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In the afternoon, the President had a tele- of the Board of Directors of the Inter-Amer- phone conversation with to ican Foundation. congratulate him on winning reelection to a The White House announced that the second term as Speaker of the House of Rep- President has appointed Secretary of the In- resentatives. The President also placed calls terior to lead a delegation rep- to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Senate resenting the United States at the inaugura- Minority Leader Thomas S. Daschle, and tion of President-elect Arnoldo Aleman of House Minority Leader Richard A. Gep- on January 10. hardt. The President announced his intention to January 10 nominate Susan E. Trees to the National The President announced his intention to Council on the Humanities. appoint Ann Lewis as Assistant to the Presi- The White House announced that the dent and Deputy Communications Director. President will meet with United Nations Sec- The President announced the nomination retary-General in the Oval Office of Sheila F. Anthony as a Commissioner of on January 23. the Federal Trade Commission. The White House announced that the President appointed Charles Ruff to succeed Jack Quinn as Assistant to the President and Counsel to the President early next month. The President also appointed: Cheryl D. Nominations Mills to be Deputy Assistant to the President Submitted to the Senate and Deputy Counsel to the President; Kath- leen M.H. Wallman to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and The following list does not include promotions of Chief of Staff and Counselor to the National members of the Uniformed Services, nominations Economic Council; and Elena Kagan to be to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy eign Service officers. Council. The President declared a major disaster in Submitted January 7 the State of Washington and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe ice storms Madeleine Korbel Albright, beginning November 19 and continuing of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary through December 4. of State, vice , resigned. The President declared a major disaster in Minnesota and ordered Federal aid to sup- William S. Cohen, plement State and local recovery efforts in of Maine, to be Secretary of Defense, vice the area struck by severe ice storms Novem- William J. Perry. ber 14–30. , January 8 of New , to be the Representative of In the morning, the President met with the United States of America to the United members of his economic team and Federal Nations with the rank and status of Ambas- Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan in sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Oval Office to discuss economic issues. the Representative of the United States of January 9 America in the Security Council of the Unit- In the morning, the President met with ed Nations, vice Madeleine Korbel Albright. NATO Secretary General Javier Solana and Vice President Gore in the Vice President’s Aida Alvarez, West Wing office. of New York, to be Administrator of the The President announced his intention to Small Business Administration, vice Philip nominate Jeffrey Davidow to be a member Lader.

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Andrew M. Cuomo, Donald Rappaport, of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Fi- Urban Development, vice Henry G. nancial Officer, Department of Education, Cisneros, resigned. vice Donald Richard Wurtz, resigned. Karen Shepherd, William M. Daley, of Utah, to be U.S. Director of the European of , to be Secretary of Commerce, vice Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Michael Kantor. vice Lee F. Jackson, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Alexis M. Herman, Senate. of Alabama, to be Secretary of Labor, vice Robert B. Reich. Arthur I. Blaustein, of , to be a member of the National Rodney E. Slater, Council on the Humanities for a term expir- of Arkansas, to be Secretary of Transpor- ing January 26, 2002, vice Bruce D. Benson, tation, vice Federico Pen˜ a. term expired. Dave Nolan Brown, Janet L. Yellen, of Washington, to be a member of the Na- of California, to be a member of the Council tional Council on Disability for a term expir- of Economic Advisers, vice Joseph E. Stiglitz, ing September 17, 1998, vice John A. Gan- resigned. non, term expired. , Lorraine Weiss Frank, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Trade of Arizona, to be a member of the National Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Council on the Humanities for a term expir- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, vice Mi- ing January 26, 2002, vice Mikiso Hane, term chael Kantor. expired.

