Appendix A—Digest of Other White House Announcements

The following list includes the President’s public sched- January 8 ule and other items of general interest announced by At noon, the President attended a Clinton/Gore the Office of the Press and not included fundraising luncheon at the Hay-Adams Hotel. elsewhere in this book. In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with Mayor Willie L. Brown, Jr., of San January 1 Francisco, CA, during the mayor’s swearing-in cere- In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton mony. returned to Washington, DC, from Hilton Head, SC. January 10 January 2 The President announced his intention to appoint The President announced his intention to appoint Stuart G. Moldaw to the Commission on Presidential Guy R. McMinds as the U.S. Commissioner of the Scholars. North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission. The President named Evelyn S. Lieberman as As- sistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff. January 3 The President announced his intention to appoint The President announced his intention to nominate Joel I. Ferguson as a member of the Board of Direc- Martin A. Kamarck to be President of the Export- tors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corpora- Import Bank of the United States. tion. The President announced his intention to nominate Stuart E. Eizenstat to be Under Secretary of Com- January 11 merce for International Trade. In the evening, the President traveled to Nashville, TN, where he had a telephone conversation with January 4 Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan. In the morning, the President traveled to Annapolis, The President sent a letter to Gov. Parris N. MD, where he met with the family of the late Adm. Glendening declaring a major disaster in Maryland Arleigh A. Burke. In the afternoon, he returned to due to damage resulting from the Blizzard of 1996, Washington, DC. which occurred January 6–10, and authorized Federal The President announced his intention to nominate relief and recovery assistance in the affected area. Shirley W. Ryan to the National Council on Disability. The President sent a letter to Mayor Marion S. The President announced his intention to appoint Barry declaring a major disaster in the District of Jody L. Williams as a member of the Utah Reclama- Columbia due to damage resulting from the Blizzard tion Mitigation and Conservation Commission. of 1996, which occurred January 6–10, and authorized The President announced his intention to nominate Federal relief and recovery assistance in the affected Gerald N. Tirozzi to be Assistant Secretary of Edu- area. cation for Elementary and Secondary Education. January 12 January 5 In the evening, the President traveled to Aviano In the afternoon, the President met with congres- Air Base, Italy. sional leaders to discuss the budget negotiations. The President sent a letter to Gov. Thomas R. Car- per declaring a major disaster in Delaware and or- The President named John L. Hilley as Assistant dered Federal aid to supplement State and local re- to the President and Director of Legislative Affairs. covery efforts in the area impacted by the Blizzard The President announced his intention to nominate of 1996, which occurred January 6–12. Luis Valdez to the National Council on the Arts. The President sent a letter to Gov. George E. Pataki The President declared a major disaster in South declaring a major disaster in New York and ordered Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement local Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter efforts in the area struck by the Blizzard of 1996, storm October 22–24, 1995. beginning January 6 and continuing. The President declared a major disaster in Min- nesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement local January 13 recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe ice In the morning, the President traveled from Aviano storm October 23–24, 1995. Air Base, Italy, to Taszar, Hungary.

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Later, the President traveled to Tuzla, Bosnia- The President announced his intention to appoint Herzegovina, where he had meetings with a group Frederick Pang to the National Partnership Council. of religious leaders. He then traveled to Zagreb, Cro- The President appointed Charles A. Hunnicutt as atia, where he met with President Franjo Tudjman. Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and In the evening, while returning from Zagreb to International Affairs as a recess appointee. Washington, DC, aboard Air Force One, the President The President appointed Eileen B. Claussen as As- had a telephone conversation with President Slobodan sistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Milosevic of . Environmental and Scientific Affairs as a recess ap- The President declared major disasters in Kentucky, pointee. New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, The President appointed Sarah M. Fox to the Na- and West Virginia and ordered Federal aid to supple- tional Labor Relations Board as a recess appointee. ment State and local recovery efforts in the areas The President appointed Harlan Mathews as Chair struck by the Blizzard of 1996, beginning January 6 and William C. Brooks and Gerald M. Shea as mem- and continuing. bers of the Social Security Advisory Board as recess appointees. January 15 The President appointed Gerald N. Tirozzi as As- In the morning, the President traveled to Atlanta, sistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Sec- GA, where he laid a wreath at the tomb of Martin ondary Education as a recess appointee. Luther King, Jr., and later toured the Olympic Sta- The President made the following recess appoint- dium under construction. In the evening, the Presi- ments to the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund: dent returned to Washington, DC. Robert F. Drinan; January 16 Leo K. Goto; In the afternoon, the President met in the Oval Susan Hayase; Office with Karekin I, Patriarch of the Armenian Ap- Elsa H. Kudo; ostolic Church. Yeiichi Kuwayama; The President announced his intention to appoint Dale Minami; Thomas S. Foley as a member and Chairman of the Peggy Nagae; and President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Don Toshiaki Nakanishi. The President announced his intention to nominate January 20 Richard L. Morningstar to be Special Adviser to the In the morning, the President traveled to Houston, President and the Secretary of State on Assistance TX, where he met with the family of the late Barbara to the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Jordan prior to her funeral. In the afternoon, he re- Union. turned to Washington, DC. The President announced his intention to appoint Randall Forsberg and Patricia McFate as members January 21 of the Scientific and Policy Advisory Committee of In the morning, the President and Hillary and Chel- the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. sea Clinton toured the Johannes Vermeer exhibit at The President announced his intention to nominate the National Gallery of Art. Mary Burrus Babson and Robert B. Rogers to the The President declared a major disaster in Pennsyl- Board of Directors of the Corporation for National vania and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and Community Service. and local recovery efforts in the areas struck by flood- ing beginning January 19 and continuing. January 17 In the morning, the President attended the funeral January 22 of Ambassador M. Larry Lawrence at Arlington Na- The White House announced that the President tional Cemetery, VA. has invited President Konstandinos Stephanopoulos of In the afternoon, the President had a telephone Greece for a state visit on May 9. conversation with Republican congressional leaders concerning the budget negotiations. January 23 The President declared a major disaster in Maryland January 19 and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local In the morning, the President met with Foreign recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding begin- Minister Yohei Kono of Japan. ning January 19 and continuing. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to nominate Ronnie Feuerstein Heyman to the National Council Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, USA, as Director of Na- on the Arts. tional Drug Control Policy. The President appointed Peter B. Edelman to be The President announced his intention to nominate Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Elmer B. Staats to the Board of Trustees of the Harry Planning and Evaluation as a recess appointee. S Truman Scholarship Foundation.

