    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1995, Book II)]
    [July 1, 1995]
    [Pages 1939-1952]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

          Appendix A / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1995

    Appendix A--Digest of Other White House Announcements

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    The following list includes the President's public schedule and other
    items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary
    and not included elsewhere in this book.

    July 1

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled from Miami,
    FL, to New Haven, CT. They returned to Washington, DC, late in the
    evening.

    July 3

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton went to Camp David,
    MD.

    July 5

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to the
    White House from Camp David.
    The White House announced that the President has invited President
    Ernesto Perez Balladares of Panama for an official working visit on
    September 7.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John Raymond Garamendi
    to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Cheryl Halpern as a
    member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for the International
    Broadcasting Bureau, U.S. Information Agency.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Irving J. Stolberg to
    the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.

    July 6

    In the afternoon, the President attended a reception in Riggs Library at
    George Washington University.
    The White House announced that the President has accepted the
    invitations of the British and Irish Governments to visit the United
    Kingdom and Ireland, November 29-December 2.
    The White House announced that the President has invited President
    Nicephore Soglo of Benin to the White House for an official working
    visit on July 13.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Richard Henry Jones as
    Ambassador to Lebanon.
    The President announced his intention to renominate Ernest W. DuBester
    to the National Mediation Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ruth Ann Minner to the
    Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the
    Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution.

    July 10

    In the morning, the President traveled to Nashville, TN, where he
    visited the Vice President's mother, Pauline Gore, at the Vanderbilt
    University Medical Center. In the afternoon, he returned to Washington,
    DC.
    In the evening, the President hosted a dinner for congressional leaders
    on the State Floor.
    The White House announced that the President and Czech President Vaclav
    Havel exchanged letters celebrating the fulfillment of their agreement
    of July 1994 to move Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty from Munich,
    Germany, to Prague, Czech Republic.
    The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister
    P.J. Patterson of Jamaica for a working visit on September 13.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Carl Spielvogel as a
    member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for the International
    Broadcasting Bureau, U.S. Information Agency.

    July 11

    The President announced his intention to nominate Joseph H. Neely to be
    a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance
    Corporation.

    July 12

    The President declared a major disaster in West Virginia and ordered
    Federal funds to supplement State and local recovery efforts in
    communities struck by severe storms, heavy rain, and flash flooding on
    June 23-27.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James Franklin Collins
    as Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for
    the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Joseph A. Presel for
    the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special
    Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Stanley Tuemler
    Escudero as Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Darcy E. Bradbury as
    Assistant Secretary for Financial Markets at the Department of the
    Treasury.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Joe Scroggins, Jr., as
    a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following
    individuals to be members of the National Commission on Crime Control
    and Prevention:

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        Lee Fisher, Chair;
        Dennis Wayne Archer;
        Paul Helmke;
        Deborah Prothrow-Stith;
        Andrew J. Shookhoff; and
        Esta Soler.

    July 13

    In the morning, the President met with President Nicephore Soglo of
    Benin in the Oval Office. Following their meeting, the President hosted
    a working lunch for President Soglo in the Old Family Dining Room.
    In the late afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with
    President Jacques Chirac of France to discuss the situation in Bosnia.
    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with
    Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany to discuss the situation in Bosnia.
    Later in the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a
    fundraiser at a private residence in Sandy Spring, MD.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Michael Paul Dombeck
    as Director of the Bureau of Land Management at the Department of the
    Interior.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Charles H. Twining as
    Ambassador to Cameroon.

    July 14

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton participated in a
    wreath-laying ceremony at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley,
    VA.
    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with Prime
    Minister John Major of the United Kingdom to discuss the situation in
    Bosnia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Greta Joy Dicus to
    serve as a Commissioner of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Donald S. Wasserman to
    the Federal Labor Relations Authority.

    July 17

    In the morning, the President met with senior foreign policy advisers to
    discuss the situation in Bosnia.

    July 18

    In the morning, the President met with senior foreign policy advisers to
    discuss the situation in Bosnia and with Members of Congress to discuss
    affirmative action.
    In the evening, the President met with David Daliberti, an American who
    had been imprisoned in Iraq after crossing the Iraqi border on March 13.
    Later in the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a picnic
    for members of the press on the South Lawn.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John A. Knubel to be
    Chief Financial Officer of the Department of Housing and Urban
    Development.
    The President announced his intention to appoint William F. McSweeny to
    the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing
    Arts, Smithsonian Institution.

    July 19

    In the morning, the President had telephone conversations with President
    Jacques Chirac of France and Prime Minister John Major of the United
    Kingdom.
    In the afternoon, the President met with Members of Congress to discuss
    the situation in Bosnia.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Harriett M. Wieder to
    the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Steven M. Eidelman;
    John F. Kennedy, Jr.; Barbara Yoshioka Wheeler; and Sheryl White-Scott
    to the President's Committee on Mental Retardation.

    July 20

    The White House announced that the President will attend World War II
    50th anniversary commemorations in Honolulu, HI, on September 1-3.
    The President announced his intention to reappoint Barry M. Goldwater to
    the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors.

    July 21

    The President announced his intention to nominate James A. Joseph as
    Ambassador to South Africa.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Hal C. DeCell III to
    be Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations
    at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Paul M. Homan as
    Special Trustee for American Indians at the Department of the Interior.
    The White House announced that the President made available $100 million
    in emergency home energy assistance to States that have experienced
    extremely hot weather.

