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Appendix A—Digest of Other White House Announcements

The following list includes the President’s public sched- by severe storms, flooding, and mud- and landslides ule and other items of general interest announced by beginning December 28, 1996, and continuing. the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this book. January 5 The President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton re- January 1 turned to Washington, DC, from St. Thomas, U.S. In the morning, the President had a telephone con- Virgin Islands. versation from Hilton Head, SC, with Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority to express condo- January 6 lences with regard to the attack on civilians by an In the morning, the President had a telephone con- off-duty Israeli soldier in Hebron, West Bank. versation with Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany concerning NATO expansion and relations between In the afternoon, the President and Hillary and Russia and the West. Chelsea Clinton traveled from Hilton Head, SC, to The President announced his intention to nominate St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, for a vacation. Alan M. Hantman to be the Architect of the Capitol. January 2 The President announced his intention to nominate The President named the following winners of the Donald Rappaport to be Chief Financial Officer of 1996 and the Charles Frankel the Department of Education. Prize in the Humanities, which he and the First Lady January 7 will present on January 9: In the morning, the President met with Senator National Medal of Arts Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the Oval Office to discuss ; issues facing the 105th Congress. ; In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with Newt Gingrich to congratulate him Harry Callahan; on winning reelection to a second term as Speaker Zelda Fichandler; of the House of Representatives. The President also Eduardo (Lalo) Guerrero; placed calls to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, ; Senate Minority Leader Thomas S. Daschle, and ; House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt. Vera List; The President announced his intention to nominate ; Susan E. Trees to the National Council on the Hu- ; manities. Stephen J. Sondheim; and The President declared a major disaster in the State the . of Washington and ordered Federal aid to supplement Charles Frankel Prize in the Humanities State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe ice storms November 19–December 4, 1996. Rita Dove; The President declared a major disaster in Min- Doris Kearns Goodwin; nesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State Daniel Kemmis; and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe Arturo Madrid; and ice storms November 14–30, 1996. Bill Moyers. The White House announced that the President will meet with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi January 3 Annan in the Oval Office on January 23. The President declared a major disaster in Nevada The White House announced that the President and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local appointed Charles Ruff to succeed Jack Quinn as As- recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, sistant to the President and Counsel to the President. flooding, and mud- and landslides beginning Decem- The President also appointed the following individuals ber 20, 1996, and continuing. to the positions listed: January 4 Cheryl D. Mills, Deputy Assistant to the President The President declared major disasters in California and Deputy Counsel to the President; and Idaho and ordered Federal aid to supplement Kathleen M.H. Wallman, Deputy Assistant to the State and local recovery efforts in the areas struck President for Economic Policy and Chief of Staff

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and Counselor to the National Economic Council; January 16 and In the morning, the President had telephone con- Elena Kagan, Deputy Director of the Domestic Pol- versations with King Hussein I of Jordan and Presi- icy Council. dent Hosni Mubarak of Egypt concerning the Middle East peace process. January 8 The President declared a major disaster in Min- In the morning, the President met with members nesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State of his economic team and Federal Reserve Board and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe Chairman Alan Greenspan in the Oval Office to dis- storms beginning January 3 and continuing. cuss economic issues. January 17 January 9 In the morning, the President attended a breakfast In the morning, the President met with NATO Sec- with the U.S. Conference of Mayors in the Indian retary General Javier Solana and Vice President Gore Treaty Room of the Old Executive Office Building. in the Vice President’s West Wing office. In the afternoon, the President signed the Alameda The President announced his intention to nominate Corridor loan guarantee in the Roosevelt Room. Later, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a diplo- Jeffrey Davidow to be a member of the Board of matic reception in the John Adams Room at the State Directors of the Inter-American Foundation. Department. The White House announced that the President In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton has appointed Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt hosted a dinner for outgoing Cabinet members in to lead a delegation representing the United States the Blue Room. at the inauguration of President-elect Arnoldo Aleman The President declared a major disaster in the State of Nicaragua on January 10. of Washington and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck January 10 by winter storms, land- and mudslides, and flooding The President announced his intention to appoint beginning December 26, 1996, and continuing. Ann Lewis as Assistant to the President and Deputy The President announced his intention to designate Communications Director. Jared L. Cohon as chairman and to appoint the follow- The President announced the nomination of Sheila ing individuals as members of the Nuclear Waste F. Anthony to be a Commissioner of the Federal Technical Review Board: Trade Commission. Daniel B. Bullen; January 11 Florie A. Caporuscio; In the morning and afternoon, the President held Norman L. Christensen; a retreat with Cabinet members in the Jackson Place Debra S. Knopman; Conference Room at Blair House. Priscilla P. Nelson; and Alberto A. Sagu¨ e´s. January 12 January 19 In the evening, the President had a telephone con- In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton versation with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt con- attended a pre-Inaugural festival at the USAir Arena cerning the Middle East peace process. in Landover, MD, which was taped for broadcast later January 14 that evening. In the evening, the President had a conference call January 20 with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel In the morning, the President and Hillary and Chel- and Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Author- sea Clinton attended an Inaugural prayer service at ity concerning the Middle East peace process. the Metropolitan A.M.E. Church. The President announced the nomination of Mad- Following the Inaugural luncheon at the Capitol, eleine May Kunin to be Ambassador to Liechtenstein. the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton went by motorcade along the Inaugural parade route to January 15 the White House, where they viewed the parade from The President directed the Department of Health the reviewing stand. In the evening, they attended and Human Services to release $5 million in emer- several Inaugural balls. gency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program funds for North and South Dakota and the Indian January 21 tribes located in those States. The White House an- The President announced his intention to appoint nounced that the administration had declared North Harry P. Pachon as a member of the President’s Advi- and South Dakota national disaster areas on January sory Commission on Educational Excellence for His- 10 and 11, respectively, due to extreme winter storms. panic Americans.

