Appendix AÐDigest 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 Secretary 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. 1003 VerDate 06-OCT-99 08:15 Oct 08, 1999 Jkt 010199 PO 00001 Frm 00001 Fmt 1238 Sfmt 1238 C:\96PUBP~1\PAP_APPA txed01 PsN: txed01 Appendix A / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 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 Serbia. 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. 1004 VerDate 06-OCT-99 08:15 Oct 08, 1999 Jkt 010199 PO 00001 Frm 00002 Fmt 1238 Sfmt 1238 C:\96PUBP~1\PAP_APPA txed01 PsN: txed01 Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996 / Appendix A 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.