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The President announced his intention to appoint The President announced the appointment of Henry Marsha M. Bera-Morris as a member of the Depart- W. Foster, Jr., as Senior Adviser to the President ment of Defense Retirement Board of Actuaries. on Teen Pregnancy and Youth Issues. The President announced his intention to nominate Lawrence Neal Benedict as Ambassador to Cape January 30 Verde. In the morning, the President held an interview in the Oval Office with the Washington Post, followed January 24 by a teleconference interview with several New Hamp- In the morning, the President met with the family shire newspapers. of the late Mike Synar at St. John’s Church, Lafayette In the afternoon, the President had telephone con- Square, prior to his memorial service. versations with Prime Minister Konstandinos Simitis In the early afternoon, the President traveled to of Greece and Prime Minister Tansu Ciller and Presi- Louisville, KY. While en route aboard Air Force One, dent Suleyman Demirel of Turkey concerning the ter- he had a telephone conversation with Speaker of the ritorial dispute over the Imia/Kardak islet in the Ae- House Newt Gingrich concerning the national debt gean Sea. ceiling. In the evening, he returned to Washington, In the evening, the President had a telephone con- DC. versation with Representative Ron Wyden of Oregon The President declared major disasters in Con- to congratulate him on his election to the Senate. necticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island and or- The President announced his intention to appoint dered Federal aid to supplement State and local re- Todd A. Weiler and Richard G. Womack to the Board covery efforts in the areas struck by the Blizzard of of Directors of the Federal Prison Industries Corpora- tion. 1996, which occurred January 7–13. The President announced his intention to reappoint The President declared a major disaster in New Ralph G. Hoard as a member of the International York and ordered Federal aid to supplement State Pacific Halibut Commission. and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe The White House announced that the President storms and flooding beginning January 19 and con- invited NATO Secretary General Javier Solana to tinuing. Washington for a working visit on February 20. January 25 January 31 The President declared a major disaster in West In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton Virginia and ordered Federal funds to supplement hosted a dinner in the Blue Room for military com- State and local recovery efforts in the area struck manders in chief and civilian defense officials. by flooding beginning January 19 and continuing. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to nominate Toni G. Fay, Audrey Tayse Haynes, and Marciene Thomas Fink to the Federal Retirement Thrift Invest- S. Mattleman to the National Institute for Literacy ment Board. Advisory Board. The President announced his intention to appoint January 26 Nancy G. Guerra to the Coordinating Council on Ju- In the morning, the President had a telephone con- venile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. versation with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia. The President announced his intention to appoint Lynn Conway to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board January 27 of Visitors. In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton The President announced his intention to appoint attended the Alfalfa Club dinner at the Capital Hilton. Huel D. Perkins to the J. William Fulbright Foreign The President declared a major disaster in Virginia Scholarship Board. and ordered Federal funds to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding February 1 beginning January 19 and continuing. In the afternoon, the President briefly attended a The President declared a major disaster in Ohio meeting between Northern Ireland Sinn Fein leader and ordered Federal funds to supplement State and Gerry Adams and National Security Adviser Anthony local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding Lake. beginning January 20 and continuing. The President announced his intention to nominate Christopher M. Coburn to the Board of Directors January 29 of the U.S. Enrichment Corporation. In an afternoon meeting in the Oval Office, the President received the annual report of the Inter- February 2 agency Committee on Women’s Business Enterprise. In the morning, the President traveled to Man- In the evening, the President attended a fundraising chester, NH. At noon, he visited Walker Elementary event for Senator Carol Moseley-Braun at a private School in Concord. In the afternoon, the President residence. traveled to Nashua, where he toured the Lockheed

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Sanders plant. In the evening, the President traveled Thomas Buergenthal; to Salem and then to Bedford, NH. Samuel DuBois Cook; The President announced the appointment of Amy Rositta E. Kenigsberg; M. Rosen as a member of the Amtrak Board of Direc- Lynn Lyss; tors. Ruth B. Mandel; The President announced his intention to nominate Harvey M. Meyerhoff; and Franklin Kramer to be Assistant Secretary of Defense Elie Wiesel. for International Security Affairs. The President announced his intention to nominate February 8 Terry Evans to the National Council on the Arts. In the morning, the President attended a meeting between Deputy Prime Minister Richard Spring of February 3 Ireland and Vice President Al Gore in the Vice Presi- In the morning, the President traveled from Bed- dent’s office. ford to Manchester, NH. In the afternoon, he traveled The White House announced that the President to Merrimack, NH, and then to Manchester before will meet with President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine returning to Washington, DC. on February 21 in the White House. February 5 February 9 The President announced his intention to nominate In the morning, the President traveled to Alexan- Daniel Guttman to be a member of the Occupational dria, VA, and then returned to Washington, DC. Safety and Health Review Commission. The White House announced that the President The President announced the designation of Harold will meet with Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of J. Creel, Jr., as Chairman of the Federal Maritime Japan on February 23 in Santa Monica, CA. Commission. The President announced his intention to nominate Joaquin (Jack) F. Otero as Assistant Secretary of Labor February 6 for International Labor Affairs. In the morning, the President met with Vice Presi- The President announced his intention to appoint dent Al Gore, Chief of Staff Leon E. Panetta, Sec- William J. Bratton to the National Commission on retary of Defense William J. Perry, Deputy Secretary Crime Control and Prevention. of Defense John P. White, and Deputy National Secu- The President declared a major disaster in Oregon rity Adviser Samuel R. Berger to discuss the National and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local Security Council’s review of B–2 bomber acquisition recovery efforts in the area struck by high winds, options. severe storms, and flooding beginning January 26 and In an afternoon ceremony in the Oval Office, the continuing. President received diplomatic credentials from the fol- The President declared a major disaster in Wash- lowing Ambassadors: Hugo Paemen, head of delega- ington State and ordered Federal aid to supplement tion of the Commission of the European Commu- State and local recovery efforts in the area struck nities; Mooketsa Mogwe of Botswana; Fernando by high winds, severe storms, and flooding beginning Cossio of Bolivia; Ferdinando Salleo of Italy; John January 26 and continuing. McCarthy of Australia; Ljubica Acevska of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Juli Minoves-Triquell February 10 of Andorra; Kunihiko Saito of Japan; Nitya In the morning, the President traveled to Cedar Pibulsonggram of Thailand; Mircea Geoana of Roma- Rapids, IA, and then to Iowa City. In the afternoon, nia; and Miomir Zuzul of Croatia. he traveled to Cedar Rapids and then to Clear Lake, The White House announced that the President where he toured a grain elevator at the Farmers’ Co- appointed Ambassador to the United Nations Mad- op Society. He then traveled to Mason City. In the eleine Albright to head the delegation to the inaugura- evening, the President traveled from Mason City to tion of Rene Preval as President of Haiti in Port- Des Moines, IA. au-Prince on February 7. The President declared a major disaster in Idaho and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local February 7 recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms The President announced his intention to nominate and flooding beginning February 6 and continuing. David D. Spears as a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. February 11 The President announced his intention to appoint In the afternoon, the President returned to Wash- Wendell D. Garrett, Richard S. Lanier, Susan Keech ington, DC. McIntosh, and Lawrence L. Reger to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee. February 12 The President announced his intention to appoint In the afternoon, the President met with the Cen- the following persons to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial tral and East European Coalition in the Roosevelt Council: Room. He later attended a meeting between Northern

