    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
    [July 1, 1997]
    [Pages 1857-1867]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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             Appendix C / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997

    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

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting With President Shevardnadze of
    Georgia

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting With President Aliyev of
    Azerbaijan

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Deputy Assistant to
    the President and Deputy Director of Speechwriting

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Assistant to the
    President and Director of Presidential Scheduling

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Assistant to the
    President and Director of Speechwriting

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Assistant to the
    President and Counselor to the President

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Assistant to the
    President, Communications Team

    Announcement of actions to promote electronic commerce around the world

    Released July 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, Defense Secretary William Cohen, and Deputy Secretary of State
    Strobe Talbott on the upcoming NATO Summit in Madrid, Spain

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President's Travel to Spain

    Released July 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President's Travel to Denmark

    Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President will
    address the conventions of the NAACP and the National Association of
    Black Journalists on July 17

    Released July 7

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim
    Steinberg on the President's meetings in Madrid prior to the NATO Summit

    List of the congressional delegation in Madrid

    Released July 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright,
    Defense Secretary William Cohen, National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, and Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the NATO Summit

    Transcript of a press briefing by Members of Congress on the NATO Summit

    Transcript of remarks by President of the Government (Prime Minister)
    Jose Maria Aznar of Spain and NATO Secretary General Javier Solana at
    the NATO Summit opening session

    Transcript of remarks by NATO Secretary General Solana on the expansion
    of NATO

    Announcement: Administration Releases State-by-State Analysis on
    Education Impact of Tax Cut Proposal

    Released July 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim
    Steinberg and Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's activities
    in Madrid

    Released July 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the capture of an indicted Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect in
    Bosnia

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the President's meeting with President Aleksander Kwasniewski
    of Poland

    Announcement: Administration Releases State-by-State Analysis on Child
    Tax Credit Impact of Tax Cut Proposal

    Released July 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg on the President's visit
    to Romania

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

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    Released July 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs Anne Luzzatto on the
    President's trip to Europe

    Released July 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Presidential Health Care Policy Adviser Chris Jennings on proposed
    health care legislation and genetic screening

    Released July 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Southern
    District of Indiana and the Western District of New York

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

    Released July 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President Don Gips on steps to make
    the Internet family-friendly

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

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Sixth
    Circuit

    Released July 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Education Secretary Richard Riley on the President's education
    initiative and reauthorization of the Higher Education Act

    Released July 18

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Fourth African/African-American Summit

    Released July 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released July 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released July 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    National Security Council Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms
    Control Robert Bell on the negotiations on conventional forces in Europe

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President's Meeting With President
    Grimsson of Iceland

    Released July 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: The President's Meeting With German
    President Roman Herzog

    Transcript of a press briefing by Council on Environmental Quality Chair
    Kathleen McGinty, NOAA Aeronomy Lab Director Dan Albritton, and Office
    of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director for Environment
    Jerry Melillo on global climate change

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. District
    Judges

    Released July 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's approval of
    implementation of the privatization plan for the U.S. Enrichment
    Corporation

    Statement by the Press Secretary: William Ruckelshaus To Serve as
    Coordinator for Salmon Dispute With Canada

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of William H. Courtney
    as Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council
    Senior Director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasian Affairs

    Fact sheet: ``Immigration Reform Transition Act of 1997''

    Released July 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Council on Environmental Quality Chair
    Kathleen McGinty and Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on Lake Tahoe
    environmental issues

    Released July 28

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on
    balanced budget negotiations

    Released July 29

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Ross Trip Announcement

    Transcript of a press briefing by the President's budget team

    Released July 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President's Meeting With Deputy
    President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Ninth
    Circuit

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    Released July 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Council of Economic Advisers Chair
    Janet Yellen on the state of the economy

    Announcement of nominations for 13 U.S. District Court Judges

    Released August 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Stephen J. Flanagan
    as Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council
    Senior Director for Central and Eastern European Affairs

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of President Heydar Aliyev of
    Azerbaijan

    Fact sheet: Presidential Signing Ceremony

    Statement by the Press Secretary: U.S. Policy on Arms Transfers to Latin
    America