    July 24

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with
    President Jacques Chirac of France.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Richard D. Klausner as
    Director of the National Cancer Institute at the Department of Health
    and Human Services.

    July 26

    The President announced his intention to nominate Joan M. Plaisted as
    Ambassador to the Marshall Islands and Kiribati.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Don Lee Gevirtz as
    Ambassador to Fiji, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Daniel Lecht to the
    Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the
    Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jose A. Cabranes and to
    nominate Elisabeth Griffith, Marc R. Pacheco, and Louise L. Stevenson to
    the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship
    Foundation.

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    July 27

    In the morning, the President participated in a wreath-laying ceremony
    at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, VA.
    The President announced the nomination of Charles B. Curtis as Deputy
    Secretary of the Department of Energy.
    The President accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to James H.
    Pipkin, Jr., in his capacity as Special Negotiator for the U.S.-Canada
    Pacific Salmon Treaty.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Raymond W. Smith to the
    President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.

    July 28

    In the morning, the President went jogging with President Kim Yong-sam
    of South Korea. He then had a telephone conversation with President
    Boris Yeltsin of Russia.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a reception
    for White House staff.
    The White House announced that the President awarded Maj. Richard J.
    Meadows, USA (Ret.), the Presidential Citizens Medal for his service in
    the U.S. Special Forces and for his contributions after retiring from
    military service.

    July 31

    In the morning, the President traveled to Burlington, VT. In the
    evening, he returned to Washington, DC.

    August 1

    The President announced his intention to nominate Rear Adm. John Carter
    Albright as a member and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    Representative to the Mississippi River Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Elizabeth K. Julian to
    serve as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fair Housing and Equal
    Opportunity at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.

    August 2

    In the evening, the President attended a fundraiser for former Governor
    of Virginia L. Douglas Wilder at a private residence.
    The President announced his intention to nominate J. David Carlin as
    Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations at the Department of
    Agriculture.
    The White House announced that Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of
    Luxembourg has accepted the President's invitation for a working visit
    in Washington, DC, on August 7.

    August 3

    The President made available $53 million in emergency funds to fishermen
    in the Northeast, Northwest, and the Gulf of Mexico due to heavy
    uninsured losses from the collapse of commercial fish stocks and other
    disasters. He also made available funds to support emergency
    requirements resulting from the bombing of the Federal building in
    Oklahoma City, OK; enhanced antiterrorism efforts; and other disaster-
    related needs.
    The President declared a major disaster in Oregon and ordered Federal
    funds to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck
    by flash flooding on July 8-9.
    The White House announced that the President has invited President Sali
    Berisha of Albania for a working visit in Washington, DC, on September
    11.

    August 4

    In the morning, the President met with Members of Congress.
    In the afternoon, the President attended a birthday celebration for
    journalist Helen Thomas of United Press International in the Briefing
    Room.

    August 5

    In the morning, the President met with families who have benefited from
    the Family and Medical Leave Act at the Children's Inn at the National
    Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.

    August 7

    In the morning, the President met with Prime Minister Jean-Claude
    Juncker of Luxembourg.
    In the afternoon, the President had telephone conversations with Prime
    Minister John Major of the United Kingdom, President Jacques Chirac of
    France, and Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany to discuss the situation
    in Bosnia.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Kumiki Gibson to the
    Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States.

    August 8

    The White House announced that the President has invited President Ion
    Iliescu of Romania to Washington for a working visit on September 26.

    August 9

    In the morning, the President met with foreign policy advisers to
    discuss the situation in Bosnia. Following the meeting, he traveled to
    Charlotte, NC. In the afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kevin G. Chavers to
    serve as President of the Government National Mortgage Association at
    the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gail Clements McDonald
    to be the Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development
    Corporation at the Department of Transportation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Phillip A. Singerman
    to be the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development at
    the Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate Isaac C. Hunt, Jr.,
    and Norman S. Johnson to be members of the Securities and Exchange
    Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gov. Ned R. McWherter
    to the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gov. Mel Carnahan to
    serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman
    Scholarship Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ernest Lofton, Jr., as
    a member of the Community Adjustment and Investment Program Advisory
    Committee for the North American Development Bank.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Patricia M. Duff to the
    Library of Congress Trust Fund Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Richard J. Boxer to the
    National Cancer Advisory Board.

    August 10

    The President announced his intention to nominate David C. Williams to
    be Inspector General of the Social Security Administration.
    The President declared a major disaster in Florida and ordered Federal
    aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by
    Hurricane Erin on August 2-3.
    The White House announced that the President will travel to Japan on
    November 16-21 to participate in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
    leaders meeting and for a state visit.

    August 11

    The President announced his intention to nominate Linda Colvin Rhodes as
    Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Beth Dozoretz to serve
    as a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Gregory Lashutka and
    reappoint Paul Burke to the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
    Relations.

    August 14

    The White House announced that the President named Donald A. Baer as
    Assistant to the President and Director of Communications.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Patricia J. Beneke to
    serve as Assistant Secretary for Water and Science at the Department of
    the Interior.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Nancy E. McFadden as
    General Counsel of the Department of Transportation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Phillip J. Shepherd as
    Federal Representative to the Ohio River Valley Sanitation Compact
    Commission.

    August 15

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Jackson
    Hole, WY, for their vacation.
    The President announced the renomination of Chester A. Crocker, Theodore
    M. Hesburgh, and Max M. Kampelman in addition to the nomination of
    Seymour Martin Lipset to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of
    Peace.
    The President announced his nomination of Gov. Zell Miller of Georgia to
    serve as a member of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Lowell Junkins as a
    member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
    Corporation.