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Ireland Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble The President announced his intention to reappoint and National Security Adviser Anthony Lake in the the following individuals to the President’s Foreign National Security Adviser’s office. Intelligence Advisory Board: The President announced his intention to appoint Gen. Lew Allen, Jr.; Mark S. Gaede as the Department of Agriculture rep- Zoe Baird; resentative to the Geologic Mapping Advisory Com- Sidney D. Drell; mittee. Thomas F. Eagleton; and The President announced the appointment of Dan- Lois D. Rice. iel K. Tarullo as Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. February 16 In the morning, the President traveled from New- February 13 ark, NJ, to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA, where The White House announced that the President he toured flood-damaged areas. In the afternoon, he has invited Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah returned to Washington, DC. of Kuwait to the White House for a working visit The President announced his intention to appoint on February 28. Robert Krueger as Ambassador to Botswana. The President declared a major disaster in Vermont The President announced his intention to reappoint and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local Donald J. Pease as a member of the Amtrak Board recovery efforts in the area struck by ice jams and of Directors. flooding beginning January 19. The President announced his intention to appoint The President announced his intention to nominate Arthur Q. Davis to the Advisory Council on Historic Mary D. Greene to the National Institute for Literacy Preservation. Advisory Board. The President announced his intention to nominate February 17 Alberta Seybolt George and David A. Ucko to the In the morning, the President traveled to Ports- National Museum Services Board. mouth and Rochester, NH. In the afternoon, he trav- The President announced his intention to appoint eled to Keene and Manchester. In the evening, the Norman Brownstein to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial President traveled to Nashua, NH, and then returned Council. to Washington, DC. The President announced his intention to reappoint February 20 Kailash Mathur to the National Nutrition Monitoring In the evening, the President met with NATO Sec- Advisory Council. retary General Javier Solana in the Oval Office. Later, February 14 he had a telephone conversation with Clinton/Gore In the morning, the President traveled to Portland, ’96 campaign workers in New Hampshire to thank OR, and then to Woodland, WA, where he toured them for their work in the State primary. flood-damaged areas via helicopter, motorcade, and February 21 on foot. In the afternoon, the President returned to In the morning, the President had a telephone con- Portland after touring flood-damaged areas by heli- versation with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia. copter, and then traveled to Boise, ID. In the evening, In the afternoon, the President attended the 50th he traveled to Newark, NJ. birthday celebration for Associated Press reporter The President announced that the White House Terry Hunt in the White House Briefing Room. Leadership Conference on Youth Drug Use and Vio- lence will be held March 7 at Eleanor Roosevelt High February 22 School in Greenbelt, MD. The President announced his intention to nominate John E. Pepper as a member of the Advisory Com- February 15 mittee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. In the morning, the President traveled to Union The President announced his intention to appoint City, NJ. In the afternoon, he traveled to New York James A. Unruh as a member of the President’s Na- City. In the evening, the President traveled to East tional Security Telecommunications Advisory Com- Rutherford and Newark, NJ. mittee. The White House announced that the President has invited Greek Prime Minister Konstandinos Simitis February 23 to Washington for a working visit on April 9. In the morning, the President traveled to Long The President announced his intention to nominate Beach, CA, where he met with the Long Beach Naval Henry E. McKoy as a member of the Board of Direc- Shipyard Reuse Group at the McDonnell Douglas tors of the African Development Foundation. plant. In the afternoon, the President traveled to Santa The President announced his intention to nominate Monica. In the evening, he met with Prime Minister Mark E. Emblidge to the National Institute for Lit- Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan at the Sheraton Miramar eracy Advisory Board. Hotel.

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The President declared a major disaster in North In the evening, the President and Hillary and Chel- Carolina and ordered Federal aid to supplement State sea Clinton went to Camp David, MD. and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a The President appointed Linda Jane Zack Tarr- winter storm February 2–9. Whelan as U.S. Representative to the United Nations The President declared a major disaster in Alabama Commission on the Status of Women. and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter March 3 storm, ice, and flooding February 1–12. In the morning, the President returned to the White The President declared a major disaster in Montana House from Camp David, MD. and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, March 4 flooding, and ice jams beginning February 4 and con- In the morning, the President traveled to Detroit tinuing. and Taylor, MI. In the evening, he returned to Wash- The President announced that he concurred with ington, DC. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt’s decision to appoint John Garamendi to serve as Special Rep- March 5 resentative for the Guam Commonwealth Negotia- The President announced his intention to nominate tions. Harold Walter Geisel as Ambassador to Mauritius and the Comoros. February 24 The President announced his intention to nominate In the morning, the President traveled from Santa Aubrey Hooks as Ambassador to the Congo. Monica to Long Beach, CA. In the afternoon, he traveled from Los Alamitos, CA, to Seattle, WA, where March 6 he participated in a roundtable discussion on worker The President announced his intention to nominate retraining at Shoreline Community College. Ginger Ehn Lew to be Deputy Administrator of the In the evening, the President departed for Wash- Small Business Administration. ington, DC, arriving after midnight. March 7 February 26 In the late morning, the President traveled to In the morning, the President met in the Oval Of- Greenbelt, MD, and returned to Washington, DC, fice with Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, Director-designate in the afternoon. of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The White House announced that Agency for Inter- The President announced his intention to appoint national Development Administrator J. Brian Atwood John C. Culver, William H. Mauk, Jr., and Jane Slate will lead the Presidential delegation to the inaugura- Siena to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship tion of Jorge Sampaio as President of on Board. March 9 in Lisbon, Portugal. The President announced his intention to appoint Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel to the Commission March 8 of Fine Arts. In the morning, the President traveled to Los Ange- les and Van Nuys, CA, where he toured the assembly February 27 line and addressed employees at the Harman Inter- In the evening, the President and Hillary and Chel- national Industries plant. In the afternoon, the Presi- sea Clinton attended a performance of ‘‘Les dent traveled to Malibu, and in the evening, he trav- Miserables’’ at the National Theatre. eled to Concord, CA. The President announced his intention to nominate The White House announced that the President David J. Barram as Administrator of the General Serv- and President of Egypt have invited ices Administration. regional and international leaders to join them for February 28 the Summit of the Peacemakers in Sharm al-Sheikh, In the morning, the President met in the Oval Of- Egypt, on March 13. fice with Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al Sabah of The President announced his intention to appoint Kuwait. Later, he had a telephone conversation with Philip G. Brand; Robert E. Estep, Jr.; and Michael Chancellor of . B. Styles to the National Partnership Council. The President announced his intention to appoint Sonia Perez as a member of the Advisory Council March 9 of the Border Environment Cooperation Commission. In the late morning, the President assisted with the NetDay installation of computer cabling at Ygnacio March 1 Valley High School in Concord, CA. In the evening, In the afternoon in the Oval Office, the President he traveled to Hillsborough, where he attended a received the report of the Commission on Roles and fundraising reception, and then returned to Wash- Capabilities of the U.S. Intelligence Community. ington, DC, arriving in the early morning.

