[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



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