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January 22 January 31 In the morning, the President traveled to Chicago, The White House announced that the President IL, where, in the afternoon, he attended a meeting invited President Jose Maria Aznar of Spain to the with Mayor Richard M. Daley and members of the United States for an official working visit in the last Chicago school board in the Chicago Cultural Center. week of April. In the evening, the President returned to Washington, The White House announced that Prime Minister DC. Antonio Guterres of Portugal has accepted the Presi- The President announced his intention to nominate dent’s invitation for an official working visit at the Ellen S. Seidman to be Director of the Treasury De- White House on April 3. partment’s Office of Thrift Supervision. The President directed the Department of Health and Human Services to release $210 million in emer- January 23 gency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program In the morning, the President visited the office of funds for States, tribes, and territories nationwide. the Presidential Inaugural Committee to congratulate the staff for its work on the Inaugural festivities. February 3 The President declared a major disaster in Oregon In the morning, the President met with President and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local Alberto Fujimori of Peru in the White House to dis- recovery efforts in the area struck by severe winter cuss Mr. Fujimori’s recent visit to Toronto, Canada, storms, land- and mudslides, and flooding December and the hostage crisis at the Japanese Ambassador’s 25, 1996, through January 6. residence in Lima, Peru. The White House announced that Prime Minister January 24 Jean Chretien of Canada and his wife have accepted The President announced his intention to appoint the President’s invitation for an official visit to Wash- Kathryn Walt Hall to the Board of Trustees of the ington, DC, on April 8. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The White House announced that the President The President announced his intention to appoint has accepted an invitation to visit The Netherlands Irving Greenberg and Romana Strochlitz Primus to on May 28 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. the Marshall plan and to participate in the U.S.-Euro- January 25 pean Union Summit. In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton The President announced his intention to nominate attended the Alfalfa Club dinner in the ballroom of Marsha Mason to the National Council on the Arts. the Capital Hilton Hotel. The President announced his intention to designate Michael J. Gaines as Chair of the U.S. Parole Com- January 26 mission. In the evening, the President hosted a Super Bowl The President announced his intention to appoint party in the Family Theater at the White House. After the following individuals to the Advisory Committee the game, he placed a telephone call to the Super for Trade Policy and Negotiations: Bowl champion Green Bay Packers. Lester M. Alberthal, Jr.; January 29 Roger J. Baccigaluppi; The White House announced that the President John E. Bryson; will meet at the White House with Prime Minister James P. (Tom) Camerlo, Jr.; Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel on February 13; Chair- John T. Chambers; man Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority on Walter Y. Elisha; March 3; President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt on Donald V. Fites; March 10; and King Hussein I of Jordan on March Richard S. Fuld, Jr.; 18. Fred Krupp; Lenore Miller; January 30 Bernard Rapoport; In the morning, the President had a telephone con- Jerome A. Siegel; versation with President Jacques Chirac of France Paula Stern; and concerning President Chirac’s upcoming visit to Mos- John J. Sweeney. cow. The President announced his intention to appoint February 4 Paul P. Craig to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review The President announced his intention to nominate Board. Theodore F. Verheggen to the Federal Mine Safety The President released $39 million in previously and Health Review Commission. appropriated emergency funds to the Interior Depart- The White House announced that the President ment for restoration of public facilities and lands dam- sent a message to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu aged by natural disasters in 1996. of Israel extending condolences to the Israeli people