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March 11 March 15 In the morning, the President traveled to Newark, In the afternoon, the President met with Prime NJ, and then to Wallington, where he toured the Minister John Bruton of Ireland in the Oval Office. Industrial Latex Corp. Superfund site. In the after- In the evening, the President attended a Demo- noon, the President traveled to New York City, and cratic National Committee dinner at the Hay-Adams in the late evening, he returned to Washington, DC. Hotel. The White House announced that the President The White House announced that the President has invited President Suleyman Demirel of Turkey will travel to Fort Polk, LA, on March 18 to visit to Washington for a working visit on March 29. American troops who participated in Operation Up- The President announced his intention to nominate hold Democracy in Haiti and to visit with family mem- bers of soldiers serving in Bosnia. David H. Shinn as Ambassador to Ethiopia. The White House announced that the President March 12 will send Office of National Drug Control Policy Di- In the afternoon, the President departed for Sharm rector Barry R. McCaffrey to head a high level mission March 26–27 to discuss the threat narcotics pose to al-Sheikh, Egypt, arriving the next morning. Mexico and the United States. The President announced his intention to nominate Susan Bass Levin to the Board of Trustees of the March 18 Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation. In the morning, the President traveled to New Orle- The President announced his intention to nominate ans, LA. In the afternoon, he traveled to Leesville, Lonnie R. Bristow as Chair and Shirley Ledbetter where he met at Fort Polk with family members of Jones and Robert E. Anderson as members of the U.S. troops who are serving in Bosnia. In the early Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services Univer- evening, the President traveled to Alexandria, LA, sity of the Health Sciences. where he attended a performance of the musical drama ‘‘Messiah’’ at the United Pentecostal Church. March 13 He then returned to Washington, DC. In the morning, following his arrival in Sharm al- The President announced the nominations of the Sheikh, the President met separately with Prime Min- following individuals to ambassadorial posts: ister Shimon Peres of and President Boris Christopher Robert Hill, Ambassador to the Former Yeltsin of Russia in the Presidential suite of the Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Movenpick Hotel. In the afternoon, he met separately George Ward, Jr., Ambassador to Namibia; and at the hotel with King Hassan II of Morocco in the Sharon P. Wilkinson, Ambassador to Burkina Faso. King’s suite; with Prime Minister John Major of the in the Presidential suite; and with March 19 Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority The President announced his intention to nominate in the Presidential suite. In the evening, the President Dane Farnsworth Smith as Ambassador to Senegal. traveled to Jerusalem, Israel. The President announced his intention to nominate The President declared a major disaster in Maine Gina McDonald to the National Council on Disability. and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local The President declared a major disaster in Oregon recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local ice jams, and flooding January 19–February 6. recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms The President announced his intention to nominate and high winds on December 10–12, 1995. Kevin Emanuel Marchman as Assistant Secretary for March 20 the Office of Public and Indian Housing at the De- In the morning, the President met with congres- partment of Housing and Urban Development. sional leaders in the Oval Office to discuss the budget March 14 negotiations. The President declared a major disaster in Alabama In the afternoon, the President visited the graves and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local of victims of terrorism in Har Herzl Cemetery in recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, Jerusalem. In the evening, he returned to Washington, flooding, and tornadoes on March 5–6. DC. The President announced his intention to appoint March 21 Kenneth D. Brody as Chair and Clyde V. Prestowitz, In the afternoon, the President attended a meeting Jr., as Vice Chair of the Commission on United States- between Northern Ireland Democratic Unionist Party Pacific Trade and Investment Policy. leader Ian Paisley and National Security Adviser An- The President announced his intention to appoint thony Lake in the National Security Adviser’s office. Gen. Larry D. Welch, USAF (Ret.), Rear Adm. Thom- The President announced his intention to appoint as A. Brooks, USN (Ret.), and Nina J. Stewart to Brady C. Williamson to be Chair and a member of the Security Policy Advisory Board. the National Bankruptcy Review Commission.

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The President announced his intention to appoint March 29 Alfred Gottschalk and Nathan Shapell to the U.S. Hol- In the afternoon, the President met with President ocaust Memorial Council. Suleyman Demirel of Turkey in the Oval Office. The President announced the nominations of the The White House announced that the President following individuals to ambassadorial posts: will visit the Republic of Korea on April 16.

Kenneth C. Brill, Ambassador to Cyprus; March 30 Genta Hawkins Holmes, Ambassador to Australia; In the evening, the President attended the Gridiron Thomas C. Hubbard, Ambassador to the Philippines Dinner at the Capital Hilton Hotel. and Palau; Day Olin Mount, Ambassador to Iceland; and March 31 Glen Robert Rase, Ambassador to Brunei In the evening, the President had a telephone con- Darussalam. versation with members of the University of Ten- nessee women’s basketball team to congratulate them March 22 on winning the NCAA national championship. The President announced the nominations of the following individuals to ambassadorial posts: April 1 James Francis Creagan, Ambassador to Honduras; In the evening, the President had a telephone con- Lino Gutierrez, Ambassador to Nicaragua; versation with members of the University of Kentucky Dennis K. Hays, Ambassador to Suriname; men’s basketball team to congratulate them on win- ning the NCAA national championship. Dennis C. Jett, Ambassador to Peru; and Donald J. Planty, Ambassador to Guatemala. April 2 March 23 In the afternoon, the President traveled to Balti- more, MD, where he threw out the first pitch at In the morning, the President traveled to Cin- the Baltimore Orioles-Kansas City Royals baseball cinnati, OH, and in the afternoon, he traveled to Co- game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. In the late lumbus. In the evening, the President returned to afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC. Washington, DC. The President declared a major disaster in Indiana March 25 and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local The President announced his intention to nominate recovery efforts in the area struck by the Blizzard Raymond W. Kelly to be Under Secretary for Enforce- of 1996, which occurred January 6–12. ment at the Department of the Treasury. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to nominate Leslie M. Alexander as Ambassador to Ecuador and the following individuals to ambassadorial posts: Prudence Bushnell as Ambassador to Kenya. The President announced the nomination of James Charles O. Cecil, Ambassador to Niger; E. Hall as Chair of the National Transportation Safety Wendy Jean Chamberlin, Ambassador to Laos; Board. David C. Halsted, Ambassador to Chad; and Tibor Nagy, Jr., Ambassador to Guinea. April 3 In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton March 27 visited the family of Secretary of Commerce Ronald In the morning, the President traveled to Palisades, H. Brown, who was killed that morning in an aircraft NY. In the afternoon, he returned to Washington, tragedy near Dubrovnik, Croatia. DC. The President announced his intention to appoint April 4 Nancy J. Bloch, Carl G. Lewis, and James J. Weisman The President announced his intention to nominate to the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Com- Hubert T. Bell, Jr., as Inspector General of the Nu- pliance Board. clear Regulatory Commission. The President announced his intention to appoint Nicholas C. Burckel to the National Historical Publica- April 5 tions and Records Commission. In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton The President announced his intention to appoint traveled to Oklahoma City, OK, where they laid a Mady Wechsler Segal and Carroll W. Conn, Jr., to wreath at the site of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal the U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors. Building, which was destroyed in a terrorist bombing in April 1995. March 28 In the afternoon, the President traveled to Edmond, The President announced his intention to nominate OK. Johnny H. Hayes as a member of the Board of Direc- In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton tors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. returned to Washington, DC.