    Statement by the Press Secretary: U.S. Delegation to the Presidential
    Inauguration in Liberia

    Released August 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    List of business leaders participating in climate change meeting

    Released August 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released August 6

    Statement by the Press Secretary: National Security Adviser's Trip to
    China

    List of 1997 Presidential news conferences

    Released August 7

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Ambassador Joseph C.
    Wilson IV as Special Assistant to the President and National Security
    Council Senior Director for African Affairs

    Released August 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released August 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin,
    Office of Management and Budget Director Franklin Raines, and National
    Economic Council Director Gene Sperling on aspects of balanced budget
    legislation

    Released August 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry,
    Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Planning Bruce Reed, and
    Welfare to Work Foundation president Eli Segal on the reduction in the
    number of people on welfare rolls

    Released August 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant to the President for
    Health Policy Chris Jennings on proposed FDA regulations on safe and
    effective use of medication to treat children

    Released August 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Guidelines on religious exercise and religious expression in the Federal
    workplace

    Released August 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of remarks by the First Lady at the National Archives and
    Records Administration announcing the White House Millennium Program

    Released August 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Statement by the Press Secretary: United States To Join Ottawa Process

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the Northern District
    of Alabama

    Released August 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Statement by the Press Secretary: KEDO and DPRK Groundbreaking

    Released August 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

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    Released August 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the establishment of Presidential
    Emergency Board No. 234 to investigate a labor dispute

    Released August 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Statement by Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff on the
    administration's filing before the Supreme Court in Piscataway Township
    Board of Education v. Sharon Taxman

    Released August 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Released August 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Donald K. Bandler as
    Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior
    Director for European Affairs

    Released August 27

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv

    Released August 28

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Released August 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the alternative plan for Federal
    civilian employee pay adjustments

    Released September 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Announcement of nominations for District of Columbia Superior Court
    Judges

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of
    Louisiana

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

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Western District of
    Arkansas

    Released September 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Released September 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Eastern
    District of Washington and the District of Utah

    Released September 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Statement by the Press Secretary: U.S. Delegation to Panama

    Released September 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Eastern
    District of Wisconsin and the Northern District of California

    Released September 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    List of participants in ethnic roundtable

    Released September 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin,
    Commerce Secretary Bill Daley, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene
    Barshefsky, National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling, and
    Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy Daniel
    Tarullo on renewal of fast-track trading authority

    Released September 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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

    Released September 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    List of Members of Congress attending fast-track meeting

    Announcement of nomination for Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary
    for Health at the Department of Health and Human Services

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    Released September 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of remarks by Gov. William Weld announcing his withdrawal as
    nominee to be Ambassador to Mexico

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Success of Bosnian Elections

    List of attendees for meeting on climate change

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Northern
    District of Georgia

    Released September 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy Daniel
    Tarullo on fast-track trading authority

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Northern Ireland Peace Talks

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting with His All Holiness
    Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch

    Fact sheet: ``The Export Expansion and Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act
    of 1997''

    Released September 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council Senior
    Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control Robert Bell on landmines

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Northern Ireland Peace Talks

    Fact sheet: U.S. Efforts To Address the Problem of Anti-Personnel
    Landmines

    Fact sheet: U.S. Requirements for Landmines in Korea

    Fact sheet: Anti-Tank Munitions

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the District of
    Nevada

    Released September 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released September 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart
    and the First Lady's Director of Communications Marsha Berry on Chelsea
    Clinton's arrival at Stanford University

    Statement by the Press Secretary on Representative David E. Skaggs'
    support of fast-track trade authority

    Statement by the Press Secretary announcing the President's condolences
    to the families of the airmen of the 37th Bomb Squadron

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Tax Court Judge

    Released September 20

    Statement by Special Counsel Lanny J. Davis on Justice Department action
    to determine whether a preliminary investigation is warranted on 1996
    campaign financing

    Released September 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, National Security Council Senior Director for Defense Policy and
    Arms Control Robert Bell, Assistant Secretary of State Rick Inderfurth,
    Assistant Secretary of State John Shattuck, and Press Secretary Mike
    McCurry on the President's visit to the United Nations