    August 16

    The President announced his intention to nominate Charles A. Hunnicutt
    to be Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs at the
    Department of Transportation.
    The President declared a major disaster in Vermont and ordered Federal
    aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by
    excessive rain and flooding on August 4-6.

    August 17

    The President announced the renomination of David A. Brock and Joseph F.
    Baca to the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute.

    August 18

    The President declared a major disaster in Minnesota and ordered Federal
    aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by
    severe storms, straight line winds, and tornadoes on July 9-14.

    August 23

    In the morning, the President traveled from Jackson Hole, WY, to
    Washington, DC.
    In the afternoon, the President met with members of his foreign policy
    team and the following newly appointed members of the U.S. negotiating
    team in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Roberts Owen, Brig. Gen. Donald Kerrick,
    James Pardew, and Christopher Hill. He then returned to Jackson Hole,
    WY.

    August 24

    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with Senator
    Alfonse D'Amato and Gov. George Pataki of New York to discuss emergency
    efforts to extinguish brush fires on Long Island.

    August 25

    In the morning, the President traveled to Yellowstone National Park.
    Later in the day, he returned to Jackson Hole.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ember Reichgott Junge
    to the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States.

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    The President declared a major disaster in Ohio and ordered Federal aid
    to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by
    severe storms and flooding on August 7-18.

    August 28

    The President announced his intention to appoint Parker Westbrook to the
    Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

    August 30

    In the morning, the President met with ranchers at the Sweetwater
    Restaurant. Later, he had a luncheon meeting with energy industry
    representatives at the Acadian Restaurant.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Susan King to be
    Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Labor.

    August 31

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled from Jackson
    Hole, WY, to Honolulu, HI.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Constantino Y. Amores
    and Alison H. Deem to the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F.
    Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution.

    September 1

    In the morning, the President met with troops outside Hangar 206 at
    Wheeler Air Force Base. In the afternoon, he had lunch with veterans in
    the Consolidated Mess.
    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with NATO
    Secretary General Willy Claes to discuss NATO operations in Bosnia-
    Herzegovina.
    The President declared a major disaster in Oklahoma and ordered Federal
    funds to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck
    by tornadoes, severe storms, and flooding, beginning on July 21 through
    and including August 6.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Elaine B. Griffin to
    the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ada E. Deer, Joseph D.
    Duffey, Madeleine M. Kunin, and Shirley Sachi Sagawa to the Board of
    Trustees of the American Folklife Center.

    September 2

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton had lunch with
    veterans aboard the U.S.S. Carl Vinson in Honolulu, HI. They then
    participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the U.S.S. Arizona memorial
    and viewed a veterans parade at Fort DeRussy. Following the parade, the
    President toured the Okinawan festival at Kapiolani Park.

    September 3

    In the afternoon, the President traveled from Honolulu, HI, to San Jose,
    CA. Following his arrival at Moffett Air Force Base in the evening, he
    traveled to Monterey, CA.

    September 4

    In the afternoon, the President traveled from Monterey, CA, to
    Pleasanton, CA. In the evening, he returned to Monterey.

    September 5

    In the morning, the President traveled from Monterey, CA, to Selma, CA.
    In the afternoon, he traveled to Fresno, CA, where he met with
    agricultural leaders in Wofford Executive Hangar at Fresno Airport.
    Later in the afternoon, the President traveled from Fresno to
    Washington, DC, arriving after midnight.

    September 6

    In the morning, the President met with President Ernesto Perez
    Balladares of Panama.
    In the late afternoon, the President and Chelsea Clinton traveled to
    Baltimore, MD, where they met with Cal Ripken, Jr., at Oriole Park at
    Camden Yards and attended the shortstop's recordbreaking 2,131st
    consecutive baseball game. In the late evening, they returned to
    Washington, DC.

    September 7

    In the afternoon, the President met with Democratic congressional
    leaders.

    September 8

    The President nominated Jeffrey R. Shafer to be Under Secretary of the
    Treasury for International Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate David A. Lipton to be
    Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Melissa T. Skolfield
    to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the Department of Health
    and Human Services.

    September 11

    In the morning, the President traveled to Carbondale, IL.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC. He then met
    with members of the Principals Committee and Assistant Secretary of
    State Richard Holbrooke to discuss Bosnia-Herzegovina.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Donna Dearman Smith to
    the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence
    in Education Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Morris S. Arnold to the
    Board of Directors of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint John J. Pikarski, Jr.,
    to the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.

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    The White House announced that the President has invited President
    Thomas Klestil of Austria to Washington, DC, for a working visit on
    October 19.
    The White House announced that the President will award the Presidential
    Medal of Freedom to the following individuals in a White House ceremony
    on September 28:
        Peggy Charren;
        William T. Coleman, Jr.;
        Joan Ganz Cooney;
        John Hope Franklin;
        A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.;
        Frank M. Johnson, Jr.;
        C. Everett Koop;
        Gaylord Nelson;
        Walter P. Reuther;
        James W. Rouse;
        Willie Velasquez; and
        Lew R. Wasserman.

    September 12

    In the morning, the President met with President Sali Berisha of
    Albania.
    In an Oval Office ceremony in the afternoon, the President presented the
    Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Rabbi Menachem Schneerson.