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April 6 be a member of the Occupational Safety and Health In the early afternoon, the President and Hillary Review Commission. Clinton traveled to Dover Air Force Base, DE, where The President sent to the Congress a request for they met with the families of those who died in the $250 million in supplemental appropriations for drug aircraft tragedy in Croatia. In the evening, they re- law enforcement, treatment, and prevention. turned to Washington, DC. April 14 April 9 In the late evening, the President and Hillary Clin- In the morning, the President had a telephone con- ton traveled to Anchorage, AK. versation with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia. April 15 April 10 In the early morning, the President and Hillary In the afternoon, following the funeral of Secretary Clinton departed from Anchorage, AK, en route to of Commerce Ronald H. Brown at the National Ca- Cheju, South Korea. thedral, the President and Hillary Clinton attended The President announced his intention to nominate the burial ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Victor Ashe to the Board of Directors of the Corpora- VA. They then returned to Washington, DC. tion for National and Community Service. In the evening, the President traveled to Baltimore, MD, where he attended a Democratic National Com- April 16 In the early morning, the President and Hillary mittee reception at the home of Mayor Kurt Schmoke Clinton arrived in Cheju, South Korea. and a committee dinner at Cave Valley Golf Club. In the afternoon, following their news conference, In the late evening, he returned to Washington, DC. the President had a working lunch with President Kim The President announced his intention to appoint Yong-sam of South Korea. Margaret A. Coil and Geri Marullo to the Federal Later in the afternoon, the President and Hillary Salary Council. Clinton traveled to Tokyo, Japan. In the evening, they April 11 attended a dinner with Prime Minister Ryutaro The White House announced that the President Hashimoto of Japan at the Akasaka Palace. has directed the Department of Health and Human April 17 Services to release $180 million in emergency Low In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) participated in a welcoming ceremony with Emperor funds for States, territories, and Indian tribes to help and Empress Michiko at the Akasaka Palace, families affected by unusually cold winter weather. followed by a state call and discussion with the Em- April 12 peror and Empress at the Imperial Palace. In the afternoon, the President participated in a In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton swearing-in ceremony for Michael Kantor as Secretary traveled from Tokyo to the U.S.S. Independence in of Commerce. Yokosuka. Later in the afternoon, they returned to The President announced the recess appointment Tokyo. of Elizabeth Julian to serve as Assistant Secretary for The President announced the selection of Lori Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity at the Depart- Esposito Murray as Special Adviser to the President ment of Housing and Urban Development. and Director on the Chemical Weapons Convention The President announced the recess appointment at the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. of Yolanda Townsend Wheat of Missouri to be a mem- The President named Ana M. Guzman as Chair ber of the National Credit Union Administration of the President’s Advisory Commission on Edu- Board. cational Excellence for Hispanic Americans. The President announced the appointment of Mar- The President announced the nomination of John tin A. Kamarck of New York to serve as President C. Kornblum to be Assistant Secretary of State for and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Ex- European and Canadian Affairs and Barbara Mills port-Import Bank of the United States. Larkin to be Assistant Secretary of State for Legisla- The President announced the recess appointment tive Affairs. of Robert Clarke Brown of Ohio as a member of The President announced his intention to appoint the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Wash- Glenn Roger Delaney as a Commissioner (Commercial ington Airports Authority. Fishing Interest Representative) of the International The President announced the recess appointment Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas. of Lowell Junkins of Iowa to be a member of the The President announced his intention to appoint Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mort- the following persons as members of the Commission gage Corporation. on U.S.-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy: The President announced the recess appointment Morton Bahr; of Daniel Guttman of the District of Columbia to Jason S. Berman;

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Eugene Eidenberg; April 22 James Fallows; In the early afternoon, the President traveled to Lawrence M. Johnson; Great Falls, MD, where he assisted volunteers with Kenneth Lewis; the cleanup of the C&O Canal, which was damaged Robert Z. Lawrence; by flooding in January 1996. He then returned to James C. Morgan; Washington, DC. Harold A. Poling; The White House announced that the President Ron Sims; and Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany will meet Bruce Stokes; May 23 in Milwaukee, WI. The President announced his intention to appoint Jackson P. Tai; Judith M. Gueron, Kristin Anderson Moore, Joan M. Yah Lin Trie; Reeves, and Gary J. Stangler to the Advisory Board Ko-Yung Tung; on Welfare Indicators. Robert A. Wilson, Jr.; and Meredith Woo-Cumings. April 23 The President had a telephone conversation with April 18 President Juan Carlos Wasmosy of Paraguay con- In the morning, following his address to the Diet, cerning the unrest there. the President attended a reception with Japanese party The President announced reforms of the U.S. intel- leaders in the Speaker’s Drawing Room. ligence community based on the recommendations of In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the paid a farewell call to the Emperor and Empress U.S. Intelligence Community. at the Akasaka Palace. Later, they toured the Chrysler The White House announced that the President Setagaya Branch automobile showroom, where they will travel to Lyons, France, June 27–29 to participate greeted Japanese families who had purchased Amer- in the annual summit of industrialized nations. ican right-hand drive vehicles. The President declared a major disaster in Illinois In the evening, the President traveled to St. Peters- and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local burg, Russia, where he toured the Catherine Palace. recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and tornadoes April 18–19. April 19 The President declared a major disaster in Arkansas In the morning, the President toured the Russian and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local Museum and the Church of the Spilled Blood. recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms In the evening, the President traveled to Moscow, and tornadoes April 21–22. where he attended a dinner for the leaders of the P–8 Summit on Nuclear Safety and Security at the April 24 Kremlin. In the afternoon, the President attended a Clinton/ The President announced his intention to nominate Gore ’96 luncheon at the Jefferson Hotel. Morris N. Hughes as Ambassador to Burundi. April 25 The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to appoint Alan G. Lowy to the Board of Directors of the James Harold Wishna to the Commission on Presidential Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation. Scholars. April 20 April 26 In the morning, the President met with the other In the afternoon, the President traveled to Wil- leaders of the P–8 Summit on Nuclear Safety and mington, DE, where he attended the Senate Demo- Security in St. Catherine Hall at the Kremlin. Later, cratic Issues Conference at the Hotel DuPont. In the he attended a working luncheon with the P–8 leaders early evening, the President traveled to Philadelphia, and President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine. PA, where he attended a Democratic dinner at City In the afternoon, the President met again with P– Hall. In the late evening, he returned to Washington, 8 leaders. Later in the afternoon, he met with Prime DC. Minister John Major of the United Kingdom at the The President announced his intention to appoint Kremlin. Daniel Lamaute to the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. April 21 In the morning, the President met with President April 28 Boris Yeltsin of Russia at the Kremlin. In the after- In the afternoon in the Map Room, the President noon, he met with Russian political leaders at Spaso provided a videotaped deposition for the ongoing trial House, and then addressed the American community of James B. and Susan McDougal and Gov. Jim Guy in Moscow at the U.S. Embassy. Tucker of Arkansas in Little Rock. In the evening, the President returned to Wash- In the late evening, the President met with Prime ington, DC. Minister Shimon Peres of Israel in the Oval Office.

