    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
    [August 1, 1994]
    [Pages 2231-2239]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

             Appendix C / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1994

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    Appendix C--Checklist of White House Press Releases

    The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press
    Secretary which are not included in this book.

    Released August 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the upcoming visit of
    President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine on November 29

    Released August 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of remarks by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on health care
    reform

    Transcript of remarks by Health Care Express participant John Cox

    Released August 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on support from economists
    for prompt ratification of the GATT agreement

    Transcript of a press briefing on the anniversary of the passage of the
    economic program by Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Bob
    Rubin, Office of Management and Budget Director-designate Alice Rivlin,
    Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Laura D'Andrea Tyson,
    Secretary of Labor Bob Reich, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, Small
    Business Administrator Erskine Bowles, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury
    Roger Altman, and U.S. Trade Ambassador Mickey Kantor

    Transcript of remarks by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna
    Shalala, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, and Secretary of Labor Robert
    Reich on health care reform

    Released August 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Special Counsel to the President Lloyd Cutler on
    appointment of a new independent counsel

    Released August 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of a press briefing on universal health care by Health and
    Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, Interior Secretary Bruce
    Babbitt, Education Secretary Richard Riley, Housing and Urban
    Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of
    Health and Human Services Ken Thorpe

    Announcement of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients and text of the
    citations

    Released August 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of an interview with the First Lady by health care reporters

    Joint Statement on Relations Between the United States of America and
    the Republic of Armenia

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the President's
    planned meeting with President Meles Zenawi, head of the transnational
    government of Ethiopia, on August 11

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the inquiry into the
    construction costs of the National Reconnaissance Office in Chantilly,
    VA

    Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District
    of Louisiana

    Released August 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of a press briefing by Gov. John Waihee of Hawaii and Small
    Business Administrator Erskine Bowles on health care in the State of
    Hawaii

    Released August 11

    Announcement of policy forbidding Presidential appointees from accepting
    travel services or accommodations from any company regulated by or doing
    business with the appointee's agency

    Released August 12

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on delivery by the State
    Department, Defense Department, Central Intelligence Agency, and
    National Security Council of 3,723 unclassified and declassified docu-

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    ments on U.S. policy toward El Salvador to the House Foreign Affairs
    Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

    Transcript of remarks by the Vice President at the swearing-in ceremony
    for Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer

    Letter to the Congress from Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on congressional
    action on the crime bill

    Released August 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of remarks by Dewey Stokes, Steven Sposato, Janice Payne, and
    Marc Klaas on the crime bill

    Released August 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Text of editorials on the crime bill from 10 newspapers around the
    country

    Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the President's meeting with
    11 Republican Members of the Congress who supported the crime bill

    Statement by African-American religious leaders supporting the crime
    bill

    Announcement of the President's signing of H.R. 868, the Telemarketing
    and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act

    Released August 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Special Counsel to the President Lloyd Cutler announcing
    that the White House will make available to the public documents
    generated or received by the health care working group in 1993

    Released August 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary
    Donna Shalala, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, and Labor Secretary
    Robert Reich on health care legislation

    Released August 19

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Cuban refugees

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Counselor to the President
    Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty's trip to Saudi Arabia

    Transcript of a press briefing by Attorney General Janet Reno on Cuban
    refugees

    Released August 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the upcoming summit of the
    Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Indonesia, November 14-15

    Released August 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that a delegation
    of senior officials will visit Florida to consult on Cuban migrants

    Released August 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of a press briefing on Cuban refugees by Secretary of Defense
    William Perry, Attorney General Janet Reno, Under Secretary of State for
    Political Affairs Peter Tarnoff, and Immigration and Naturalization
    Service Commissioner Doris Meissner

    Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on confirmation by the
    Congressional Budget Office of 3 years of deficit reduction

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Presidential election
    in Mexico

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the upcoming state visit
    of South African President Nelson Mandela, October 6-8

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the District of Oregon

    Announcement of nomination for a Commissioner of the Foreign Claims
    Settlement Commission

    Released August 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Under Secretary of State for Political
    Affairs Peter Tarnoff on Cuban refugees

    Announcement of nomination for Assistant Secretary for Policy and Budget
    at the Labor Department