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and the families of the victims of the Israeli Defense cock of Australia; Napolioni Masirewa of Fiji; Rex Forces helicopter tragedy. Stephen Horoi of the Solomon Islands; and Madame Akosita Fineanganofo of Tonga. February 5 The President announced his intention to appoint In the morning, the President traveled to Augusta, Richard R. Parizek to the Nuclear Waste Technical GA. While en route aboard Air Force One, he had Review Board. a telephone conversation with Prime Minister The White House announced that the President, Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel to express his condo- while on a working visit to Capitol Hill, had a tele- lences. In the afternoon, the President returned to phone conversation with Senator Richard C. Shelby Washington, DC. concerning the nomination of Anthony Lake to be February 7 Director of Central Intelligence. In the morning, the President had a telephone con- February 12 versation with Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany The President announced that he appointed Harold concerning European security issues and the future Ickes as director of the 1997 summit of the world’s of NATO. major industrialized nations, which will take place in The White House announced that the President Denver, CO, June 20–22. will visit Mexico April 11–12 and the Caribbean and Central and South America May 6–13. The President announced that he has given White The President announced his intention to nominate House Director for Legislative Affairs John Hilley an Kathryn (Kitty) O’Leary Higgins to be Deputy Sec- expanded role as both Senior Adviser to the President retary of Labor. and Director for Legislative Affairs. The President announced the following White The President announced his intention to designate House staff appointments: Ken Kennedy as Co-Chairman of the Advisory Com- mittee on High-Performance Computing and Commu- Thurgood Marshall, Jr., Assistant to the President nications, Information Technology, and the Next Gen- and Cabinet Secretary; eration Internet. He also announced his intention to Maria Echaveste, Assistant to the President and Di- appoint the following individuals as members: rector for Public Liaison; Craig Smith, Assistant to the President and Director Eric A. Benhamou; for Political Affairs; Vinton Cerf; Robert (Ben) Johnson, Deputy Assistant to the Ching-Chih Chen; President and Deputy Director for Public Liaison; David Cooper; Minyon Moore, Deputy Assistant to the President Steven D. Dorfman; and Deputy Director for Political Affairs; Robert Ewald; Karen Skelton, Deputy Assistant to the President David J. Farber; and Deputy Director for Political Affairs; and Sherrilynne S. Fuller; Beverly Barnes, Senior Adviser to the Chief of Staff. Hector Garcia-Molina; Susan Graham; February 8 James N. Gray; In the evening, the President attended a farewell W. Daniel Hillis; reception for Clinton/Gore ’96 finance chairman Ter- David C. Nagel; ence McAuliffe at the Hay-Adams Hotel. Raj Reddy; February 9 Edward H. Shortliffe; In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton Larry Smarr; attended a performance of ‘‘Twilight: Los Angeles, Leslie Vadasz; 1992. On the Road: A Search for American Character’’ Andrew J. Viterbi; and at Ford’s Theatre. Steven J. Wallach. February 10 February 14 In the morning, the President traveled to Annapolis, In the afternoon, the President participated in a MD. In the afternoon, he returned to Washington, swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office for Secretary DC. of Transportation Rodney E. Slater. The President announced his intention to nominate February 11 Stuart E. Eizenstat to be Under Secretary of State In an evening ceremony in the Oval Office, the for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs. President received diplomatic credentials from Ambas- The President announced his intention to nominate sadors Baktybek Abdrisaev of the Kyrgyz Republic; Thomas Pickering to be Under Secretary of State for K.M. Shehabuddin of Bangladesh; Andrew Nicolaides Political Affairs. of Cyprus; Bernardo Vega of the Dominican Republic; The President named Eric P. Goosby as Acting Di- Juan Carlos Esguerra of Colombia; Andrew Sharp Pea- rector of the Office of National AIDS Policy.

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The President announced his intention to appoint February 27 Gus Weill as a member of the J. William Fulbright At noon, the President had a telephone conversation Foreign Scholarship Board. with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia concerning the upcoming Russia-U.S. Summit in Helsinki, Finland. February 15 The President announced his intention to reappoint The President announced that he selected Robert Brent Scowcroft as a member of the U.S. Air Force O. Harris as Chairman and Anthony V. Sinicropi and Academy Board of Visitors. Helen M. Witt as members of Presidential Emergency Board No. 233, established by Executive order to in- February 28 vestigate the dispute between American Airlines and The President declared a major disaster in South its employees represented by the Allied Pilots Associa- Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State tion. and local recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe winter storm November 13–26, 1996. February 18 The President announced his intention to nominate In the morning, the President traveled to New York Joel I. Klein to be Assistant Attorney General in the City, NY. In the evening, he traveled to Boston, MA. Antitrust Division at the Department of Justice. The White House announced that the President The President announced his intention to appoint will visit Denmark on March 21 following his meeting the following individuals to the President’s Council in Helsinki, Finland, with President Boris Yeltsin of on Sustainable Development: Russia. Ray C. Anderson; February 19 Scott Bernstein; In the afternoon, the President returned to Wash- Randall Franke; ington, DC. Harry J. Pearce; and M. Susan Savage. February 21 The President announced his intention to designate March 1 Bill Joy as Co-Chairman of the Advisory Committee In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton on High-Performance Computing and Communica- traveled to New York City. tions, Information Technology, and the Next Genera- tion Internet. March 2 In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton February 24 returned to Washington, DC. In the evening, they The President named Richard Socarides as Special attended a festival at Ford’s Theatre. Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser for Pub- The President declared a major disaster in Arkansas lic Liaison. and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms February 25 and tornadoes beginning March 1 and continuing. In the morning, the President met with Second Deputy Prime Minister Prince Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz March 3 Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office. In the afternoon, the President met with Senators The President announced his intention to nominate Daniel Patrick Moynihan and Jesse Helms and Rep- James B. King to serve a second 4-year term as Direc- resentatives Lee H. Hamilton and Larry Combest in tor of the Office of Personnel Management. the Oval Office to discuss Government security classi- The White House announced that the President fication issues. announced the formation of a Capital Budget Com- mission to report to the President on how best to March 4 reflect and encourage public investment while main- In the morning, the President traveled to Little taining strict fiscal discipline in the Federal budget. Rock, AR. In the afternoon, he traveled to Arkadelphia He named Jon S. Corzine and Kathleen Brown as and College Station, AR, where he toured areas of Cochairs. Following consultation with the Cochairs tornado damage. In the evening, he returned to Wash- and the congressional leadership, the President will ington, DC. make nine other bipartisan appointments to the Com- The President announced his intention to appoint mission. John R. Phillips as a member of the President’s Com- The White House announced that the President mission on White House Fellows. will attend the New York Mets/Los Angeles Dodgers The President declared a major disaster in Kentucky baseball game at Shea Stadium in New York City and ordered Federal aid to supplement Common- on April 15 to honor the memory of Jackie Robinson wealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck and commemorate the 50th anniversary of the integra- by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding beginning tion of Major League baseball. March 1 and continuing.

