 7 – President Bush introduces the Presidential Lecture Series in the State Dining Room during the afternoon. January 8 – President Bush addresses the American Farm Bureau Federation in Hall D of the Orange County Convention/Civic Center in Orlando, Florida, during the morning. January 9 – President Bush announces the nomination of D'Wayne Gray for the newly created position of Chief Benefits Director for the Department of Veterans Affairs. January 11 – According to Press Secretary Fitwater, President Bush has a meeting with members of the Emergency Committee for Aid to Poland for a briefing on the group's activities. January 11 – President Bush answers questions from reporters on relations between China and the United States during an Oval Office appearance. January 11 – President Bush announces the appointment of Richard G. Trefry for military assistant to the president and director of the White House Military Office. January 12 – President Bush answers questions during a session with the Youth Collaborative Mentor