    September 13

    In the morning, the President traveled to Elkridge, MD.
    Following his return to Washington, DC, in the afternoon, the President
    met with Prime Minister P.J. Patterson of Jamaica. He then met briefly
    with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to discuss the preservation of Tibetan
    religion and culture.
    The White House announced that the President has invited President
    Jacques Chirac of France to Washington, DC, for a state visit on
    November 3.

    September 14

    The President announced his intention to appoint Vera C. Rubin, Eric S.
    Lander, Marcia K. McNutt, and George S. Hammond as members of the
    President's Committee on the National Medal of Science.
    The President announced his intention to appoint R. Scott Warner as a
    member of the Panama Canal Consultative Committee.

    September 15

    In a morning ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received
    diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Var Huoth of Cambodia, Mustafa
    S. Nyang'anyi of Tanzania, Pastor Micha Ondo Bile of Equatorial Guinea,
    Alvaro Diez de Medina of Uruguay, Knud Erik Tygesen of Denmark, John
    Kerr of the United Kingdom, and Antonio Franca N'Dalo of Angola.
    In the afternoon, the President met with representatives of the Catholic
    press.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a Democratic
    National Committee trustees dinner on the State Floor.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jane Bobbitt to be
    Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental
    Affairs.

    September 16

    The President declared a major disaster in the U.S. Virgin Islands and
    ordered Federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in areas struck by
    Hurricane Marilyn beginning on September 15.
    The President declared a major disaster in Puerto Rico and ordered
    Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the
    areas struck by Hurricane Marilyn beginning on September 15.

    September 18

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Philadelphia, PA. While en
    route on Air Force One, he had a telephone conversation with NATO
    Secretary General Willy Claes to congratulate him on NATO's success in
    Bosnia. Following his arrival, he met with ministers and community
    leaders in the Mount Carmel Baptist Church.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Jacksonville, FL.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James C. Riley to be a
    Commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.

    September 19

    In the evening, the President traveled to Denver, CO.
    The President announced his intention to appoint M. Sharon Cassidy,
    Teresa Ghilarducci, and Joseph S. Perkins to be members of the Advisory
    Committee of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

    September 20

    In the evening, the President attended a Clinton/Gore fundraiser at the
    Marriott City Center. He then traveled to San Francisco, CA.
    The White House announced that the President named Stephanie S. Streett
    and Anne L. Walley as Deputy Assistants to the President and Directors
    of Scheduling.
    The White House announced that the President has appointed Jack Quinn as
    Assistant to the President and White House Counsel to replace Abner
    Mikva, who will retire November 1.

    September 21

    In the morning, the President met with business leaders from the
    information industry to discuss goals for education technology.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Culver City, CA, and later
    to Los Angeles.
    In the evening, the President attended a Saxophone Club fundraiser at
    the House of Blues.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate Anthony Cecil Eden
    Quainton to be Director General of the Foreign Service.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Eric James Boswell as
    Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Cecille Pulitzer to the
    Library of Congress Trust Fund Board.
    The President announced his intention to name Ira L. Hobbs to the
    Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.

    September 22

    In the morning, the President traveled to Santa Ana, CA, and in the
    afternoon, he traveled to San Diego.
    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC, arriving after
    midnight.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Peter Lucas to be a
    member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
    The President nominated former Tennessee Senator Jim Sasser as
    Ambassador to the People's Republic of China.

    September 24

    In the morning, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton traveled
    to Scranton, PA. In the evening, they returned to Washington, DC.

    September 26

    In the morning, the President had a working visit with President Ion
    Iliescu of Romania.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John N. Erlenborn to
    the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jill L. Long-Thompson
    as a Department of Agriculture Federal Representative to the Rural
    Telephone Bank Board.

    September 27

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with
    President Boris Yeltsin of Russia.
    The President announced that he has named the following individuals to
    the President's Oklahoma City Scholarship Fund Advisory Board:
        George Nigh, Chair;
        Henry Bellmon;
        Michael Enoch;
        Melvin Hall;
        W.R. Howell;
        Lou C. Kerr;
        Martha King;
        Ruth Leebron Levenson;
        Ronald J. Norick;
        M. Susan Savage;
        James Lee Witt; and
        Stanton Young.

    September 28

    The President announced his intention to appoint Burton P. Resnick to
    the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.

    September 29

    In the late morning, the President had meetings with President Hosni
    Mubarak of Egypt and King Hussein I of Jordan.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Laveeda Morgan Battle
    as a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
    The White House announced that the President has invited President
    Suleyman Demirel of Turkey to Washington, DC, for a working visit on
    October 18.
    The White House announced that the President, at the invitation of King
    Juan Carlos I of Spain, will visit Madrid to attend the United States-
    European Union summit on December 3.

    October 1

    In the morning, the President attended the annual red Mass at St.
    Matthew's Cathedral with members of the Supreme Court.

    October 2

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with
    President Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan.
    In the afternoon, the President met with NATO Secretary General Willy
    Claes.
    The White House announced that the President has invited President Jiang
    Zemin of China to attend a bilateral summit meeting in New York City on
    October 24.
    The President announced his intention to appoint the following
    individuals to the Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels:
        Malden Nesheim;
        Annette Dickinson;
        Shiriki K. Kumanyika;
        Norman R. Farnsworth;
        Margaret Gilhooley;
        Robert S. McCaleb; and
        Anthony T. Podesta.