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The President declared a major disaster in Ohio March 13 and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local In the morning, the President traveled to Raleigh, recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms NC. In the afternoon, he traveled to Miami, FL. and flooding beginning February 28 and continuing. The President announced his intention to nominate Eric H. Holder, Jr., to be Deputy Attorney General March 5 at the Department of Justice. In the morning, the President held a telephone interview from the Oval Office with James A. Barnes March 14 of the National Journal. In the morning, the President returned to Washing- ton, DC. Later, he went to the National Naval Medi- March 6 cal Center in Bethesda, MD, to undergo knee surgery In the morning, the President traveled to Lansing, for injuries sustained when he lost his footing on a MI. In the evening, he returned to Washington, DC. staircase at the home of professional golfer Greg Nor- The President declared a major disaster in Indiana man in Florida the night before. and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms March 16 and flooding beginning February 28 and continuing. In the morning, the President returned to the White House. March 7 The White House announced that the President The President announced his intention to appoint and the Danish Government agreed to postpone the Dianne Welsh Bleck as a member of the U.S. Air President’s scheduled March 21 visit to Denmark, be- Force Academy Board of Visitors. cause of his recent knee surgery. The President’s visit The White House announced that the Russia-U.S. to Denmark will take place in conjunction with the Summit in Helsinki, Finland, will begin with an infor- Madrid NATO Summit in July. mal dinner hosted by President Martti Ahtisaari of March 17 Finland at the Presidential Palace on March 19. The In the afternoon, the President met with Minister summit will continue with meetings between the of Foreign Affairs Yevgeniy Primakov of Russia in President and President Boris Yeltsin of Russia on the Yellow Room to discuss issues on the agenda for March 20. The President will depart for Copenhagen, the upcoming Russia-U.S. Summit in Helsinki, Fin- Denmark, on the evening of March 20. land. The President declared a major disaster in Ten- The White House announced that the President nessee and ordered Federal aid, including individual extended the time for Presidential Emergency Board assistance, to supplement State and local recovery ef- No. 233 to submit its report until March 19. The forts in the areas affected by severe storms, flooding, board was established to investigate the dispute be- and tornadoes that began February 28. tween American Airlines and its employees rep- The President declared a major disaster in West resented by the Allied Pilots Association. Virginia and ordered Federal aid, including individual assistance, to supplement State and local recovery ef- March 18 forts in the areas affected by severe storms, heavy The President announced his intention to nominate rains, and high winds that began February 28. Kenneth M. Mead to be Inspector General at the Department of Transportation. March 10 The President declared a major disaster in Louisiana The President announced his intention to nominate and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local Linda Tarr-Whelan, U.S. Representative to the United recovery efforts in the area struck by a severe ice Nations Commission on the Status of Women, to the storm January 12–17. rank of Ambassador. March 19 March 11 In the evening, the President departed for Helsinki, The President announced his intention to appoint Finland, arriving the following afternoon. Dolores Margaret Richard Spikes as a member of The President announced his intention to nominate the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors. John D. Trasvin˜ a to be Special Counsel for Immigra- The President declared a major disaster in the Fed- tion-Related Unfair Employment Practices at the De- erated States of Micronesia and ordered Federal aid partment of Justice. to supplement FSM recovery efforts in the area struck The President announced his intention to appoint by Typhoon Fern, December 25–26, 1996. Glyn T. Davies as the Executive Secretary of the Na- tional Security Council. March 12 The White House announced that the President The President announced his intention to appoint asked the Congress to provide nearly $2 billion in Aida Alvarez as a member of the Board of Governors emergency funding to meet urgent needs created by of the American National Red Cross. recent natural disasters across the country.