    Released August 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the President's
    nomination of Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman, USAF, to be Chief of Staff of the
    Air Force

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the delegation to
    travel to Burundi, Rwanda, and eastern Zaire on August 27

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    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on emergency funds for the
    Small Business Administration's Disaster Loan Program for fiscal year
    1994

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the Southern District
    of Mississippi

    Released August 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the establishment
    of Presidential Emergency Board No. 225

    Released August 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing a revised pay
    schedule for Federal white-collar employees

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's letter to
    the Chairman and members of Presidential Emergency Board No. 225

    Released September 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Foreign Minister Richard Spring of
    Ireland

    Transcript of a press briefing by Labor Secretary Robert Reich and
    Council of Economic Advisers Chair Laura D'Andrea Tyson on the economy

    Statement by Council of Economic Advisers Chair Laura D'Andrea Tyson on
    the economy

    Released September 7

    Statement by Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes on the release of health
    care working group documents

    Released September 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of a press briefing by Corporation for National and Community
    Service President Eli Segal on AmeriCorps

    Released September 9

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Cuba-U.S. agreement on
    migration

    Announcement of nomination for two members of the National Institute for
    Literacy Advisory Board

    Released September 12

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing release of $16.2
    million in appropriations to address needs arising from Tropical Storm
    Alberto, the January earthquake in California, mudslides in Kentucky,
    and Midwest floods of 1993

    Transcript of a press briefing by Under Secretary of the Treasury Ron
    Noble and Special Agent Carl Meyer, U.S. Secret Service, on the aircraft
    crash at the White House

    Released September 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that the President
    will address the Nation on Haiti on September 15

    Released September 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Central District of
    California

    Announcement of nomination for a member of the Civil Liberties Public
    Education Fund Board of Directors

    Announcement of nomination for two members of the Board of Trustees of
    the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation

    Announcement of nomination for two U.S. Tax Court judges

    Released September 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Released September 16

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the White House
    meeting of representatives of countries participating in the
    multinational force in Haiti

    Transcript of a press briefing by United Nations Ambassador Madeleine K.
    Albright, Prime Minister Eugenia Charles of Dominica, and Prime Minister
    Lester Bird of Antigua on Haiti

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant to the President for
    National Security Affairs Sandy Berger and Special Envoy to Haiti
    William Gray on Haiti

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that the President
    will make available appropriations of $188 million for the Forest
    Service for fighting fires in the National Forests

    Released September 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Released September 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher,
    Secretary of Defense William

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    Perry, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John M. Shalikashvili
    on Haiti

    Released September 19

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the White House
    Counsel's memorandum on compliance with the Federal grand jury subpoena
    requesting documents relating to Harry Thomason or Darnell Martens

    Announcement of memorandum to the Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development on the Federal Plan To Break the Cycle of Homelessness

    Released September 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman John M.
    Shalikashvili on Haiti

    Announcement of the President's letter to congressional leaders on Haiti

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting
    with Organization of American States Secretary General Cesar Gaviria

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Vice President's
    meeting with John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party
    of Northern Ireland

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the meeting of National
    Security Adviser Anthony Lake, Director of Operations for the Joint
    Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. John Sheehan, USA, Deputy Special Adviser for
    Haiti Jon Plebani, and Director of National Security Affairs Lawrence
    Rossin with President Jean-Bertand Aristide of Haiti

    Released September 21

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the meeting of National
    Security Adviser Anthony Lake and Vice President Albert Gore with a
    delegation of Ulster Unionist Party leaders from Northern Ireland on
    September 22

    Released September 22

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting
    with Deputy Prime Minister Yohei Kono of Japan

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Comprehensive Test Ban
    Treaty negotiations

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the meeting of Vice
    President Albert Gore and National Security Adviser Anthony Lake with a
    delegation of Ulster Unionist Party leaders from Northern Ireland

    Released September 23

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting
    with Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami of Malta

    Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and
    Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance Frank Newman on the
    Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on
    restructuring the White House staff

    Announcement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on restructuring the White
    House staff

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the District of Vermont

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of
    North Carolina

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of
    Indiana

    Released September 25

    Transcript of remarks by Gov. Mario Cuomo of New York at the Bethel
    A.M.E. Church in New York City