    October 4

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Newark,
    NJ. Later in the afternoon, the President met with Pope John Paul II at
    Sacred Heart Cathedral.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a vespers
    prayer service. Following the service, they returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate David Finn to the
    National Council on the Humanities.
    The President announced his intention to renominate Ernest G. Green as
    Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Development
    Foundation.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate C.E. (Abe) Abramson
    and Walter Anderson to serve as members of the National Commission on
    Libraries and Information Science.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Frank Ballesteros, John
    Litzenberg, Clara Miller, and George Surgeon as members of the Community
    Development Advisory Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Joseph Sewall to serve
    as a member and Kenneth M. Curtis to serve as an alternate member of the
    Roosevelt Campobello International Park Commission.
    The President selected the following delegates to attend the White House
    Conference on Travel and Tourism on October 30-31:
        Peter Armstrong;
        Peter A. Bakke;
        Sally Begay;
        Robert D. Billington;
        Hope J. Boonshaft;
        Aaron Broussard;
        David Van Buskirk;
        Romy Cachola;
        Stephen J. Cloobeck;
        Oshel B. Craigo;
        Andrew P. Daly;
        Stephen T. Economy;
        Robert Giersdorf;
        John David Gunner;
         Beverly A. Hollingworth;
        Sylvan (Sonny) Holtzman;
        Geoffrey F. Hurtado;
        Jeanne Jacobsen;
        Shelley Johnson;
        Sandra D. Jones;
        Kathy S. Lewand;
        Stephen J. Lombardo;
        Crit Luallen;
        Anthony MacConnell;
        Granger Macfarlane;
        Jacqueline B. McNulty;
        Montine McNulty;
        Melanie Mills;
        Agnes Hui-Chun Mu;
        Neil W. Ostergren;
        Mary Lou Parks;
        James L. Pouravelis;
        Patrick Sciarratta;
        Judy Sidran;
        Keith Stokes;
        Marilyn J. Tomasi;
        Carmen Delia Venticinque;
        Craig D. Walter;
        Shelby Woods;
        Alon Yu;
        Nina Zagat; and
        Tim Zagat.

    October 5

    The President and Hillary Clinton recognized the following winners of
    the National Award for Museum Service for their work in the Nation's
    communities: the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, NY; the Mexican
    Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, IL; the Montshire Museum of Science,
    Norwich, VT; and the Wing Lauke Asian Museum, Seattle, WA.

    October 6

    In the morning, the President addressed the Bilderberg Steering
    Committee at the Four Seasons Hotel. He then attended a Democratic
    National Committee luncheon at the Hay Adams Hotel.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Martha's
    Vineyard, MA.

    October 8

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to
    Washington, DC.

    October 10

    In the morning, the President met with business leaders in the Cabinet
    Room.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Arthur L. Money to be
    Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.

    October 11

    The President announced his intention to nominate William P. Foster to
    be a member of the National Council on the Arts.

    October 12

    In the evening, the President attended a Clinton/Gore fundraiser at the
    Hotel Washington.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Maj. Gen. John P.
    Herrling, USA (Ret.), to serve as Secretary of the American Battle
    Monuments Commission.

    October 13

    In the morning, the President met with Weigelt-Wallace Award recipients
    J. Andy Sullivan and David Tuggle, physicians from Oklahoma City, OK,
    who were recognized for their medical services following the bombing of
    the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
    In the early evening, the President traveled to Williamsburg, VA, and he
    returned to Washington, DC, later in the evening.
    The President declared a major disaster in Alaska and ordered Federal
    funds to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck
    by severe storms and flooding on September 18 and continuing.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gerald Wesley Scott to
    be Ambassador to Gambia.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate David P. Rawson to be
    Ambassador to Mali.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert E. Gribbin III
    to be Ambassador to Rwanda.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ralph R. Johnson to be
    Ambassador to the Slovak Republic.
    The President announced his intention to renominate Barry M. Goldwater
    and Peter S. Knight to the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT)
    Board of Directors.
    The White House announced that the President will attend the dedication
    of the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library and will meet with
    President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic and President Michal Kovac
    of the Slovak Republic on October 21 in Cedar Rapids, IA.

    October 15

    In the morning, the President traveled to Hartford, CT. Following his
    arrival at Bradley International Airport, he greeted a group of young
    people working to combat teenage smoking.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Austin, TX.

    October 16

    In the morning, the President traveled to Dallas, TX, and in the
    evening, he traveled to Los Angeles, CA.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Natalie Cohen to be a
    member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy
    Center for the Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution.
    The White House announced that the President will meet at the White
    House with President Soeharto of Indonesia on October 27.
    The White House announced that the President congratulated Armstrong
    World Industries' Building Products Operation and Corning
    Telecommunications Products Division as recipients of the 1995 Malcolm
    Baldrige National Quality Award.

    October 17

    In the morning, the President traveled to San Antonio, TX, and in the
    evening, he traveled to Houston, TX. Later in the evening, he returned
    to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Cynthia A. Murray-
    Beliveau to be a member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the
    John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution.

    October 18

    In the evening, the President traveled to Baltimore, MD, where he
    attended a fundraising dinner at a private residence. He then returned
    to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint A. Leon Higginbotham,
    Jr., to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
    The White House announced that the President and President Jacques
    Chirac of France have agreed to reschedule President Chirac's November 3
    state visit at the White House for February 1, 1996.

    October 19

    In the morning, the President had a working visit with President Thomas
    Klestil of Austria.
    In the evening, the President attended the Africare reception at the
    Washington Hilton Hotel.
    The President announced his intention to renominate Lottie L.
    Shackelford to be the small business designate on the Overseas Private
    Investment Corporation Board of Directors.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Vigdor L. Teplitz to
    the Scientific and Policy Advisory Committee of the U.S. Arms Control
    and Disarmament Agency.