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March 21 of the President and the Secretary of State for Imple- In the evening, the President departed for Washing- mentation of the Dayton Peace Accords. ton, DC, arriving early the following morning. The President declared a major disaster in North The President declared a major disaster in Illinois Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms flooding, severe winter storms, heavy spring rain, rapid and flooding beginning March 1 and continuing. snowmelt, high winds, ice jams, and ground saturation due to high water tables beginning February 28 and March 24 continuing. The White House announced that the President The President declared a major disaster in South will meet with King Hussein I of Jordan at the White Dakota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State House on April 1. and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe flooding, severe winter storms, heavy spring rain, rapid March 25 snowmelt, high winds, and ice jams beginning Feb- The White House announced that the President’s ruary 3 and continuing. scheduled visits to Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, and Ven- ezuela have been postponed to facilitate his recovery April 8 from knee surgery. The President will visit Mexico The President declared a major disaster in Min- May 6–7, and Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela Octo- nesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State ber 12–17. and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe The White House announced that the President flooding, severe winter storms, snowmelt, high winds, will open his national service conference, the Summit rain, and ice beginning March 21 and continuing. for America’s Future, at Independence Hall in Phila- delphia, PA, on April 28, after participating in a clean- April 9 up day with AmeriCorps volunteers in Germantown, In the afternoon, the President met with Leah PA, on April 27. Rabin in the Oval Office to discuss the Middle East peace process. March 28 The President announced his intention to nominate In the afternoon, the President met in the Oval Elizabeth Moler to be Deputy Secretary of the De- Office with John Sweeney, president, AFL–CIO; Mor- partment of Energy. ton Bahr, international president, Communications Workers of America; Gerald W. McEntee, president, April 10 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal The President announced his intention to appoint Employees, AFL–CIO; and Andrew Stein, president, Katherine Bryan and Howard Torgrove to the Advi- Service Employees International Union, AFL–CIO, to sory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy discuss welfare reform issues. Center for the Performing Arts. The President announced his intention to appoint April 2 Diane Asadorian, Albert Abramson, Gerda Klein, and The President declared a major disaster in the State Leonard Wilf to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Coun- of Washington and ordered Federal aid to supplement cil. State and local recovery efforts in the area struck The President announced his intention to appoint by heavy rains, snow melt, flooding, and land- and James D. Cunningham, Sr., as a member of the Na- mudslides March 18–28. tional Partnership Council. The President announced his intention to reappoint April 3 Victoria Murphy as a member of the J. William Ful- The President announced his intention to appoint bright Foreign Scholarship Board. Janet L. Yellen as Chair of the Interagency Committee The President announced his intention to nominate on Women’s Business Enterprise. Ruth Yone Tamura to be a member of the National April 4 Museum Services Board. The President announced his intention to reappoint The President announced his intention to nominate Robert A. Gaines as a member of the National Capital Andrew J. Pincus to be General Counsel for the De- Planning Commission. partment of Commerce. The President announced his intention to nominate April 6 Yerker Andersson, Gina McDonald, Bonnie O’Day, The President appointed James B. King to be Di- and Shirley Welsh Ryan to the National Council on rector of the Office of Personnel Management as a Disability. recess appointee. April 11 April 7 The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced the appointment of Am- Edward William Gnehm, Jr., to be Director General bassador Robert S. Gelbard as Special Representative of the Foreign Service.

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The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to reappoint Karl F. Inderfurth to be Assistant Secretary of State Daryl L. Jones as a member of the Board of Visitors for South Asian Affairs. to the U.S. Air Force Academy. The President announced his intention to appoint April 13 the following individuals to the Board of Directors In the evening, the President had a telephone con- of the Presidio Trust: versation with professional golfer Tiger Woods to con- gratulate Mr. Woods on winning the PGA Masters Edward Blakely; golf tournament. Donald G. Fisher; Amy Meyer; April 14 Mary G. Murphy; The President announced his intention to appoint William K. Reilly; and J. Randall MacDonald as a member of the Advisory Toby Rosenblatt. Commission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Health Care Industry. April 22 The President declared a major disaster in Arkansas In the morning, the President traveled to Grand and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local Forks, ND. Following his arrival, he took a helicopter recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms tour of areas damaged by severe flooding in North and flooding beginning April 4 and continuing. Dakota and Minnesota. In the evening, the President returned to Washing- April 15 ton, DC. In the morning, the President traveled to Brooklyn, The President amended the April 7 and 8 major NY. In the evening, he traveled to Queens. disaster declarations for the flood-ravaged upper Mid- The President had a telephone conversation with west by authorizing direct Federal funding for emer- King Fahd of Saudi Arabia to express his sympathy gency work performed in response to the flooding for the victims of the fire at Mina. Later, he returned in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. to Washington, DC. The President announced his intention to nominate April 23 Brian Dean Curran to be Ambassador to Mozambique. In the afternoon, the President briefly attended the The President announced his intention to nominate Vice President’s meeting with His Holiness the XIV Olivia A. Golden to be Assistant Secretary for Family Dalai Lama. Support (Administration for Children and Families) The President announced his intention to nominate at the Department of Health and Human Services. W. Scott Gould to be Chief Financial Officer and The President announced his intention to appoint Assistant Secretary for Administration at the Depart- Jack Roderick as a member of the Arctic Research ment of Commerce. Commission. The White House announced the President’s inten- The White House announced that the administra- tion to send legislation to Congress to modify the tion is requesting nominations for representatives to Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, to be dedicated on serve on the Advisory Commission on Public Interest May 2, in order to provide a permanent depiction Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters. of President Roosevelt’s disability.

April 16 April 24 In the evening, the President attended a foreign The President announced his intention to appoint policy retreat with Members of Congress at Blair James D. Cunningham, Sr., as a member of the Fed- House. eral Salary Council. The White House announced that Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto of Japan accepted the President’s April 25 invitation for an official working visit in Washington, The President announced his intention to nominate DC, April 25. Michael J. Armstrong to be Associate Director of Miti- gation at the Federal Emergency Management Agen- April 17 cy. The President announced his intention to appoint Emily Malino as a member of the Commission of April 26 Fine Arts. The White House announced that the President asked U.S. Representative to the United Nations Bill April 18 Richardson to lead a special mission to Zaire. In the morning, the President attended Vice Presi- dent Al Gore’s meeting with Hong Kong Democratic April 27 Party Leader Martin Lee in the Vice President’s West In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton Wing Office. traveled to Philadelphia, PA.

