    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1996, Book II)]
    [July 1, 1996]
    [Pages 2257-2267]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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             Appendix C / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1996

    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 July 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released July 2

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of Prime
    Minister Goran Persson of Sweden

    Released July 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Education Richard Riley
    on the problem of school truancy

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary David Johnson
    on National Security Adviser Anthony Lake's visit to the Asian-Pacific
    region

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on National Security Adviser
    Anthony Lake's visit to the Asian-Pacific region

    Released July 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Council of Economic Advisers member
    Martin Baily on the national economy

    Released July 6

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget
    Director of Communications Larry Haas, Secretary of Agriculture Dan
    Glickman, and OMB Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
    Administrator Sally Katzen on the meat and poultry inspection system

    Released July 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore and Joseph Chery on the
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms youth crime gun interdiction
    initiative

    Transcript of a press briefing by Under Secretary of the Treasury
    Raymond Kelly on the youth crime gun interdiction initiative

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting
    with President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland

    Released July 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Commerce Michael Kantor
    on the Presidential economic and business development mission to Croatia
    and Bosnia

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of Steven
    K. Pifer as Special Assistant to the President and National Security
    Council Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian Affairs

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of Anthony
    J. Blinken as Special Assistant to the President and National Security
    Council Senior Director for Strategic Planning

    Fact sheet: Training and Equipping the Bosnian Federation

    Released July 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the massacre of 80
    civilians by Hutu rebels in Burundi

    Released July 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Adviser Laura
    D'Andrea Tyson and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
    Gene Sperling on the President's school reconstruction initiative

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior
    Director for Nonproliferation Dan Poneman on the agreement between North
    Korea and the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on progress in implementation
    of the U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on interference by the regime
    of General Bare in the Nigerian elections

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    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the President's
    letter to the women of Srebrenica, Bosnia, on the anniversary of the
    fall of Srebrenica

    Released July 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the commemoration
    of the second anniversary of the sinking of the ``Thirteenth of March''
    vessel off the Cuban coast

    Released July 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Director Barry McCaffrey on the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas
    program conference

    Released July 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, National
    Economic Adviser Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Council of Economic Advisers
    Chairman Joseph Stiglitz, Office of Management and Budget Acting
    Director Jacob Lew, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax
    Policy Donald Lubick, and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
    Economic Policy Joshua Gotbaum on the mid-session budget review

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser
    Samuel Berger and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Peter
    Tarnoff on implementation of title III of the Cuban Liberty and
    Democratic Solidarity Act

    Fact sheet on the President's decision to implement title III of the
    Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act

    Released July 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of
    Ambassador Howard F. Jeter as the President's Special Envoy for Liberia

    Released July 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the establishment of a
    Presidential Emergency Board to investigate the dispute between the
    Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and its employees

    Released July 19

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Southern
    District of California

    Released July 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's 1997 budget
    request for AIDS drug assistance programs

    Released July 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the massacres and ethnic
    violence in Burundi

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting
    with Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa

    Released July 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, National
    Transportation Safety Board Office of Government Affairs Director Peter
    Goelz, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator David R. Hinson,
    and Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena on the President's visit
    with families of TWA Flight 800 victims and aviation security measures

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on House of Representatives
    action on ``The NATO Enlargement Facilitation Act of 1996''

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the coup d'etat by military
    forces in Burundi

    Released July 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Director of Intergovernmental
    Affairs John Emerson on the upcoming White House Conference on
    Children's Television

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior
    Director of Defense and Arms Control Robert Bell on the Comprehensive
    Test Ban Treaty

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Science and Technology
    Policy Director Jack Gibbons and Secretary of Energy Hazel O'Leary on
    the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology
    recipients

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's denial of
    executive clemency to Jonathan Pollard

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on Iraq and Operation Provide
    Comfort

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    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Cohen-Feinstein-Chafee
    amendment on Burma

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on Senate action on the NATO
    enlargement amendment

    Released July 27

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released July 28

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary David Johnson
    on the President's meeting with the families of New Orleans police
    officers killed in the line of duty

    Released July 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser
    Samuel Berger, Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Philip Wilcox,
    and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for International Enforcement Mark
    Richard on terrorism

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief Domestic Policy Adviser to the
    Vice President Greg Simon on the children's television agreements

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the underground nuclear
    test conducted by China

    Statement by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen Glynn announcing that the
    President signed legislation on traumatic brain injury studies, with an
    attached letter from Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna
    Shalala to Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jacob Lew on
    the act's objectives

    Released July 30

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the progress of the
    Northern Ireland peace process talks

    Released July 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Donna Shalala and Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
    Planning Bruce Reed on welfare reform