    October 20

    In the morning, the President traveled to Columbus, OH, and in the
    afternoon, he traveled to Des Moines, IA.
    The President selected the following additional delegates to attend the
    White House Conference on Travel and Tourism on October 30-31:
        Carol Baumgarten;
        John Brissenden;
        Ray Bryant;
        Gregg Carano;
        Nancy Patton Conway;
        Eduardo Diaz;
        Sho Dozono;
        Mary Eaddy;
        Patricia Gentry Edington;
        Marc Fruchter;
        Chris Gallant;
        Wayne Greenhaw;
        Nabil Haddad;
        Phyllis Y. Hamilton;
        Yolanda Kizer;
        A.K. (Kirk) Lanterman;
        Don Madden;
        Patrick Murphy;
        Jerry T. Nagler, Jr.;
        Mark Nichols;
        Deborah L. Ortega;
        Ruth Ann Pastrick;
        Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr.;
        Linus Raines;
        Randy Randall;
        Nancy Reuther;
        Y. Sherry Sheng;
        Calvin Smyre;
        Kathleen Anne Sweeton;
        Royette Tarry;
        Henry Topel;

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        J. Kim Tucci;
        Arthur Turnbull;
        Janet Turner;
        Thomas W. Walsh;
        Kenneth C. Wilkins; and
        Amy Vanderbilt.

    October 21

    In the morning, the President traveled from Des Moines, IA, to Cedar
    Rapids, IA.
    In the afternoon, the President toured the National Czech and Slovak
    Museum and Library. Following the tour, he attended a reception for
    museum supporters and staff members in the Meeting Room and held
    meetings with President Michal Kovac of the Slovak Republic and
    President Vaclav Havel of the Czech Republic in the Library. He then
    returned to Washington, DC.

    October 22

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to New York
    City. Later in the morning, the President met with Prime Minister Janez
    Drnovsek of Slovenia at the United States Mission to the United Nations.
    In the afternoon, the President met with Secretary-General Boutros
    Boutros-Ghali at United Nations Headquarters. He then met with President
    Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a reception for
    heads of state in the Gottesman Exhibition Hall at the New York Public
    Library.

    October 23

    In the morning, the President traveled to Hyde Park, NY, and in the
    afternoon, he returned to New York City.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Yvonne Lee to the U.S.
    Commission on Civil Rights.
    The President made available $125 million in emergency funds for
    disaster loans to help the States and the U.S. Virgin Islands recover
    from Hurricanes Marilyn and Opal.
    The White House announced that the President and Hillary Clinton will
    make a state visit to Japan on November 19-21.

    October 24

    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jay Mazur to the
    Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations.

    October 25

    In the evening, the President met with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of
    Israel in the Secretary's Sitting Room at the State Department.

    October 26

    In the morning, the President met with Second Deputy Prime Minister
    Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud of Saudi Arabia.

    October 27

    The President announced his intention to appoint James D. Casto and
    Peter Field to the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy
    Center for the Performing Arts, Smithsonian Institution.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Francis B. (Frank)
    Moore to the United Service Organizations, Inc., Board of Governors.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Vance D. Coffman, Paul
    E. Wright, and Van B. Honeycutt to the National Security
    Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Deborah G. Groeber,
    Kenneth J. Oscar, and Maj. Gen. Ray E. McCoy, USA, to the Committee for
    Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled.
    The White House announced that the President will attend the dedication
    of a memorial cairn at Arlington National Cemetery, VA, on November 3,
    to commemorate the victims of the terrorist bombing of Pan American
    Airlines Flight 103.

    October 28

    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with Ted
    Turner, owner of the Atlanta Braves baseball team, to congratulate the
    team on winning the 1995 World Series.

    October 30

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton met with King Harald
    and Queen Sonja of Norway in the Diplomatic Reception Room.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Patricia W. McNeil as
    Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education at the Department
    of Education.
    The President selected the following additional delegates to attend the
    White House Conference on Travel and Tourism on October 30-31:
        James D. Andrews;
        Dick J. Batchelor;
        Charles H.P. Duell;
        Donna Ferrara;
        Celso Guzman, Jr.;
        E. Marie Johnson;
        David Milenthal;
        Stephanie Neff;
        John O'Brien;
        Jose M. Perez;
        John A. Redhead;
        Diana Rosario;
        Elisa Maria Sanchez;
        Sean J. Shannon; and
        Thomas J. Shortell.

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    October 31

    The President selected additional delegates Melanie Benjamin and Helen
    Cottingham to attend the White House Conference on Travel and Tourism on
    October 30-31.

    November 1

    In the morning, the President briefly attended the Vice President's
    meeting with Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble to discuss the
    Northern Ireland peace process.
    In the afternoon, the President met with congressional leaders.
    The President accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to Philip Bates
    Taylor III in his capacity as the head of the U.S. delegation to the
    Inter-American Council for Education, Science, and Culture and the
    Inter-American Economic and Social Council.

    November 2

    In the morning, the President went to the J.W. Marriott Hotel, where he
    met with the family of Maryland State trooper Edward A. Plank, Jr., who
    was killed in the line of duty on October 17.
    In the evening, the President attended a Clinton/Gore reception and
    dinner at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jorge L. Bolanos as a
    member of the Enterprise for the Americas Board.
    The White House announced that the President signed S. 227, the Digital
    Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995.