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Assistant Secretary of State Rick Inderfurth on the President's visit to
    the United Nations

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Emergency Board Proposes Framework To
    Settle Impasse Between Amtrak and its Maintenance of Way Employees

    Fact sheet: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

    Fact sheet: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Safeguards

    Fact sheet: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Chronology During Clinton
    Administration

    Released September 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger at
    Georgetown University

    Released September 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: U.S. Economic Support for Northern
    Ireland Peace Process

    Statement by the Press Secretary: National Union for the Total
    Independence of Angola (UNITA)

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    Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Eastern
    District of Michigan and the Northern District of Georgia

    Released September 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the
    Eleventh Circuit

    Released September 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcements of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Eastern
    District of Michigan

    Released September 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen on the
    1996 income and poverty statistics

    Released September 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released October 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    List of Members of Congress attending tobacco meeting

    Released October 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released October 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and Staff
    Secretary Todd Stern

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and Dr.
    Connie Mariano on the President's annual physical examination

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's annual physical
    examination

    Announcement on the White House Conference on Climate Change

    Released October 6

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling and Office of Management and Budget Director Franklin
    Raines on line item vetoes of the Military Construction Appropriations
    Act, 1998

    Released October 7

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretaries Joe Lockhart
    and Barry Toiv on Senate action on campaign finance reform legislation

    Transcript of a press briefing by Special Envoy to Latin America Thomas
    F. (Mack) McLarty on the President's upcoming trip to South America

    Released October 8

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Appointment of Rev. Jesse Jackson as
    Special Envoy for the President and the Secretary of State for the
    Promotion of Democracy in Africa

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the District of
    Oregon and the Western District of Virginia

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Tax Court Judge

    Released October 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released October 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin,
    Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, and National Economic
    Council Director Gene Sperling on Internal Revenue Service reform

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Assistant to the
    President and Deputy Press Secretary for Operations

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Southeast Asia Fires--U.S. Assistance

    Released October 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released October 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Drug Control Policy Director
    Barry McCaffrey on counter-drug-trafficking strategies with the
    Venezuelan Government

    Transcript of a press briefing by Energy Secretary Federico Pena on
    Venezuela-U.S. energy, trade, and environmental agreements

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    Fact sheet: U.S.-Venezuelan Partnership for the 21st Century: Promoting
    Common Solutions for Energy and Development, Trade and Investment, and
    Protecting the Environment

    Released October 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg on the President's
    meeting with President Fernando Cardoso of Brazil

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget
    Director Franklin Raines, National Security Council Senior Director for
    Defense Policy and Arms Control Robert Bell, and Deputy Defense
    Secretary John Hamre on the President's line item vetoes of the
    Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1998

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of James E. Baker as
    Special Assistant to the President and Legal Advisor

    Fact sheet: The U.S. Brazil Partnership: Improving Education in the 21st
    Century

    Fact sheet: U.S.-Brazilian Partnership for the 21st Century

    Released October 15

    Advance text of the President's speech to business leaders in Sao Paulo,
    Brazil

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the global economy

    Statement by Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff on withdrawal of
    John H. Bingler, Jr., as nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the
    Western District of Pennsylvania

    Fact sheet: U.S. Trade With Latin America

    Released October 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, National
    Security Council Senior Director for Inter-American Affairs James
    Dobbins, and Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs
    Jeffrey Davidow on the President's visit to Argentina

    Fact sheet: United States-Argentina Partnership for the 21st Century

    Fact sheet: Line Item Veto

    Announcement of the President's meetings with Argentine political
    opposition leaders and Jewish community leaders and list of participants

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Tax Court Judge

    Released October 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on the President's visit to
    Latin America

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget
    Director Franklin Raines, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for
    Civil Works John Zirschky, Department of the Interior Assistant
    Secretary for Water and Science Patricia Benecke, and Chief of Staff to
    the Secretary of Energy Elgie Holstein on the line item vetoes of the
    Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 1998

    Announcement on the White House Conference on Child Care

    Released October 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg on the President's visit
    to Argentina