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming working visit
    by President Franjo Tudjman of Croatia

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the redeployment of
    coalition forces to new locations on Saudi facilities

    Released August 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of the Treasury Robert
    Rubin, National Economic Adviser Laura D'Andrea Tyson, and Council of
    Economic Advisers Chairman Joseph Stiglitz on the national economy

    Released August 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary David Johnson
    on the President's meeting with President Franjo Tudjman of Croatia

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Southern
    District of Iowa

    Released August 3

    Announcement of the President's letter to Speaker of the House Newt
    Gingrich on illegal immigration legislation

    Released August 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on
    Republican Presidential candidate Bob Dole's tax cut proposal

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant Attorney General for
    International Enforcement Mark Richard and Special Assistant to the
    President and National Security Council/National Economic Council Senior
    Director for International Economic Affairs Robert Kyle on the
    President's proposed international crime control legislation

    Fact sheet: The Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996

    Fact sheet: ``International Crime Control Act of 1996''

    Fact sheet: American Security: President Clinton's Comprehensive
    Strategy To Fight Terrorism

    Released August 6

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting
    with Prime Minister Goran Persson of Sweden

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing that the President
    signed legislation providing $12 million for investigation of church
    arson

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    Released August 7

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing U.S. ratification
    of the international fisheries conservation agreement

    Released August 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released August 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Released August 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Released August 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn and Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Elgie
    Holstein on the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness
    Act of 1996

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the situation in Chechnya

    Released August 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Transcript of a teleconference press briefing by Director of
    Communications Donald Baer and Mary Beth Roche of Random House on the
    President's book ``Between Hope and History: Meeting America's
    Challenges for the 21st Century''

    Released August 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Released August 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Released August 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Presidential Emergency
    Board report submitted August 16

    Released August 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released August 21

    Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released August 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released August 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Health and Human Services
    Donna Shalala, Commissioner of Food and Drugs David Kessler, and
    Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services Phil Lee on the
    President's initiative to protect youth from tobacco

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Personal Responsibility
    and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

    Released August 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Associate Attorney General John
    Schmidt, Federal Bureau of Investigation Assistant Director Chuck
    Archer, and FBI Section Chief Demery Bishop on the national registry of
    sex offenders

    Released August 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry,
    Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Planning Bruce Reed, and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on the President's
    initiative to expand the Brady bill to cover domestic violence offenders

    Released August 27

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy
    Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Gene Sperling, and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on the President's
    education initiative

    Released August 28

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Planning Bruce Reed on
    the President's initiative on the environment

    Released August 29

    Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Council of Economic Advisers Chairman
    Joseph Stiglitz on the national economy

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    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant to the President for
    Economic Policy Gene Sperling on the President's capital gains tax
    initiative

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Campaign Manager Peter Knight on the President's
    acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention

    Released August 30

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the situation in northern
    Iraq

    Released August 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Iraqi attack on Irbil

    Released September 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Released September 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released September 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    National Security Council Senior Director for Near Eastern and South
    Asian Affairs Mark Parris on the situation in Iraq

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the second strike against
    Iraqi air defense sites

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the inauguration of
    Liberian Council of State Chairperson Ruth Perry

    Released September 4

    Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released September 5

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the upcoming
    Presidential Medal of Freedom award ceremony

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Southern
    District of Florida

    Released September 6

    Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released September 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Senior Policy Adviser to the Vice
    President Elaine Kamarck and Office of Management and Budget Acting
    Director Jacob Lew on aviation safety and the President's
    counterterrorism initiative

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary David Johnson
    on the President's meeting with Prime Minister John Bruton of Ireland

    Transcript of a press briefing by Special Middle East Coordinator Dennis
    Ross on the President's meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu
    of Israel

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Bosnian elections

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Angolan peace process

    List of individuals awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom

    Released September 10

    Fact sheet: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

    Fact sheet: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Chronology During the Clinton
    Administration

    Released September 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released September 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for
    Domestic Policy Planning Bruce Reed on charter schools

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the U.S. delegation
    to observe the Bosnian elections on September 14

    Released September 13

    Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior
    Director for European Affairs Sandy Vershbow on the Bosnian elections

    Released September 16

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's planned
    participation in the 51st Session of the United Nations General Assembly

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    Released September 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released September 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry,
    Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt, and Clinton/Gore '96 Press
    Secretary Joe Lockhart on establishment of the Grand Staircase-Escalante
    National Monument and the 1996 campaign

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Guatemalan accord on
    Strengthening Democratic Institutions and the Role of the Military in
    Civil Society

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Burundian authorities'
    announcement on lifting the ban on political parties and restoring the
    National Assembly

