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Appendix C—Checklist of White House Press Releases Appendix CÐChecklist of White House Press Releases The following list contains releases of the Office of Answers to questions taken in the press briefing by the Press Secretary which are not included in this Secretary of State Warren Christopher book. Released January 12 Released January 3 Transcript of a press briefing by Senior Adviser for Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Policy and Strategy George Stephanopoulos on the Dee Myers President's request for the appointment of a Special Counsel for an independent investigation of the Transcript of a press briefing by Director of Commu- Whitewater Development Corp. nications Mark Gearan on the investigation of Govern- ment-sponsored radiation experimentation on humans Statement by Senior Adviser for Policy and Strategy George Stephanopoulos and attached letter from Released January 4 Counsel to the President Bernard Nussbaum to the Attorney General on the President's request for the Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the appointment of a Special Counsel for an independent President's meeting with Prime Minister Ruud Lub- investigation of the Whitewater Development Corp. bers of The Netherlands Released January 13 Transcript of a press briefing by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John M. Shalikashvili on NATO Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State and the Partnership For Peace Warren Christopher and Secretary of the Treasury Lloyd Bentsen on the President's visit to Russia Released January 5 Released January 14 Statement by Senior Adviser to the President Bruce R. Lindsey on delivery to the Justice Department of White House statement announcing Overseas Private documents relating to the Whitewater Development Investment Corporation agreements supporting U.S. Corp. private investment in Russia Fact sheet on highly-enriched uranium (HEU) Released January 6 Fact sheet on detargeting Statement by Chief of Staff Thomas McLarty on the death of Virginia Kelley Annex to the January 14 Trilateral Statement by the Presidents of the United States, Russia, and Ukraine Biography of Virginia Kelley White House statement on the Support Implementa- Text of remarks by the Vice President on foreign tion Group policy in Milwaukee, WI Statement by Senior Adviser to the President Bruce Text of remarks by the Vice President to the Univer- R. Lindsey on additional Whitewater materials turned sity of Wisconsin football team in Milwaukee, WI over to the Justice Department Released January 7 Released January 15 Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of the Transcript of a press briefing by Director of Commu- Treasury Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of State Warren nications Mark Gearan Christopher, and Secretary of Defense Les Aspin on the President's trip to Europe Released January 17 Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Released January 8 Dee Myers Text of a radio address by the Vice President Released January 18 Released January 10 Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State President's physical examination Warren Christopher on the President's initiatives in Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers releas- Europe ing letters relating to the President's health 1385 Appendix C / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1994 Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Released January 25 President's telephone conversations with Chancellor Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Helmut Kohl of Germany and King Fahd of Saudi Dee Myers Arabia White House statement on the signing of the Execu- Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on seat- tive order establishing the Advisory Committee on ing in the executive gallery for the President's State Human Radiation Experiments of the Union Address Excerpts from the advance text of the President's State January 19 of the Union Address Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Transcript of a press briefing by Director of the Office President's planned meeting with King Hussein of Jor- of Management and Budget Leon Panetta on the dan on January 21 emergency supplemental relief bill for California Released January 21 Released January 26 Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Trancript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers Dee Myers Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's planned meeting with Chancellor Helmut President's planned meeting with Prime Minister John Kohl of Germany on January 31 Major of the United Kingdom Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's notice to Congress of a technical adjust- Announcement of the President's request for fiscal ment in the fiscal year 1995 maximum deficit amount year 1994 supplemental appropriations and other funds previously made available for California earth- Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the quake relief planned working visit of President Nursultan Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan on February 14±15 Announcement of nomination for two U.S. Attorneys and five U.S. Marshals Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's telephone conversation with President Released January 27 Guntis Ulmanis of Latvia Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Dee Myers President's action to alleviate long lines and long waits at disaster application centers in southern California Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's planned meeting with Prime Minister White House statement on action by Argentina and Morihiro Hosokawa of Japan Chile to bring the Latin American Nuclear-Weapons Free Zone into force Transcript of a press briefing by Director of the Office of Management and Budget Leon Panetta and Treas- White House statement on administration accomplish- ury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen on the latest estimates ments in the first year of the budget deficit Released January 22 Released January 28 Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee President's action to step up efforts to assist Califor- Dee Myers nians affected by the earthquake Transcript of a press briefing by Council of Economic Released January 24 Advisers Chair Laura D'Andrea Tyson on economic Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on let- indicators ters forwarded to Congress addressing issues raised List of mayors meeting with the President to discuss by the American Foreign Service Association relating crime to the nomination of M. Larry Lawrence to be Ambas- sador to Switzerland Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshals for the Middle District of Georgia and the Eastern Dis- Announcement of the President's planned telephone trict of Tennessee conversation on earthquake relief efforts with FEMA Director James Lee Witt, Housing and Urban Devel- Released January 30 opment Secretary Henry Cisneros, and Transportation Ä Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on At- Secretary Federico Pena torney General Reno's issuance of a limited visa to Biography of William J. Perry Gerry Adams 1386 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1994 / Appendix C Released January 31 Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers an- Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee nouncing the President's designation of a representa- Dee Myers tive to the funeral of President Felix Houphouet- Boigny of Cote d'Ivoire Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Eliz- abeth McCaughey's article in the New Republic on Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers an- the administration's health care proposal nouncing the working visit of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou of Greece Released February 1 Announcement of press briefings on the fiscal year Biography of Deval L. Patrick 1995 budget to be held at the White House and Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Cabinet agencies Vice President's meeting with Foreign Secretary Released February 5 Douglas Hurd of the United Kingdom Announcement of the President's plans to discuss Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the health care in remarks to the American Hospital Asso- agreement in principle between Cyprus President ciation and the National Governors' Association Glafcos Clerides and Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash on confidence-building measures Released February 2 Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers an- Transcript of a press briefing by press Secretary Dee nouncing the G±7 jobs conference to be held March Dee Myers 14±15 in Detroit, MI Transcript of a press briefing by Labor Secretary Rob- Released February 7 ert Reich on the Department of Labor Conference on Reemployment Transcript of remarks by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers to the White House press corps pool in Hous- Released February 3 ton, TX Transcript of a press briefing by Education Secretary Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the Presi- Richard Riley and Deputy Assistant to the President dent for Economic Policy Bob Rubin, Council of Eco- for Domestic Policy William Galston on Goals 2000 nomic Advisers Chair Laura D'Andrea Tyson, and Di- Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the rector of the Office of Management and Budget Leon Vice President's meeting on February 2 with John Panetta on the budget Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers an- Party of Northern Ireland nouncing the availability of a complete electronic Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the version of the fiscal year 1995 budget introduction in the Senate of legislation to advance the national information infrastructure Released February 9 Released February 4 Transcript of a press briefing by Director of National Drug Control Policy Lee Brown on the national drug Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee control strategy Dee Myers Transcript of a press briefing by U.S.
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