    Fact sheet on U.S. assistance to the Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation

    Transcript of a press briefing by U.N. Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright
    on the President's visit to New York City

    Released September 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by U.N. Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright
    on the 49th Session of the U.N. General Assembly

    Fact sheet on U.S. policy on a landmine control regime initiative

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's invitation
    to Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of
    Israel to meet with him at the White House on October 3

    List of suspended U.S. unilateral sanctions on Haiti and a statement by
    President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti

    Released September 27

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Presidential decision
    directive establishing a Security Policy Board to assure more cost-
    effective and efficient U.S. security policies, practices, and
    procedures

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers and fact sheets on Russia-
    U.S. commercial agreements on trade and investment

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher
    on the President's discussions with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia

    Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Trade Representative Mickey
    Kantor on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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    Released September 28

    White House statement extending President Clinton's and Russian
    President Boris Yeltsin's condolences on behalf of the American and
    Russian people to the families of the victims of the ferry disaster in
    the Baltic Sea

    Joint U.S.-Russian statement in support of the Timan Pechora Project

    Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the
    Government of the Russian Federation on Cooperation and Mutual
    Assistance in Customs Matters

    Announcement on the U.S.-Russian agreement on mutual customs assistance

    Fact sheet on the Partnership for Economic Progress: Joint Statement on
    Principles and Objectives for the Development of Trade, Economic
    Cooperation, and Investment

    Announcement on the crime assistance package for the Russian Federation

    Released September 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting
    with Foreign Minister Richard Spring of Ireland

    Released September 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Released October 3

    Joint communique by President William J. Clinton, Crown Prince Hassan of
    Jordan, and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel

    White House statement on the President's decision to lift the ban on
    contacts between U.S. officials and Sinn Fein party members in Northern
    Ireland and text of a letter from National Security Adviser Anthony Lake
    to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting
    with Vice Premier Qian Qichen of China

    Released October 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    White House statement on the August 31 letter to the President from 11-
    year-old Niya Powell

    Released October 5

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's
    discussions with President Nelson Mandela of South Africa

    Fact sheet on U.S.-South African cooperation

    Released October 6

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's
    discussions with Prime Minister Chuan Likphai of Thailand

    White House statement on the Southern Africa Development Fund

    Released October 7

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the underground nuclear
    test conducted by China at the Lop Nur test site

    Announcement of legislation signed by the President

    Statement by Assistant to the President Robert Rubin on the delay of SEC
    funding passage

    Announcement of nomination for the Board of Directors of the
    Communications Satellite Corporation

    Released October 10

    Announcement of legislation signed by the President

    Released October 11

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the release of the
    White House Counsel's report on Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy

    Released October 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting
    with Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva of Portugal

    Released October 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's request
    that Congress repeal certain provisions of the Treasury, Postal Service
    and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995, and the Department of
    Defense Appropriations Act, 1995, concerning staffing levels and use of
    personnel resources

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the abduction of Israeli
    Corporal Nahshon Waxman

    Released October 14

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the White House
    conference on trade and

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    investment prospects for U.S. firms with Central and Eastern Europe

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing a series of
    humanitarian steps relating to Cubans in safe havens in Guantanamo and
    Panama

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the report and
    recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board No. 225

    Transcript of a press briefing by Special Adviser to the President
    William Gray III and Deputy National Security Adviser Sandy Berger on
    Haiti

    Transcript of a press briefing on the baseball strike by Labor Secretary
    Robert Reich, mediator William Usery, baseball players representative
    Donald Fehr, and commissioner of baseball Bud Selig

    Fact sheet on lifting of Haiti sanctions

    Announcement and list of the Presidential delegation to Haiti

    Released October 15

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's telephone
    conversation with Prime Minister Rabin of Israel on the death of Nahshon
    Waxman

    Released October 17

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's telephone
    conversation with King Hussein of Jordan and Prime Minister Rabin of
    Israel on the Israel-Jordan peace treaty

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's telephone
    conversation with Chancellor Kohl of Germany offering congratulations on
    the German election

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's acceptance
    of the invitation to participate in the signing ceremony for the Israel-
    Jordan peace treaty

    Announcement of legislation signed by the President

    White House statement announcing the signing of the proclamation to
    establish tariff-rate quotas on certain wheat