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April 29 The President announced his intention to reappoint In the morning, the President traveled to Miami, the following individuals as members of the Board FL. In the late evening, he departed for Washington, of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage DC, arriving after midnight. Corporation: April 30 Dennis DeConcini; In an afternoon ceremony in the Oval Office, the Joel I. Ferguson; President received diplomatic credentials from the fol- Jerry M. Hultin; lowing Ambassadors: Nagora Bogan of Papua New James B. Nutter, Sr.; and Guinea; Dato Dali Mahmud Hashim of Malaysia; Harriet F. Woods. Mahdi Ibrahim Mohamed of Sudan; Pedro Miguel Lamport Kelsall of Guatemala; Theogene May 6 Rudashingwa of Rwanda; Bhekh Bahadur Thapa of The President declared a major disaster in Illinois Nepal; Bulat K. Nurgaliyev of Kazakstan; Banny de and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local Brum of the Marshall Islands; Jaakko Tapani Laajava recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms of Finland; Naresh Chandra of India; and Dieudonne- and flooding April 28. Antoine Ganga of the Congo. May 7 In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a dinner for supporters of the Franklin Dela- In the morning, the President had a telephone con- no Roosevelt Memorial Commission in the State Din- versation with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia. Later, ing Room. he traveled to Newark and Woodbridge, NJ. The President announced his intention to nominate In the afternoon, the President traveled to New Vicky A. Bailey as a member of the Federal Energy Vernon, NJ, where he attended a Democratic recep- Regulatory Commission. tion at a private residence. In the evening, he traveled to Jersey City. Later, the President returned to Wash- May 1 ington, DC. The President announced his intention to appoint Peggy Weil Steine to the Advisory Committee on the May 8 Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per- The White House announced that the President forming Arts. has invited President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Po- The President announced his intention to appoint land to Washington for a working visit on July 8. Jack W. Theimer to the Franklin Delano Roosevelt The President announced his intention to nominate Memorial Commission. Reynaldo F. Macias to the National Institute for Lit- The President announced his intention to nominate eracy Advisory Board. the following individuals to ambassadorial posts: The President announced his intention to reappoint the following individuals to the Federal National Mort- Avis T. Bohlen, Ambassador to Bulgaria; gage Association Board of Directors: Marisa Lino, Ambassador to Albania; John Francis Maisto, Ambassador to Venezuela; and William M. Daley; Anne W. Patterson, Ambassador to El Salvador. Thomas A. Leonard; John Sasso; May 2 Kathryn G. Thompson; and In the morning, the President attended a memorial Jose H. Villareal. service in Potomac, MD, for David Ifshin, former general counsel for the 1992 Clinton Presidential cam- May 9 paign committee, who died April 30. In the early The White House announced that the President afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC. has designated John J. Cavanaugh (Chair), E. Patrick Coady, and Hughlyn F. Fierce to serve on the interim May 3 Board of Directors for the Czech and Slovak American In the morning, the President met with Secretary Enterprise Fund. of Defense William Perry and military leaders in the Oval Office. May 10 The President announced his intention to nominate In the afternoon, the President traveled to State Brooksley Elizabeth Born as Commissioner and Chair College, PA. Later, he returned to Washington, DC. of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The President announced his intention to nominate May 13 Jerry M. Melillo as Associate Director for Environ- In the evening, the President attended Democratic ment at the Office of Science and Technology Policy. National Committee dinners at the Jefferson Hotel The President announced his intention to appoint and the Sheraton Carlton Hotel. Jeffrey Orseck as a member of the Panama Canal The President announced his intention to nominate Consultative Committee. Kerri-Ann Jones as Associate Director for National

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Security and International Affairs at the Office of The President announced his intention to nominate Science and Technology Policy. Alan Philip Larson to be an Assistant Secretary of The President announced the nominations of the State for Economic and Business Affairs. following individuals to ambassadorial posts: The White House announced that the President appointed Richard Mittenhall (Chair), Robert M. Harold Walter Geisel, Ambassador to the O’Brien, and M. David Vaughan to the Presidential Seychelles; emergency board established to investigate disputes John F. Hicks, Ambassador to Eritrea; between certain railroads represented by the National Alan R. McKee, Ambassador to Swaziland; Railway Labor Conference and their employees rep- Arlene Render, Ambassador to Zambia; and resented by certain labor organizations. Stanley Schrager, Ambassador to Djibouti. May 20 May 14 In the evening, the President attended a dinner In the morning, the President met with Bosnian for Gov. Howard Dean of Vermont at the Washington Federation leaders and officials of the Governments Court Hotel. He then attended a Democratic National of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in the Roosevelt Committee dinner at the Jefferson Hotel. Room. The President declared a major disaster in Maine In the afternoon, the President attended a Demo- and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local cratic National Committee lunch at the Jefferson recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, Hotel. He then met in the Cabinet Room with a mudslides, and inland and coastal flooding on April group of District of Columbia residents representing 16–17. nonprofit organizations. The White House announced the President made May 15 available $189.3 million in contingent emergency fund- In the afternoon, the President had a telephone ing to address urgent needs arising from severe winter conversation with Senator Bob Dole concerning the flooding in the Northwest, the blizzard and subsequent Senator’s decision to retire from the Senate. flooding in the Northeast, and damaging hurricanes. The White House announced that the President May 21 appointed David P. Twomey, William P. Hobgood, In the morning, the President met with the staff and Carl E. Van Horn to the Presidential emergency of the late Adm. Jeremy M. Boorda at the Pentagon. board established to investigate disputes between cer- In the afternoon, the President had meetings with tain railroads and employees represented by the Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees. and President Alberto Fujimori of Peru. In the evening, the President attended a Demo- May 16 cratic National Committee dinner at the Jefferson In the morning, the President hosted a breakfast Hotel. for White House Conference on Corporate Citizenship participants in the State Dining Room. May 22 In the evening, the President attended the NAACP In the morning, the President traveled to Groton, Legal Defense Fund honoree reception at the Wash- CT. ington Hilton Hotel and the Southwest Voter Registra- In the afternoon, the President toured the U.S. tion Education Project dinner at the Mayflower Hotel. Coast Guard cutter The Eagle at the U.S. Coast Guard The President announced his intention to nominate Academy. He then traveled to New York City. Marcia E. Miller as a Commissioner of the U.S. Inter- In the evening, the President traveled to Stamford, national Trade Commission. CT, and then to Milwaukee, WI. The President declared a major disaster in Montana and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local May 23 recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, In the afternoon, the President hosted a reception flooding, ice jams, and excessive soil saturation. for Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany at the Grain Exchange. Following the reception, the President re- May 17 turned to Washington, DC. In the morning, the President traveled to St. Louis, The President declared a major disaster in West MO. In the evening, he returned to Washington, DC, Virginia and ordered Federal aid to supplement State arriving after midnight. and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flood- The President announced his intention to nominate ing and heavy winds on May 15–21. Arma Jane Karaer as Ambassador to Papua New Guin- The President announced his intention to nominate ea, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Jeanne Givens to the Board of Trustees of the Insti- The President accorded the personal rank of Am- tute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture bassador to James W. Pardew, Jr., in his capacity as and Arts Development. U.S. Special Representative for Military Stabilization The President announced his intention to nominate in the . Douglas (Pete) Peterson as Ambassador to Vietnam.