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April 28 The President announced his intention to nominate In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton James A. Harmon to be President and Chairman of returned to Washington, DC. the Export-Import Bank of the United States. The President announced his intention to nominate April 29 Kathy Karpan to be Director of Surface Mining Rec- The President announced his intention to nominate lamation and Enforcement at the Department of the Robert L. Mallett to be Deputy Secretary of Com- Interior. merce. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to appoint Patrick A. Shea to be Director of the Bureau of Land Ray C. Anderson as Cochair of the President’s Council Management at the Department of the Interior. on Sustainable Development. The President announced his intention to appoint May 7 William A. Bible, Robert Wayne Loescher, and Rich- In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton ard Carl Leone as members of the National Gambling traveled to Tlaxcala and Teotihuacan, Mexico. In the Impact Study Commission. evening, they returned to Mexico City. Later, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled April 30 to San Jose, Costa Rica. In the morning, the President met with Vice Pre- mier and Minister of Foreign Affairs Qian Qichen May 8 of China in the Oval Office. In the morning, the President visited the Museum The White House announced that the President of Costa Rican Art. and Hillary Clinton announced that their daughter The White House announced that the President Chelsea will enter Stanford University in the fall as will give commencement addresses at Morgan State a member of the class of 2001. University in Baltimore, MD, on May 18; the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, NY, on May 31; May 1 and the University of California San Diego on June In the afternoon, the President participated in a 14. swearing-in ceremony in the Oval Office for Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman. May 9 The White House announced that the President In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton will issue a formal apology to the 14 surviving mem- traveled to Bridgetown, Barbados. bers of the original Tuskegee Experiment in a Rose The White House announced that in connection Garden ceremony on May 16. with his trip to The Netherlands May 28 for the U.S.-European Union Summit and the commemora- May 5 tion of the 50th anniversary of the Marshall plan, In the afternoon, the President traveled to Mexico the President accepted an invitation to meet with City, Mexico, arriving in the evening. newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United The President announced his intention to nominate Kingdom in London. Richard Sklar to be U.S. Representative to the United May 10 Nations for U.N. Management and Reform at the In the afternoon, the President met with President State Department, with the rank of Ambassador. Rene Preval of Haiti at the Sherbourne Center in May 6 Bridgetown, Barbados. In the afternoon, the President participated in a May 12 wreath-laying ceremony with President Ernesto Zedillo In the afternoon, the President returned to Wash- of Mexico at the Altar to the Nation. ington, DC, arriving in the evening. In the evening, the President met with Mexican opposition leader Felipe de Jesus Calderon, president, May 13 National Action Party (PAN), at the El Presidente The President announced his intention to appoint Intercontinental Hotel. Later, he met with Humberto Betty Bednarczyk as a member of the Advisory Com- Roque Villanueva, president of the ruling Institutional mission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the Revolutionary Party (PRI). Health Care Industry. Later in the evening, the President and Hillary Clin- The White House announced that the President ton attended a cultural presentation at the Palacio invited President Kiro Gligorov of the Former Yugo- de Belles Artes with President Zedillo and Mrs. Anilda slav Republic of Macedonia to Washington, DC, for Zedillo. a working visit on June 17. The President announced his intention to nominate Jackie M. Clegg to be First Vice President and Vice May 14 Chairman of the Export-Import Bank of the United In an afternoon ceremony in the Oval Office, the States. President received diplomatic credentials from Ambas-

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sadors Saad Muhammad al-Kubaysi of Qatar; Pengiran May 21 Anak Dato Haji Puteh of Brunei; Osbert W. Liburd, The President announced his intention to nominate of Saint Kitts and Nevis; Francisco Xavier Aguirre- John Christian Kornblum to be Ambassador to Ger- Sacasa of Nicaragua; Riaz Hussain Khokhar of Paki- many. stan; Aleksandr Vondra of the Czech Republic; Alfred The President announced his intention to nominate Defago of Switzerland; Grigore-Kalev Stoicescu of Es- Marc Grossman to be Assistant Secretary of State for tonia; Valery Tsepkalo of Belarus; Joseph Diatta of European and Canadian Affairs. Niger; Mark Micallef of Malta; and Le Van Bang of Vietnam. May 22 In the morning, the President traveled to Clarks- May 15 burg, WV, and he returned to Washington, DC, in The President announced his intention to appoint the evening. Ann Todd Free as a member of the Commission on The President announced his intention to nominate Fine Arts. David R. Andrews to be Legal Adviser at the State Department. The White House announced that the President The President announced his intention to nominate invited NATO Secretary General Javier Solana to Stephen R. Sestanovich to be Ambassador at Large Washington, DC, for a meeting at the White House and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on the on May 19. New Independent States at the State Department. May 16 May 23 In the afternoon, the President met with President The President announced his intention to nominate Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine in the Oval Office. James Phillip Rubin to be Assistant Secretary for Pub- The President announced his intention to nominate lic Affairs at the State Department. George Munoz to be President of the Overseas Private The President announced the nomination of Stanley Investment Corporation. Owen Roth to be Assistant Secretary of State for East The President announced his intention to nominate Asian and Pacific Affairs at the State Department. Terry D. Garcia to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans The President announced the nomination of Ken- and Atmosphere, National Oceanic and Atmospheric neth S. Apfel to be Commissioner of the Social Secu- Administration, Department of Commerce. rity Administration. The President announced his intention to appoint The White House announced that the President Mickey Ibarra as Assistant to the President and Direc- has named Anne Luzzatto as Deputy Press Secretary tor of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House. for Foreign Affairs and National Security Council Sen- ior Director for Public Affairs and that Joseph P. May 18 Lockhart will replace Mary Ellen Glynn as Deputy In the morning, the President traveled to Baltimore, Press Secretary. MD, and he returned to Washington, DC, in the May 26 evening. In the morning, the President traveled to Arlington May 19 National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, where he laid The President announced his intention to nominate a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns. In the after- Catherine Woteki to be Under Secretary for Food noon, he returned to Washington, DC. Safety at the Department of Agriculture. In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Paris, France, arriving the following morn- The President announced his intention to nominate ing. Shirley Robinson Watkins to be Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services at the De- May 27 partment of Agriculture. In the morning, the President met with President Jacques Chirac of France in President Chirac’s office May 20 at the Elysee Palace. The President announced his intention to nominate In the afternoon, the President attended a luncheon David J. Scheffer to be Ambassador at Large for War hosted by President Chirac in the State Dining Room Crimes Issues at the State Department. at the Elysee Palace. The President announced his intention to nominate In the evening, the President met with President James W. Pardew to be U.S. Representative for Mili- Boris Yeltsin of Russia in the Samuel Bernard Room tary Stabilization in the Balkans with the rank of Am- at the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence. Later, the Presi- bassador at the State Department. dent and Hillary Clinton traveled to Amsterdam, The The President announced his intention to nominate Netherlands. Ambassador Peter Burleigh to be Deputy Representa- The President announced the nomination of Bonnie tive of the U.S. to the United Nations with the rank R. Cohen to be Under Secretary for Management of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. at the State Department.