    Released October 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of a press briefing by Ambassador Robert Gallucci on the
    nuclear agreement with North Korea

    Announcement of legislation signed by the President

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's Report on
    Immigration

    Released October 19

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that Counsel to
    the President Abner Mikva received a subpoena from the Independent
    Counsel investigating Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy

    Announcement of legislation signed by the President

    Released October 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Secretary of Education
    Madeleine Kunin and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic
    Policy Gene Sperling on the individual education account program

    Announcement of legislation signed by the President

    Released October 22

    Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the President's opposition
    to Social Security and Medicare cuts

    Transcript of remarks by Senator Dianne Feinstein at Carlmont High
    School, Belmont, CA

    Released October 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Anne Edwards on trip logistics for the
    Middle East

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing legislation signed
    by the President

    Released October 25

    Announcement of legislation signed by the President

    Released October 26

    Transcript of an exchange with reporters by Palestine Liberation
    Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat in Cairo, Egypt

    Released October 27

    Transcript of an interview with Chief of Staff Leon Panetta

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher
    on the President's meeting with President Hafiz al-Asad of Syria

    Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and
    former Social Security Commissioner Robert Ball on the economy

    Released October 28

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's signing of
    the Executive order changing the definition of ``Field Duty'' to ensure
    parity among deployed troops

    Transcript of a press briefing by the Vice President on the economy

    Transcript of a press briefing by CENTCOM Commander Gen. Binford J.H.
    Peay III, USA, and Na-

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    tional Security Adviser Anthony Lake on U.S. military operations in
    Kuwait

    Released October 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and U.S.
    Secret Service Assistant Director for Protective Operations Richard
    Griffin on the shots fired at the White House

    Released October 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers, Under
    Secretary of the Treasury for Law Enforcement Ron Noble, and U.S. Secret
    Service Assistant Director for Protective Operations Richard Griffin on
    the shots fired at the White House

    Released October 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen on
    the review of White House security

    Released November 1

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing legislation signed
    by the President

    White House statement on supporting peace in Northern Ireland

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that National
    Security Adviser Anthony Lake will visit Haiti, November 2-3

    Released November 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Labor Secretary Robert Reich and
    Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Robert E. Rubin on
    employment statistics

    Fact sheet on Haiti

    Released November 8

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing David Gergen's
    letter of resignation and the President's letter of acceptance

    Transcript of a press briefing by Brig. Gen. Harold W. Nelson on the
    President's visit to the Far East

    Released November 10

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Executive order on
    declassification of selected records within the National Archives of the
    United States

    Transcript of a press briefing by National AIDS Policy Director Patsy
    Fleming

    Released November 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher
    and Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen on their discussions at the
    APEC ministerial meeting

    Transcript of press briefing by Deputy Secretary of State for Public
    Affairs Michael McCurry, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
    Pacific Affairs Winston Lord, and U.S. Ambassador to the People's
    Republic of China J. Stapleton Roy on Secretary of State Christopher's
    activities at the APEC ministerial meeting

    Released November 13

    Transcript of remarks by the First Lady at a breakfast with Philippine
    NGO representatives in Manila

    Released November 16

    Background material on U.S.-Indonesian commercial transactions

    Released November 17

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Ukraine's vote to accede
    to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

    Released November 19

    Transcript of a radio address by the Vice President

    Released November 21

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on National Security Adviser
    Anthony Lake's meeting with Jennifer Harbury on the disappearance of her
    Guatemalan husband, Efrain Bamaca

    Released November 22

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on elections in Mozambique

    A Charter for American-Ukrainian Partnership, Friendship, and
    Cooperation

    Joint statement by the United States and Ukraine on expansion of trade
    and investment

    Joint statement by the United States and Ukraine on encouraging academic
    and professional exchanges and contacts

    Joint statement by the United States and Ukraine on cooperation in
    promoting the rule of law and combating crime

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on U.S.-Ukraine defense and
    military relations

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on U.S.-Ukraine trade and
    investment

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the action plan for
    Chernobyl shutdown and energy sector reform

    Summary of the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral charter

    Summary of discussion of the energy sector

    Fact sheet on the Western NIS Enterprise Fund

    Fact sheet on the bilateral civil space agreement

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    Fact sheet on U.S. bilateral assistance to Ukraine