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The President announced his intention to appoint May 30 Craig O. McCaw and John A. McLuckey as members In the morning, the President traveled to New Orle- to the President’s National Security Telecommuni- ans, LA, and in the afternoon, he traveled to Baton cations Advisory Committee. Rouge. In the evening, the President attended a reception May 24 hosted by Gov. Mike Foster of Louisiana at the Gov- In the morning, the President had his annual phys- ernor’s Mansion. He then returned to Washington, ical examination at the National Naval Medical Center DC, arriving after midnight. in Bethesda, MD. The President announced the nomination of Gerald May 31 S. McGowan as a member of the Board of Directors In the afternoon, the President had telephone con- of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. versations with Prime Minister-elect Binyamin The President announced the nomination of J. Netanyahu and outgoing Prime Minister Shimon Peres Davitt McAteer to be Solicitor of the Department of Israel. of Labor. The President announced the interim appointment The President announced the nomination of John of Johnny H. Hayes as a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Stern Wolf for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as the Coordinator for the Asia- The President announced his intention to appoint the following individuals as members of the National Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Commission on the Restructuring of the Internal Rev- The President announced his intention to reappoint enue Service: Maurice Sonnenberg and Harold W. Pote to the Presi- dent’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Larry Irving, Jr.; Edward S. ; May 27 Robert M. Tobias; In the morning, the President traveled to Arlington, Josh S. Weston; and VA, where he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Un- James W. Wetzler. knowns in Arlington National Cemetery. In the after- noon, he returned to Washington, DC. June 1 The President declared a major disaster in Kentucky May 28 and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, attended a reception for Hispanic leaders on the South flooding, and tornadoes on May 28. Lawn. The President declared a major disaster in Min- Later, the President had a telephone conversation nesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State with Gov. Jim Guy Tucker of Arkansas concerning and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flood- the Governor’s announced resignation. ing beginning March 14 and continuing. The President announced the nomination of Keith R. Hall to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force June 3 for Space. In the evening, the President attended a Demo- The President announced the nomination of Heidi cratic National Committee dinner at the Jefferson Schulman as a member of the Board of Directors Hotel. Later, he attended a Democratic Business of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Council dinner at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel. The President announced his intention to appoint The President announced his intention to nominate Jeffrey Davidow as Assistant Secretary of State for Bruce D. Judd to the Advisory Council on Historic Inter-American Affairs. Preservation. The President announced his intention to nominate May 29 Alberto Aleman Zubieta to be Administrator of the In the morning, the President met with Democratic Panama Canal Commission. Governors in the Cabinet Room to discuss Medicaid. June 4 In the afternoon, the President attended a meeting In the morning, the President traveled to Princeton, between Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind of the NJ. He returned to Washington, DC, in the afternoon. United Kingdom and Vice President Al Gore in the In the evening, the President attended a Demo- Vice President’s office to discuss the Northern Ireland cratic National Committee dinner at the Sheraton peace process. Carlton Hotel. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to reappoint Doris B. Holleb to the National Council on the Hu- Everett Alvarez, Jr., to the Board of Regents for the manities. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.

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The President announced his intention to nominate Committee dinner at a private residence. He then Madeleine May Kunin to be Ambassador to Switzer- traveled to Culver City and Santa Monica, CA. land. The President announced that Office of National Drug Policy Director Barry R. McCaffrey will convene June 5 a law enforcement summit in El Paso, TX, on July The President declared a major disaster in North 10 to lay the groundwork for a renewed attack on Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State drug trafficking across the Southwest border. and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe The President announced the 1996 recipients of storms, flooding, ice jams, and ground saturation due the Nation’s highest science and technology honors: to high water tables on March 12 and continuing. National Medal of Science The White House announced that the President Wallace S. Broecker; has invited President Glafcos Clerides of Cyprus to Norman Davidson; Washington for a working visit on June 18. James L. Flanagan; The President announced his intention to nominate Richard M. Karp; Reginald E. Jones to the Equal Employment Oppor- C. Kumar N. Patel; tunity Commission. Ruth Patrick; The President announced his intention to appoint Paul A. Samuelson; and the following individuals to the Commission for the Stephen Smale. Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad: National Medal of Technology Ned W. Bandler; Charles H. Kaman; E. William Crotty; Stephanie Louise Kwolek; Phyllis Kaminsky; James C. Morgan; Alice A. Kelikian; Peter H. Rose; and Rachmiel Liberman; and the Johnson & Johnson Co. Warren L. Miller. June 11 June 6 In the morning, the President traveled to Glendale, CA. In the afternoon, the President had telephone con- In the afternoon, the President traveled from Los versations with Prime Minister John Bruton of Ireland Angeles, CA, to Albuquerque, NM. and Prime Minister John Major of the United King- In the evening, the President traveled to Charleston, dom. SC. In the evening, the President hosted a reception The President had a telephone conversation with for the White House Environment Day Conference Senator Bob Dole concerning the Senator’s retirement in the Green Room. from the United States Senate. The President announced the appointment of Stuart June 7 E. Eizenstat to become a member of the Overseas The President declared a major disaster in Alaska Private Investment Corporation Board of Directors. and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local The President announced his intention to nominate recovery efforts in the area struck by fires beginning Wyche Fowler, Jr., to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. June 2 and continuing. June 12 June 9 In the morning, the President traveled to In the morning, the President traveled to Las Vegas, Greeleyville, SC, and later returned to Washington, NV, where he toured a juvenile justice work program DC. site. The President announced his intention to nominate In the afternoon, the President traveled to Hender- Patricia M. McMahon to be Deputy Director for De- son, NV, where he attended a Democratic National mand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Con- Committee luncheon at a private residence. Later in trol Policy. the afternoon, he traveled to San Francisco, CA. In the evening, the President attended a Demo- June 14 cratic National Committee dinner at the home of Sen- In the morning, the President met with Democratic ator Dianne Feinstein. He then traveled to San Diego, congressional candidates. CA. In the evening, the President attended Democratic National Committee dinners at the Hay-Adams Hotel June 10 and the Jefferson Hotel. Later, he and Hillary and In the morning, the President toured the Hillcrest Chelsea Clinton went to Camp David, MD. satellite police office. The President announced his intention to nominate In the evening, the President traveled to Los Ange- A. Vernon Weaver as U.S. Representative to the - les, CA, where he attended a Democratic National pean Union.