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May 28 June 5 In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton The White House announced that the President took a brief walking tour of a shopping district in will meet with Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani The Hague. In the evening, they took a walking tour of Qatar at the White House on June 11. of downtown Delft. The President announced his intention to nominate June 6 Susan E. Rice to be Assistant Secretary for African The President announced his intention to appoint Affairs at the State Department. Jamie Gorelick as Chair and Maurice R. Greenberg, The President announced the appointment of Chris- Margaret Greene, Erle Nye, and Floyd Emerson Wicks as members of the Advisory Committee to the topher J. Queram as a member of the Advisory Com- President’s Commission on Critical Infrastructure Pro- mission on Consumer Protection and Quality in the tection. Health Care Industry. The White House announced that the President June 9 will meet with Prime Minister John Howard of Aus- The White House announced that the President tralia at the White House on June 27. forwarded to the Congress a package of fiscal year 1998 budget amendments for consistency with the bi- May 29 partisan budget agreement. In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to London, United Kingdom. Later, the Presi- June 10 dent met with Prime Minister Tony Blair in the White In the morning, the President met with House Mi- Room at 10 Downing Street. nority Leader Richard A. Gephardt in the Oval Office. In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton In the afternoon, he met with Democratic members visited the U.S. Ambassador’s Residence, where the of the Senate Finance Committee in the Cabinet President addressed the Embassy staff. In the evening, Room. In the evening, the President met with rep- they returned to Washington, DC. resentatives of civil rights organizations in the Yellow The President announced the nomination of Paul Oval Room. Simon to be a member of the National Institute for The President announced his intention to nominate Literacy Advisory Board. George A. Omas to be a Commissioner on the Postal Rate Commission. May 30 The President announced his intention to nominate June 11 James Franklin Collins to be Ambassador to Russia. In the morning, the President met with Amir The White House announced that Chelsea Clinton Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar to discuss the Qatar-U.S. bilateral relationship and its commitment will graduate from the Sidwell Friends School in to maintaining peace in the Persian Gulf region. Washington, DC, on June 6. The President announced his intention to nominate May 31 Jane Garvey to be Administrator and George Donohue In the morning, the President traveled to West to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Point, NY, and he returned to Washington, DC, in Administration. the afternoon. The President announced that Richard Garwin, Mortimer Elkind, and H. Rodney Withers are winners June 2 of the Enrico Fermi Award for a lifetime of achieve- The President announced his intention to nominate ment in the field of nuclear energy. Janice R. Lachance to be Deputy Director of the June 12 Office of Personnel Management. The President announced the nomination of Tim- June 3 berlake Foster to be Ambassador to Mauritania. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced the nomination of Ralph Beth Nolan to be Assistant Attorney General in the Frank to be Ambassador to Nepal. Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice. The President announced the nomination of John C. Holzman to be Ambassador to Bangladesh. June 4 The President announced the nomination of Nancy The White House announced that the President J. Powell to be Ambassador to Uganda. will participate in an environmental summit in Lake The President announced the nomination of Amelia Tahoe, NV, on July 26, and that he will attend a Ellen Shippy to be Ambassador to Malawi. National Governors’ Association meeting in Las Vegas, The President announced his intention to nominate NV, on July 28. Bill Lann Lee to be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.