    November 5

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Tel
    Aviv, Israel.

    November 6

    Following their arrival in Tel Aviv in the morning, the President and
    Hillary Clinton traveled to Jerusalem and visited the grounds of the
    Knesset, where the body of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin lay in state.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton visited the Prime
    Minister's widow, Leah Rabin, at the Prime Minister's Residence.
    In the evening, the President had meetings with Acting Prime Minister
    Shimon Peres of Israel, King Hussein I of Jordan, President Hosni
    Mubarak of Egypt, and Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel at
    the King David Hotel. Following the meetings, the President and Hillary
    Clinton returned to Washington, DC.

    November 7

    The White House announced that the President invited President Jose
    Eduardo dos Santos of Angola to the White House for an official working
    visit on December 8.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Kathryn G. Thompson as
    a member of the Federal National Mortgage Association Board of
    Directors.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Joshua Gotbaum to be
    Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Norman I. Maldonado to
    be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship
    Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Connie E. Evans,
    Jacqueline Lee Johnson, Carol Parry, and John E. Taylor as members of
    the Community Development Advisory Board.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Wallace D. McRae to
    the National Council on the Arts.

    November 8

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with
    Christian Science Monitor reporter David Rohde, who had been released
    after being held captive by Bosnian Serbs since October 29.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a tea for
    Queen Beatrix and Prince Claus of The Netherlands.
    The President accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to Brian
    Frederick Fontes in his capacity as chair of the U.S. delegation to the
    International Telecommunication Union's 1995 World Radio Communications
    Conference.

    November 9

    In the morning, the President met with public health and environmental
    leaders.
    In the afternoon, the President met with congressional leaders.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Yolanda Townsend Wheat
    to the National Credit Union Administration Board of Directors.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert S. Litt to be
    Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division at the Department
    of Justice.

    November 12

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended the Ford's
    Theatre Gala at the theater.

    November 13

    The President announced his intention to appoint Gila Joy Bronner to the
    U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
    The President announced the appointment of Marvin F. (Bud) Moss to the
    National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

    November 20

    In the evening, the President met with Democratic Members of Congress on
    Capitol Hill.

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    The President announced his intention to appoint Kenneth L. Salazar to
    serve as a member of the Western Water Policy Review Advisory
    Commission.

    November 21

    In the morning, the President had telephone conversations with President
    Lech Walesa and President-elect Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland.
    In the afternoon, the President had lunch with the Vice President. He
    then had a telephone conversation with President Alija Izetbegovic of
    Bosnia-Herzegovina, President Franjo Tudjman of Croatia, and President
    Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia to congratulate them on the Bosnia-
    Herzegovina peace agreement.
    In the evening, the President attended a reception at the Los Angeles
    Times Washington bureau.

    November 22

    The President announced his intention to appoint John H. Davidson to
    serve as a member of the Western Water Policy Review Advisory
    Commission.

    November 23

    In the morning, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton went to
    Camp David, MD, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

    November 24

    The White House announced that the President will travel to Ramstein,
    Germany, on December 2 to meet with U.S. forces preparing for deployment
    to the Balkans.
    The White House announced that the President has invited Prime Minister
    Shimon Peres of Israel for an official visit at the White House on
    December 11.

    November 26

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton returned
    to the White House from Camp David.

    November 27

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with
    Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on Bosnia. In the evening, he had
    telephone conversations with former President George Bush and former
    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell on Bosnia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate H. Martin Lancaster to
    be the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James E. Johnson to be
    the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement.
    The President announced his intention to nominate LeVar Burton to be a
    member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

    November 28

    In the afternoon, the President attended a luncheon on Capitol Hill with
    Senate Democratic leaders.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to London,
    England.

    November 29

    In the morning, the President planted a tree at the U.S. Ambassador's
    residence. Later, the President and Hillary Clinton toured Westminster
    Abbey, where the President laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown
    Warrior.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton had tea with Queen
    Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Luis Rovira to serve
    as a member of the Board of Trustees to the Harry S Truman Scholarship
    Foundation.

    November 30

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Belfast,
    Northern Ireland; in the afternoon, they traveled to Londonderry,
    Northern Ireland; and in the early evening, they returned to Belfast.
    In the evening, the President had meetings with Sinn Fein leader Gerry
    Adams and Democratic Unionist Party leader Ian Paisley at Queen's
    University. He then met with Ulster Unionist Party leader David Trimble
    at the Europa Hotel.
    The President announced his intention to appoint J. Robert Beyster to
    the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.
    The President announced his intention to reappoint Susan R. Baron as a
    member of the Board of Directors for the National Corporation for
    Housing Partnerships.

    December 1

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Dublin,
    Ireland.
    In the late afternoon, the President had meetings with Fiana Fail party
    leader Bertie Ahern, Nobel Prize winner Seamus Heaney, and Progressive
    Democrats Party leader Mary Harney at the U.S. Ambassador's residence.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Thomas L. Baldini as
    the U.S. Commissioner of the U.S.-Canada International Boundary
    Commission.
    The President announced his intention to reappoint Joseph John DiNunno
    as a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
    The President announced the appointment of Thomas P. Cross to the
    Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses.
    The President announced the appointment of the following individuals to
    the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS:
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        Tonio Burgos;

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        Jerry Cade;
        B. Thomas Henderson;
        Helen M. Miramontes;
        Robert Michael Rankin; and
        Richard W. Stafford.