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The President announced his intention to appoint Kevin Monroe; Valerie J. Bradley as Chair and member of the Presi- David A. Moore; dent’s Committee on Mental Retardation. Robert C. Orr; The White House announced that President Bonnie J. Ryan; Lennart Meri of Estonia, President Guntis Ulmanis Stefanie J. Sanford; of Latvia, and President Algirdas Brazauskas of Lith- Elisabeth A. Stock; uania have accepted the President’s invitation to visit Loree K. Sutton; him in Washington, DC, on June 25. Reginald M. Turner; and John (Randy) Wood. June 17 In the morning, the President returned to Wash- June 20 ington, DC. In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton In the early evening, the President and Hillary Clin- welcomed the arrival of the 1996 Olympic torch on ton hosted a tea for Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former the South Lawn. President of Haiti, and his wife, Mildred, in the Yellow Oval Room. Later in the evening, the President at- June 21 tended a reception for Gov. Mel Carnahan of Missouri In the morning, the President traveled to Chicago, at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel and a Democratic Na- IL, and in the afternoon, he traveled to Houston, TX. tional Committee dinner at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. In the evening, the President attended a dinner The White House announced that President Hosni at a private residence and a Saxophone Club reception Mubarak of Egypt accepted the President’s invitation at the El Dorado Ranch. to meet in Washington, DC, on July 30 for an official The President announced his intention to appoint working visit. the following individuals to the National Cancer Advi- June 18 sory Board: In the early evening, the President met with con- Richard J. Boxer; gressional leaders in the Cabinet Room. Frederick P. Li; Later, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted the Sandra Millon-Underwood; annual White House summer picnic for members of Barbara K. Rimer; the press on the South Lawn. Ivor Royston; and The President declared a major disaster in Pennsyl- Ellen L. Stovall. vania and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flood- June 22 ing on June 12. In the morning, the President traveled from Hous- The White House announced that the President ton, TX, to Cleveland, OH. asked the Congress for $12 million in supplemental In the afternoon, the President attended a Demo- appropriation for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and cratic National Committee reception at the Slam Jam Firearms to intensify the Federal efforts to investigate Sports Grill. Later, he returned to Washington, DC. acts of arson against African-American churches. June 24 June 19 In the morning, the President traveled to Nashville, In the early evening, the President addressed the TN. Business Roundtable at the J.W. Marriott Hotel. In the afternoon, the President traveled to New Later in the evening, the President attended a re- York, NY. ception for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Com- In the evening, the President attended a Demo- mittee at a private residence. cratic National Committee dinner at the Plaza Hotel. The White House announced that President Islom Later, he returned to Washington, DC, arriving after Karimov of Uzbekistan has accepted the President’s midnight. invitation to meet in Washington, DC, on June 25. The President declared a major disaster in Ohio The President awarded the 1996–97 White House and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local fellowships to the following recipients: recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding begin- ning May 2. Brenda G. Berkman; The President declared a major disaster in Iowa Audrey Choi; and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local Kimberly R. Cornett; recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms Linda Eddleman; and flooding May 8–28. Stephanie Ferguson; Susan D. Fink; June 25 Peter S. Fiske; In the afternoon, the President met with President Lewis P. Long; Sixto Duran-Ballen of Ecuador in the Oval Office. Mark J. Mathabane; Later, he met with President Lennart Meri of Estonia,

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President Algirdas Brazauskas of , and Presi- June 27 dent Guntis Ulmanis of Latvia in the Cabinet Room. In the morning, the President traveled to Perouges, He then met with President Islom Karimov of France, and in the afternoon, he returned to Lyons. Uzbekistan in the Oval Office. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to appoint Sophia H. Hall to the Board of Directors of the State Margo H. Briggs to the President’s National Security Justice Institute. Telecommunications Advisory Board. The President declared a major disaster in Vermont The President declared a major disaster in Nebraska and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by extreme rainfall recovery efforts in the area struck by a tornado and and flooding June 12–14. severe storms May 8–28. June 29 June 26 In the morning, the President met with G–7 lead- In the morning, the President hosted an ecumenical ers, Russian leaders, and foreign ministers in the Ple- breakfast with religious leaders in the State Dining nary Room of the Contemporary Art Museum in Room. Lyons, France. In the afternoon, the President attended a luncheon Later in the morning, the President and Hillary with G–7, Russian, and international organization lead- Clinton traveled to Lyons, France. While en route, ers at Parc de la Tete d’Or. He then greeted Lyons the President had a telephone conversation with Prime art students and reviewed their paintings. Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel, who expressed In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton condolences regarding the terrorist bombing of the traveled to Paris, France, where they attended a pri- U.S. military complex in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. vate dinner with President Jacques Chirac of France The White House announced that the President and his wife, Bernadette, at Restaurant L’Ambroisie. will attend memorial services at Eglin Air Force Base The President then traveled to Eglin Air Force Base, and Patrick Air Force Base in Florida on June 30 Florida, arriving early the following morning. for the U.S. Air Force personnel killed in the bomb- ing. June 30 The White House announced that the President In the morning, the President met with families certified the Bosnian Government’s compliance with of U.S. Air Force personnel killed in the terrorist the requirement in the Dayton accords that foreign bombing in Saudi Arabia. He then traveled to Patrick forces be withdrawn from Bosnia, and that Iranian- Air Force Base, Florida. Bosnian intelligence cooperation on training, investiga- In the afternoon, the President met with families tions, and related activities has been terminated. of U.S. Air Force personnel killed in the terrorist The President announced his intention to appoint bombing in Saudi Arabia. Mary Beth Blegen to the Commission on Presidential In the evening, the President returned to Wash- Scholars. ington, DC.

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