    Announcement of the President's letter to Speaker of the House Newt
    Gingrich on legislation prohibiting possession of firearms by domestic
    violence offenders

    Released September 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the President's
    upcoming visit to Australia, the Philippines, and Thailand

    Fact sheet: National Space Policy

    Released September 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Senior Policy Adviser to the Vice President Elaine Kamarck on the
    National Performance Review

    Transcript of a press briefing by Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe
    Lockhart and White House Director of Political Affairs Doug Sosnik on
    the 1996 campaign

    Released September 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior
    Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control Robert Bell and NSC Senior
    Director for Global Issues and Multilateral Affairs Dick Clark on the
    Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

    Fact sheet: Arms Control and Nonproliferation: The Clinton
    Administration Record

    Fact sheet: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Chronology During the Clinton
    Administration

    Fact sheet: Defense Drawdowns To Aid Foreign Antidrug Programs

    Released September 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary David Johnson
    on the President's meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Boutros
    Boutros-Ghali

    Fact sheet: Clinton Administration Counterterrorism, International
    Anticrime, Counternarcotics, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation
    Initiatives

    Fact sheet: International Crime: A Record of Accomplishment

    Fact sheet: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

    Fact sheet: Combating Terrorism: A Record of Accomplishment

    Fact sheet: Counternarcotics: A Record of Accomplishment

    Released September 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Released September 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of Commerce Michael Kantor,
    Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Joseph Stiglitz, Office of
    Management and Budget Director Franklin Raines, and National Economic
    Adviser Laura D'Andrea Tyson on the national economy

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Trade Promotion
    Coordinating Committee's national export strategy report

    Released September 28

    Fact sheet: Highlights of the 1997 Omnibus Spending Bill and Immigration
    Agreement

    Released September 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary David Johnson
    on the planned Middle East summit at the White House

    Released September 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, Secretary
    of the Treasury Robert Rubin, and Office of Management and Budget
    Director Franklin Raines on the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act,
    1997

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on Haiti

    Announcement of nomination for District of Columbia Superior Court Judge

    Released October 1

    Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of
    Texas

    Released October 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher
    on the White House Middle East summit

    Released October 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on legislation to expand duty-
    free treatment of products imported from the West Bank and Gaza Strip

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on visa restrictions on Burma

    Released October 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released October 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Released October 7

    Transcript of a press briefing by Business Leaders for Clinton/Gore '96
    national chairman Eli Segal, Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/Gore
    '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of Political
    Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Transcript of remarks by Deputy National Security Adviser Nancy E.
    Soderberg at the Conference on Trade and Investment in Ireland in
    Pittsburgh, PA

    Released October 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the terrorist attack at the
    military base in Lisburn, Northern Ireland

    Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Anthony Lake at the
    Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University

    Released October 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Office of Management and Budget Director Franklin Raines

    Released October 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry,
    Secretary of Education Richard Riley, and Chief Domestic Policy Adviser
    to the Vice President Greg Simon on access to the information
    superhighway

    Released October 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of Prime
    Minister Rafiq al-Hariri of Lebanon

    Released October 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released October 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released October 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released October 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the upcoming
    Friends of Lebanon conference in Washington

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    Released October 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released October 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy
    Press Secretary David Johnson, and National Security Council Senior
    Director for European Affairs Sandy Vershbow on the President's remarks
    on foreign policy in Detroit, MI

    Released October 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Anthony Lake to the
    Japan-America Society

    Released October 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and White
    House Director of Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released October 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy
    Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Gene Sperling, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Deputy Campaign Manager Ann Lewis, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released October 28

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Office of Management and Budget Director Franklin Raines on the national
    economy

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the designation of
    the Special Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State for the
    Southeast European Cooperative Initiative

    Released October 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry,
    Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Planning Bruce Reed,
    White House Director of Political Affairs Doug Sosnik, and Clinton/Gore
    '96 Deputy Campaign Manager Ann Lewis

    Released October 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Council
    of Economic Advisers Chairman Joseph Stiglitz, and National Economic
    Adviser Laura D'Andrea Tyson on the national economy

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Clinton/Gore '96 Deputy Campaign Manager Ann Lewis

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the agreement between Peru
    and Ecuador to begin direct talks on their border dispute

    Released October 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, Clinton/Gore '96 Deputy Campaign
    Manager Ann Lewis, and Clinton/Gore '96 Deputy Campaign Manager for Vice
    Presidential Operations Fred Duval

    Released November 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, White
    House Director of Speechwriting Michael Waldman, and White House
    Director of Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of the Treasury Robert
    Rubin, Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Joseph Stiglitz, and Office
    of Management and Budget Director Franklin Raines on the national
    economy