Donna Holt Cunninghame, Hans M. Mark, of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Corporation for National and Community Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship Service, to which position she was appointed and Excellence in Education Foundation for during the last recess of the Senate (new po- a term expiring April 17, 2002 (reappoint- sition). ment). Susan Ford Wiltshire, Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Tennessee, to be a member of the Na- of Tennessee, to be a member of the Na- tional Council on the Humanities for a term tional Commission on Libraries and Informa- expiring January 26, 2002, vice Helen Gray tion Science for a term expiring July 19, 2001, Crawford, term expired. vice Shirley Gray Adamovich, term expired. Alan M. Hantman, Madeleine May Kunin, of , to be Architect of the Capitol of Vermont, to serve concurrently and with- for the term of 10 years, vice George Mal- out additional compensation as Ambassador colm White. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Eric L. Clay, United States of America to the Principality of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the of Liechtenstein. Sixth Circuit, vice Ralph B. Guy, Jr., retired. John Warren McGarry, Merrick B. Garland, of , to be a member of the of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Federal Election Commission for a term ex- District of Columbia Circuit, vice Abner J. piring April 30, 2001 (reappointment). Mikva, retired.

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William A. Fletcher, Jeffrey T. Miller, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice William Albert Norris, the Southern District of California, vice Gor- retired. don Thompson, Jr., retired.

Richard A. Paez, Susan Oki Mollway, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for of Hawaii, to be U.S. District Judge for the the Ninth Circuit, vice Cecil F. Poole, re- District of Hawaii, vice Harold M. Fong, de- signed. ceased.

M. Margaret McKeown, Margaret M. Morrow, of Washington, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice J. Jerome Farris, re- the Central District of California, vice Rich- tired. ard A. Gadbois, Jr., retired. Robert W. Pratt, Arthur Gajarsa, of Iowa, to be U.S. District Judge for the of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, vice Harold D. Federal Circuit, vice Helen Wilson Nies, re- Vietor, retired. tired. Christina A. Snyder, James A. Beaty, Jr., of California, to be U.S. District Judge for of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge the Central District of California, vice Ed- for the Fourth Circuit, vice James Dickson ward Rafeedie, retired. Phillips, Jr., retired. Clarence J. Sundram, Ann L. Aiken, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for of Oregon, to be U.S. District Judge for the the Northern District of New York, vice Con District of Oregon, vice James H. Redden, G. Cholakis, retired. retired. Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., Lawrence Baskir, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the of Maryland, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court Northern District of Georgia, vice Robert L. of Federal Claims for a term of 15 years, Vining, Jr., retired. vice Reginald W. Gibson, retired. Marjorie O. Rendell, Joseph F. Bataillon, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for of Nebraska, to be U.S. District Judge for the Third Circuit, vice William D. Hutchin- the District of Nebraska, vice Lyle E. Strom, son, deceased. retired. Helene N. White, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Dis- Sixth Circuit, vice Damon J. Keith, retired. trict Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Submitted January 9 Harold H. Greene, retired. Genta Hawkins Holmes, Richard A. Lazzara, of California, a career member of the Senior of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, Middle District of Florida, vice John H. to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Moore II, retired. potentiary of the United States of America to Australia. Donald M. Middlebrooks, of Florida, to be a U.S. District Judge for Anne W. Patterson, the Southern District of Florida, vice James of , a career member of the Senior W. Kehoe, retired. Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor,