    December 2

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled from Dublin,
    Ireland, to Ramstein, Germany, and then to Baumholder, Germany. In the
    afternoon, they had lunch with American troops of the 1st Armored
    Division at Baumholder Army Base.
    In the early evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to
    Ramstein, Germany, and then to Madrid, Spain. Later in the evening, they
    toured the Prado Museum.

    December 3

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to
    Washington, DC.
    In the evening, they attended the Kennedy Center Honors at the John F.
    Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

    December 5

    In the morning, the President met with Bosnian refugee families who had
    resettled in the United States.
    The President announced the release of the second report on Federal
    agencies' customer service standards issued by the National Performance
    Review.

    December 6

    The President announced his intention to nominate Alfred C. DeCotiis to
    be a Representative to the 50th session of the United Nations General
    Assembly.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jeanne Moutoussamy-
    Ashe to be an Alternate Representative to the 50th session of the United
    Nations General Assembly.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Joseph Lane Kirkland
    to be an Alternate Representative to the 50th session of the United
    Nations General Assembly.
    The President announced his intention to appoint James Hamilton and the
    reappointment of Anthony S. Harrington and Robert J. Hermann to the
    President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Charles H. Twining,
    currently pending confirmation as Ambassador to Cameroon, to serve
    concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to
    Equatorial Guinea.

    December 7

    In the afternoon, the President attended a Democratic National Committee
    luncheon at the Hay Adams Hotel.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Mack G. Fleming as a
    member of the World War II Memorial Advisory Board.

    December 8

    The President announced his intention to appoint Curtis A. Prins to the
    Board of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Andrew A. Rosenberg as
    a member of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jim Kelly to the
    President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports.

    December 9

    In the morning, the President traveled to Fayetteville, AR, and in the
    afternoon, he traveled to Little Rock, AR.

    December 10

    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.

    December 11

    In the early afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with
    President Hafiz al-Asad of Syria.

    December 12

    In a morning ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received
    diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Francois Bujon de l'Estang of
    France, Cheick Oumar Diarrah of Mali, and Jalbuugiin Choinhor of
    Mongolia.
    In the afternoon, the President had telephone conversations with Senate
    majority leader Bob Dole and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on
    budget negotiations.
    Later, the President met with Democratic and Republican Senators to
    discuss Bosnia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate A.E. Dick Howard to
    the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Thomas L. Baldini as
    Commissioner of the International Boundary Commission, United States and
    Canada.

    December 13

    In the afternoon, the President met with a bipartisan group of Governors
    to discuss Medicaid.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Paris, France.
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    December 14

    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Princeton Lyman to be
    Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Patrick Davidson and
    Townsend D. Wolfe III to the National Council on the Arts.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate George W. Black, Jr.,
    to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Roslyn A. Mazer to be
    Chair of the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Col. Warren L. Freeman
    to be commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Pascal D. Forgione,
    Jr., to be Commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics.

    December 15

    The President announced that Ugo Fano and Martin Kamen were the
    recipients of the 1995 Enrico Fermi Award.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Thomas J. Scotto and
    Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr., to the National Commission on Crime Control
    and Prevention.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Speight Jenkins to the
    National Council on the Arts.

    December 18

    In the afternoon, the President had telephone conversations with Senate
    majority leader Bob Dole and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on
    budget negotiations.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Robert M. Lyford to the
    U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Sarah M. Fox to the
    National Labor Relations Board.

    December 19

    In the late afternoon, the President had separate meetings with Senate
    majority leader Bob Dole and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and with
    Senate Democratic leader Thomas A. Daschle and House Democratic leader
    Richard A. Gephardt to discuss budget negotiations.
    In the evening, the President had telephone conversations with Senators
    Arlen Specter and Christopher J. Dodd on securities legislation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gaston L. Gianni, Jr.,
    to be Inspector General for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

    December 20

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with Senate
    majority leader Bob Dole and Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on
    budget negotiations.
    The President declared a major disaster in Georgia as a result of severe
    storms and tornadoes on November 7-8.

    December 21

    The President announced his intention to appoint Gerard D. DiMarco to
    the Board of Trustees of the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.,
    and reappoint Ann Caracristi as members, and to reappoint Warren B.
    Rudman as Vice Chairman and member of the President's Foreign
    Intelligence Advisory Board.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Thomas Paul Grumbly as
    Under Secretary of the Department of Energy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Rita Derrick Hayes for
    the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as Chief Textile
    Negotiator.

    December 22

    In the afternoon, the President hosted a Christmas celebration for
    children in the East Room.
    The White House announced that the President named Victoria L. Radd to
    be Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of
    Communications.
    The White House announced that the President named Michael Waldman to be
    Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting; Carolyn
    Curiel to be Special Assistant to the President and Senior Presidential
    Speechwriter; and Terry Edmonds, Jonathan Prince, and David Shipley to
    be Special Assistants to the President.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Peter B. Edelman to be
    Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation at the Department of
    Health and Human Services.

    December 26

    The President had telephone conversations with President Jean-Bertrand
    Aristide and President-elect Rene Preval of Haiti.
    The President also had a telephone conversation with Senate majority
    leader Bob Dole on the budget negotiations.
    The White House announced that the President will pay a state visit to
    Japan on April 17-18, 1996.

    December 27

    The President met with Office of Management and Budget Director Alice M.
    Rivlin to discuss the budget negotiations.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Alvin L. Alm as
    Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management.

    December 31

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Hilton
    Head, SC, where they attended the 1995 Renaissance Weekend.