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the upcoming 1997
    G-7 summit in Denver, CO

    Announcement on the independent U.S.-Russia scientific report on
    reducing excess plutonium stockpiles

    Announcement on completion of the joint U.S.-Russian Government-to-
    Government plutonium disposition study

    Released November 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released November 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Clinton/
    Gore '96 Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, and White House Director of
    Political Affairs Doug Sosnik

    Released November 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Released November 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released November 7

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released November 8

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of Garu
    Samore as Special Assistant to the President and National Security
    Council Senior Director for Nonproliferation and Export Controls

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the upcoming
    European Union-U.S. summit

    Released November 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of Rear
    Adm. Paul E. Busick as Special Assistant to the President and Senior
    Director for Gulf War Illnesses

    Announcement on the formation of a Special Advisory Committee to the
    Secretary of State on Religious Freedom Abroad

    Released November 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the potential humanitarian
    mission in eastern Zaire

    Released November 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser
    Samuel Berger and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
    Daniel Tarullo on the President's upcoming visit to Australia, the
    Philippines, and Thailand

    Released November 15

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on reports of the return of
    Rwandan refugees from Zaire

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the establishment of
    Presidential Emergency Board No. 232

    Released November 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn

    Released November 17

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on reentry of the Russian Mars
    space probe

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior
    Director for Defense Policy Bob Bell on reentry of the Russian Mars
    space probe

    Released November 21

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the appointment of Lanny J.
    Davis as Special Counsel in the Counsel's Office at the White House

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the upcoming visit of
    President Eduardo Frei of Chile

    Released November 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the
    President's meeting with President Jiang Zemin of China

    Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines
    Thomas Hubbard on the President's meeting with President Fidel V. Ramos
    of the Philippines

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry,
    Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Winston
    Lord, and National Security Council Senior Director for East Asian
    Affairs Sandy Kristoff on the President's bilateral meetings at the
    Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit

    Released November 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Coordinator for Asia-Pacific
    Economic Cooperation John Wolf, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
    Asia and the Pacific Bob Cassidy, and Assistant Secretary of State for
    East Asian and Pacific Affairs Winston Lord on the APEC leaders'
    declaration

    Released November 27

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the planned multinational
    humanitarian mission in Rwanda and eastern Zaire

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the removal of nuclear
    weapons from Belarus, Kazakstan, and Ukraine

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the release of U.S. citizen
    Evan Carl Hunziker, who had been held by North Korea since late August

    Released November 29

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Justice Department's
    decision on the independent counsel for 1996 campaign contributions

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    Released December 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Sierra Leone peace
    agreement

    Text of the citation read on the presentation of the Congressional Space
    Medal of Honor to Astronaut Shannon Lucid

    Released December 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Army-Navy football game

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on National Security Adviser
    Anthony Lake's meeting with Northern Ireland Ulster Unionist Party
    leader David Trimble

    Released December 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Serbian election crisis

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the statement by retired
    Generals Goodpaster and Butler on reduction of nuclear weapons arsenals

    Released December 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, Chief of
    Staff-designate Erskine Bowles, and Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the
    second term transition

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the President's
    upcoming meeting with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia in March 1997

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's meeting
    with President Carlos Menem of Argentina

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing the program for the
    Inauguration ceremony

    Released December 6

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on policy toward Cuba
    migration

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry announcing authorization of an
    increase in the level of Federal funding in North Carolina for damage
    due to Hurricane Fran

    Released December 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's upcoming
    holiday visit to Camp Lejeune, NC

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Presidential election
    in Ghana on December 7

    Released December 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Director Barry McCaffrey and Secretary of Transportation Federico Pena
    on the national drug control strategy and a press briefing by Press
    Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on National Security Adviser
    Anthony Lake's meeting with President Isaias Afworki of Eritrea

    Released December 13

    Announcement of transmittal of the Aggregate Report on Personnel to
    congressional leaders

    Released December 16

    Fact sheet on U.S.-European Union mutual recognition agreements

    Fact sheet: The New Transatlantic Agenda

    Fact sheet: The New Transatlantic Agenda: Accomplishments Under the
    Irish Presidency, June-December 1996

    Fact sheet: U.S.-European Union Caribbean Counternarcotics Cooperation

    Fact sheet: U.S. and European Union Assistance to Bosnia

    Released December 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Deputy Press Secretary David Johnson

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the murder of six Red Cross
    delegates in Chechnya

    Released December 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff-designate Erskine
    Bowles on the second term transition

    Released December 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 23

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the release of hostages at
    the Japanese Ambassador's residence in Lima, Peru

    Released December 29

    Statement by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the Guatemala peace accords

    Released December 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Mary Ellen
    Glynn