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to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Keith R. Hall, potentiary of the United States of America of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of to the Republic of El Salvador. the Air Force, vice Jeffrey K. Harris, re- signed. Arma Jane Karaer, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Joseph Lane Kirkland, Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be of the District of Columbia, to be a member Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Insti- potentiary of the United States of America tute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concur- 2001, vice Allen Weinstein, term expired. rently and without additional compensation Yolanda Townsend Wheat, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- of Missouri, to be a member of the National potentiary of the United States of America Credit Union Administration Board for the to Solomon Islands, and as Ambassador Ex- term of 6 years expiring August 2, 2001, vice traordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Robert H. Swan, term expired. States of America to the Republic of Vanuatu. Richard W. Bogosian, of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Dennis K. Hays, Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, of Florida, a career member of the Senior for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be of service as Special Coordinator for Rwanda/ Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Burundi. potentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Suriname. John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, a career member of the Senior John Francis Maisto, Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, of Pennsylvania, a career member of the Sen- for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure ior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Coun- of service as U.S. Coordinator for Asia Pacific selor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Economic Cooperation (APEC). Plenipotentiary of the United States of Letitia Chambers, America to the Republic of . of Oklahoma, to be a member of the Board Pete Peterson, of Trustees of the Institute of American In- of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary dian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts De- and Plenipotentiary of the United States of velopment for a term expiring May 19, 2000, America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. vice Roy M. Huhndorf, resigned. Barbara Blum, Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be a member of Georgia, to be a Representative of the of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of United States of America to the 51st Session American Indian and Alaska Native Culture of the General Assembly of the United Na- and Arts Development for a term expiring tions. May 19, 2002 (reappointment). Karl Frederick Inderfurth, Jeanne Givens, of North Carolina, to be an Alternate Rep- of Idaho, to be a member of the Board of resentative of the United of America to the Trustees of the Institute of American Indian 51st Session of the General Assembly of the and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Develop- United Nations. ment for a term expiring October 18, 2002, vice Piestewa Robert Harold Ames, term ex- Victor Marrero, pired. of New York, to be an Alternate Representa- tive of the United of America to the 51st Ses- Michael A. Naranjo, sion of the General Assembly of the United of , to be a member of the Board Nations. of Trustees of the Institute of American In-

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dian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts De- Education Fund for a term of 2 years (new velopment for a term expiring May 19, 2002, position). vice Beatrice Rivas Sanchez, term expired. Leo M. Goto, Nathan Leventhal, of Colorado, to be a member of the Board of New York, to be a member of the National of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Council on the Arts for a term expiring Sep- Education Fund for a term of 2 years (new tember 3, 2002, vice William Bailey, term position). expired. Mary Lucille Jordan, Gerald N. Tirozzi, of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Review Commission Elementary and Secondary Education, De- for a term of 6 years expiring August 30, 2002 partment of Education, vice Thomas W. (reappointment). Payzant, resigned. David J. Barram, Robert F. Drinan, of California, to be Administrator of General of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Services, vice Roger W. Johnson, resigned. Board of Directors of the Civil Liberties Pub- Kevin L. Thurm, lic Education Fund for a term of 3 years (new of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of position). Health and Human Services, vice Walter D. Susan Hayase, Broadnax, resigned. of California, to be a member of the Board Rose Ochi, of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public of California, to be Director, Community Re- Education Fund for a term of 3 years (new lations Service, for a term of 4 years, vice position). Grace Flores-Hughes, term expired. Elsa H. Kudo, Hulett Hall Askew, of Hawaii, to be a member of the Board of of Georgia, to be a member of the Board Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Edu- of Directors of the Legal Services Corpora- cation Fund for a term of 2 years (new posi- tion for a term expiring July 13, 1998 (re- tion). appointment). Yeiichi Kuwayama, Ernestine P. Watlington, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the of the Board of Directors of the Civil Lib- Board of Directors of the Legal Services Cor- erties Public Education Fund for a term of poration for a term expiring July 13, 1999 3 years (new position). (reappointment). Dale Minami, A.E. Dick Howard, of California, to be a member of the Board of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Education Fund for a term of 3 years (new Fellowship Foundation for a term of 6 years, position). vice Lance Banning. Peggy A. Nagae, Jon Deveaux, of Oregon, to be a member of the Board of of New York, to be a member of the National Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Edu- Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a cation Fund for a term of 3 years (new posi- term expiring October 12, 1998 (reappoint- tion). ment). Don T. Nakanishi, Anthony R. Sarmiento, of California, to be a member of the Board of Maryland, to be a member of the National of Directors of the Civil Liberties Public Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a