    Fact sheet on Nunn-Lugar assistance to Ukraine

    Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Marshal for the District of
    Maryland

    Released November 23

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting
    with President-elect Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico

    Joint statement by the United States and Kazakhstan on the transfer of
    uranium

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Kazakhstan-U.S.
    announcement of transfer of vulnerable nuclear materials to safe storage

    Fact sheet on transfer of nuclear materials from Kazakhstan

    Released November 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Text of a letter to the President dated November 23 from former
    Presidents Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush supporting the
    General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

    Released November 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on National Security Adviser
    Anthony Lake's invitation to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams for a meeting
    on December 5

    Released December 1

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the appointment of Senator
    George Mitchell as Special Adviser for Economic Initiatives in Ireland

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Secretary of Defense John
    Deutch on the defense readiness initiative

    Fact sheet on defense spending and military readiness

    Released December 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for
    Economic Policy Robert E. Rubin and Council of Economic Advisers Chair
    Laura D'Andrea Tyson on the economy

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's support of
    Carlos Salinas' candidacy to lead the new World Trade Organization

    Released December 4

    Transcript of an exchange with reporters by Secretary of State Warren
    Christopher and Hungarian Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs in Budapest,
    Hungary

    Released December 5

    Transcript of an interview of Chief of Staff Leon Panetta by network and
    radio pool reporters

    Released December 6

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on National Security Adviser
    Anthony Lake's meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams

    Released December 7

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Transcript of a press briefing on the Summit of the Americas by Deputy
    National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, Treasury Secretary Lloyd
    Bentsen, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, U.S. Trade Representative Mickey
    Kantor, and Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Joan Spero

    Released December 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by the Vice President on the Summit of
    the Americas

    Released December 9

    Transcript of a press briefing on the Summit of the Americas by Summit
    of the Americas Coordinator Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, Deputy National
    Security Adviser Sandy Berger, U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor,
    Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, and
    Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Joan Spero

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the
    resignation of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders

    Released December 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher
    in Miami, FL, on the Summit of the Americas

    Transcript of remarks by Secretary of State Warren Christopher and
    Foreign Minister Jose Gurria of Mexico in Miami, FL

    Transcript of remarks by Secretary of State Warren Christopher and
    Foreign Minister Guido Di Tella of Argentina in Miami, FL

    Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Trade Representative Mickey
    Kantor in Miami, FL on the plan of action and declaration for creating a
    free trade area

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    Transcript of a press briefing by Environmental Protection Agency
    Administrator Carol Browner and Director of the White House Office of
    Environmental Policy Kathleen McGinty in Miami, FL, on sustainable
    development and a partnership for pollution prevention

    Summary of the Summit of the Americas trade initiative

    Released December 11

    Joint statement by the leaders of Canada, Chile, Mexico, and the United
    States on preparations for Chile's accession to NAFTA

    Released December 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the upcoming visit of
    President Zhelyu Zhelev of Bulgaria

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the President will
    address the Nation on December 15

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that National
    Security Adviser Anthony Lake will lead a delegation of senior
    administration officials and Africa experts that will travel to eight
    African countries, December 12-22

    Released December 14

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on contacts between former
    President Jimmy Carter and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing a letter from
    Sally Katzen, Administrator of OMB's Office of Information and
    Regulatory Affairs, to Representative Newt Gingrich

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the initiative to
    revitalize the Haitian economy

    Released December 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Released December 16

    Transcript of a press briefing on the middle class bill of rights by
    Labor Secretary Bob Reich, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, Education
    Secretary Richard Riley, and Chief of Staff Leon Panetta

    Released December 17

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the Defense
    Department statement on the helicopter downed in North Korea

    Released December 20

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the presentation of medals
    for service in Operation Uphold Democracy

    Released December 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant Secretary of Housing and
    Urban Development Andrew Cuomo and Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Bob
    Nash on empowerment zones and enterprise communities

    Released December 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

    Released December 23

    Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Libya

    Released December 27

    Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Marshal for the Southern District
    of New York

    Released December 28

    Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District
    of Alabama

    Released December 29

    Announcement on grants to aid the homeless