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The President announced his intention to nominate June 19 Raymond C. Fisher to be Associate Attorney General In the morning, the President met in the Oval Of- at the Department of Justice. fice with teachers Gary Trew and Seamus McNeill, The President announced his intention to appoint the first winners of the ‘‘President’s Prize’’ in Northern the following individuals as members of the President’s Ireland for efforts to promote cross-community under- Advisory Board on Race: standing. Later, the President traveled to Denver, CO. In Linda Chavez-Thompson; the evening, he attended a Denver Summit host com- Suzan D. Johnson Cook; mittee reception at a private residence in Cherry Hills, John Hope Franklin; CO. Thomas H. Kean; The President announced the designation of James Angela E. Oh; J. Hoecker as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regu- Robert Thomas; and latory Commission. William F. Winter. The President announced his intention to appoint Ruby G. Moy as Staff Director of the U.S. Commis- In addition, the President asked Christopher Edley sion on Civil Rights. to serve as a consultant to the Board and the Presi- dent. June 20 In the morning, the President had a telephone con- June 13 versation with President Fernando Cardoso of Brazil In the evening, the President traveled to San Diego, from the Presidential Suite at the Brown Palace Hotel CA. concerning Brazil’s approval of the Nuclear Non-Pro- The White House announced that the President liferation Treaty and the President’s planned visit to will meet with Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan on Brazil. June 17 at the White House to discuss developments In the evening, the President attended a reception in the Middle East and Jordan-U.S. economic co- with Summit of the Eight leaders in the courtyard operation. of the Governor’s Mansion. Later, he attended a din- The President announced his intention to appoint ner with the leaders in the Music Room of the Phipps Abraham H. Foxman, Jay Mazur, and Aletta Schaap Conference Center. to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council. The President announced his intention to appoint Jake Steinfeld as a member of the President’s Council June 14 on Physical Fitness and Sports. In the evening, the President returned to Washing- June 21 ton, DC, arriving after midnight. In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton had dinner with Summit of the Eight leaders at the June 15 Fort Restaurant. Later, they joined the leaders for In the afternoon, the President attended the final an evening of entertainment at the Western Event round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at the Con- Complex. gressional Country Club in Bethesda, MD. June 22 June 16 In the afternoon, the President traveled to San In the evening, the President attended a book re- Francisco, CA, arriving in the evening. lease party for Texas Land Commissioner Garry Mauro at the Willard Hotel. June 23 In the afternoon, the President traveled to Los An- June 17 geles, CA. While en route aboard Air Force One, In the morning, the President met with President he had a telephone conversation with the family of Kiro Gligorov of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Betty Shabazz to offer his condolences on her death. Macedonia in the Oval Office to discuss a wide range In the evening, the President attended a Demo- of bilateral and regional issues. cratic Senatorial Campaign Committee dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Later, he returned to Washing- June 18 ton, DC, arriving the following morning. In the afternoon, the President met with Crown The President announced his intention to nominate Prince Hassan of Jordan in the Oval Office to review Saul N. Ramirez, Jr., to be Assistant Secretary for the Jordan-U.S. bilateral relationship and develop- Community Planning and Development at the Depart- ments in the Middle East. ment of Housing and Urban Development. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to nominate Louis Caldera to be Managing Director and Chief Jamie Rappaport Clark to be Director of the Fish Operating Officer for the Corporation for National and Wildlife Service at the Department of the and Community Service. Interior.

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June 24 The President announced the nomination of Gary The President announced his intention to nominate Gensler to be Assistant Secretary for Financial Mar- Ambassador Martin Indyk to be Assistant Secretary kets at the Department of the Treasury. for Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced his intention to nominate Nancy-Ann Min DeParle to be Administrator of the Robert Orent and Larry Schumann to be members Health Care Financing Administration at the Depart- of the President’s National Security Telecommuni- ment of Health and Human Services. cations Advisory Committee. The President announced his intention to nominate The President appointed 11 men and 4 women from Robert G. Stanton to be Director of the National 10 States and the District of Columbia as the 1997– Park Service at the Department of the Interior. 1998 White House Fellows. The President announced his intention to nominate June 25 Kneeland Youngblood to the Board of Directors of In the morning, the President traveled to Nashville, the U.S. Enrichment Corporation. TN, and in the afternoon, he traveled to Chicago, The White House announced that the President IL. In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton will travel to Poland, Romania, and Denmark imme- traveled to Hope, AR. diately following the NATO Summit in Madrid, at The President announced his intention to nominate the invitation of the Presidents of Poland and Romania Rudy F. de Leon to be Under Secretary of Defense and Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark. for Personnel and Readiness. The President announced his intention to nominate June 28 M.D.B. Carlisle and Darryl R. Wold to be Commis- The President announced his intention to appoint sioners on the Federal Election Commission. Norman J. Ornstein and Leslie Moonves as Cochairs of the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obliga- June 26 tions of Digital Television Broadcasters. In the afternoon, the President traveled to Tex- arkana, AR. Later, he traveled to New York City. June 29 In the evening, the President met with U.N. Sec- In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton retary-General Kofi Annan in Mr. Annan’s office at returned to the White House from a weekend stay the United Nations. at Camp David, MD. Later, the President met with President Kim Yong- sam of South Korea in the Conference Room at the June 30 U.S. Mission. In the morning, the President traveled to Boston, The White House announced that President Roman MA. In the afternoon, he traveled to New York City, Herzog of Germany will meet with the President on returning to Washington, DC, after midnight. July 24 to discuss social and political issues of impor- The President announced the nomination of Wendy tance to both the German and American peoples. Ruth Sherman to be Counselor of the Department of State with the rank of Ambassador. June 27 In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton The President announced the nomination of Maura went to Camp David, MD. Harty to be Ambassador to Paraguay. The President announced his intention to nominate The President announced the nomination of Curtis David A. Lipton to be Under Secretary for Inter- Warren Kamman to be Ambassador to Colombia. national Affairs at the Department of the Treasury. The President announced the nomination of Anne The President announced the nomination of Nancy Marie Sigmund to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Re- Killefer to be Assistant Secretary for Management and public. Chief Financial Officer at the Department of the The President announced the nomination of Daniel Treasury. V. Speckhard to be Ambassador to Belarus.

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