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term expiring September 22, 1998, vice Lowell Lee Junkins, Benita C. Somerfield, term expired. of Iowa, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mort- Sarah McCracken Fox, gage Corporation, vice Edward Charles of New York, to be a member of the National Williamson. Labor Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2000, vice James M. Ste- Susan R. Baron, phens, term expired. of Maryland, to be a member of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships for the Magdalena G. Jacobsen, term expiring October 27, 1997 (reappoint- of Oregon, to be a member of the National ment). Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 1999 (reappointment). Brig. Gen. Robert Bernard Flowers, USA to be a member and President of the Mis- Patricia M. McMahon, sissippi River Commission. of New Hampshire, to be Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, Office of National M.R.C. Greenwood, Drug Control Policy, vice Fred W. Garcia. of California, to be member of the National Science Board, National Science Founda- Daniel Guttman, tion, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice of the District of Columbia, to be a member Perry L. Adkisson, term expired. of the Occupational Safety and Health Re- view Commission for a term expiring April Vera C. Rubin, 27, 2001, vice Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., term of the District of Columbia, to be a member expired. of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May Denis J. Hauptly, 10, 2002, vice Bernard F. Burke, term ex- of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Special pired. Panel on Appeals for a term of 6 years, vice John A. Armstrong, Barbara Jean Mahone, term expired. of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Na- Sophia H. Hall, tional Science Board, National Science of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, Directors of the State Justice Institute for 2002, vice Thomas B. Day, term expired. a term expiring September 17, 1997, vice Stanley Vincent Jaskolski, John F. Daffron, Jr., term expired. of Ohio, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Founda- Sophia H. Hall, tion, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of James Johnson Duderstadt, term expired. Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2002 (re- Jane Lubchenco, appointment). of Oregon, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Founda- Charles A. Gueli, tion, for a term expiring May 10, 2000, vice of Maryland, to be a member of the Board W. Glenn Campbell, term expired. of Directors of the National Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring Sep- Richard A. Tapia, tember 7, 1999, vice Walter Scott Blackburn, of Texas, to be a member of the National term expired. Science Board, National Science Founda- tion, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Niranjan S. Shah, Phillip A. Griffiths, term expired. of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Build- Mary K. Gaillard, ing Sciences for a term expiring September of California, to be a member of the National 7, 1998, vice John H. Miller, term expired. Science Board, National Science Founda-

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tion, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Ronald Kent Burton, Marye A. Fox, term expired. of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholar- Bob H. Suzuki, ship and Excellence in National Environ- of California, to be a member of the National mental Policy Foundation for a term expiring Science Board, National Science Founda- October 6, 2002 (reappointment). tion, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Jaime Oaxaca, term expired. Madeleine Korbel Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be a Rep- Eamon M. Kelly, resentative of the United States of America of Louisiana, to be a member of the National to the 51st Session of the General Assembly Science Board, National Science Founda- of the United Nations. tion, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Howard E. Simmons, term expired. Anthony Lake, of Massachusetts, to be Director of Central Heidi H. Schulman, Intelligence, vice John M. Deutch, resigned. of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Sheila Foster Anthony, Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, of Arkansas, to be a Federal Trade Commis- 2002, vice Martha Buchanan, resigned. sioner for the term of 7 years from Septem- ber 26, 1995, vice Janet Dempsey Steiger, Kerri-Ann Jones, term expired. of Maryland, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, vice Jane M. Wales, resigned. Jerry M. Melillo, Checklist of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Director of White House Press Releases of the Office of Science and Technology Pol- icy, vice Robert T. Watson, resigned. The following list contains releases of the Office Johnny H. Hayes, of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as of Tennessee, to be a member of the Board items nor covered by entries in the Digest of of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Author- Other White House Announcements. ity for a term expiring May 18, 2005 (re- appointment). Released January 6 Triruvarur R. Lakshmanan, Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- of New Hampshire, to be Director of the retary Mike McCurry Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Depart- Released January 7 ment of Transportation, for the term of 4 years (reappointment). Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- retary Mike McCurry D. Michael Rappoport, Transcript of a press briefing by Dr. Joyce of Arizona, to be a member of the Board Lashof and Adm. Paul Busick, USN, on the of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholar- report of the Presidential Advisory Commit- ship and Excellence in National Environ- tee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses mental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2002 (reappointment). Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing four appointments to the White Judith M. Espinosa, House staff of New Mexico, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholar- Fact sheet on Presidential initiatives on Gulf ship and Excellence in National Environ- war veterans’ illnesses mental Policy Foundation for a term of 4 Announcement of 22 nominations for the years (new position). Federal bench

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