    Released October 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Education Secretary Richard Riley

    Released October 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the
    First Circuit and U.S. District Judge for the Central District of
    California

    Released October 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Harry Harding and Kenneth Lieberthal
    on the upcoming visit of President Jiang Zemin of China

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling, Assistant to the President for International Economic
    Policy Daniel Tarullo, Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg,
    Staff Secretary Todd Stern, Council on Environmental Quality Chair
    Kathleen McGinty, and Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on
    climate change

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Presidential Commission on Critical
    Infrastructure Protection

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Presidential Meeting with Ecumenical
    Patriarch Bartholomew

    Released October 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for
    Domestic Policy Planning Bruce Reed and Special Assistant to the
    President for Domestic Policy Jennifer Klein on the President's child
    care initiative

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the upcoming visit of President Jiang Zemin of China

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Official Working Visit by President
    Zedillo of Mexico

    Released October 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released October 27

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of remarks by the First Lady at her birthday party in
    Chicago, IL

    Released October 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
    and National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on the visit of President
    Jiang Zemin of China

    Fact sheet: Accomplishments of U.S.-China Summit

    Released October 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore on unveiling the
    STARBRIGHT World on-line computer network

    Released October 31

    Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger at
    the National Security Council 50th anniversary symposium

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of
    Georgia

    Released November 1

    Transcript of a radio address by Vice President Al Gore

    Announcement of the President's letter to the Governors of the 36 States
    that have not yet begun to participate in the national registry of sex
    offenders established at the Justice Department under a 1996 directive
    by the President

    Released November 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton's Participation in
    APEC Leaders Meeting

    Released November 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Sudan: Declaration of Emergency and
    Imposition of Sanctions

    Released November 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Labor Secretary Alexis Herman,
    Commerce Secretary Bill Daley, and National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling on the President's balanced budget proposals

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting With His Excellency Mesut
    Yilmaz, Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey

    Released November 6

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of remarks by President George Bush, President Jimmy Carter,
    President Gerald Ford, and Mrs. Nancy Reagan at the George Bush
    Presidential Library dedication ceremony in College Station, TX

    Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore on fast-track trade
    legislation

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Malian President Invited for White
    House Visit

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals and U.S. Court of
    Federal Claims Judges

    Released November 7

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Director of Public Liaison Maria
    Echaveste and Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy
    Elena Kagan on the upcoming White House Conference on Hate Crimes

    Statement by White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles on efforts to
    resolve issues in the remaining appropriations bills

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Western
    District of Arkansas

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the District of
    Columbia

    Released November 8

    Fact sheet: Gulf War Illnesses

    Released November 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Released November 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting With President Nazarbayev of
    Kazakhstan

    Released November 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Special Envoy to Latin America Thomas
    F. (Mack) McLarty, National Security Council Senior Director for Inter-
    American Affairs James Dobbins, and Office of National Drug Control
    Policy Director Barry McCaffrey on the upcoming visit of President
    Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico

    Released November 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles,
    National Security Adviser Samuel Berger, Office of Management and Budget
    Director Franklin Raines, National Economic Council Director Gene
    Sperling, Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen, and Domestic
    Policy Adviser Elena Kagan on Iraq and the first year of the President's
    second term

    Transcript of remarks by President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico at the
    signing ceremony for the OAS Hemispheric Arms Trafficking Convention

    Fact sheet: OAS Convention Against Illicit Firearms Trafficking

    Released November 16

    Statement by the Press Secretary on China's decision to release Wei
    Jingsheng on medical parole

    Released November 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the situation in Iraq

    Released November 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Special Assistant to the President for
    Domestic Policy Jennifer Klein on the President's signing of the
    Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting Between President Clinton and
    Malian President Konare

    Released November 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the situation in Iraq

    Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary
    Donna Shalala and Labor Secretary Alexis Herman on the health care
    ``Consumer Bill of Rights and Responsibilities''

    Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for
    International Economic Policy Daniel Tarullo and Deputy National
    Security Adviser Jim Steinberg on the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic
    Cooperation (APEC) Summit

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Telemarketing Fraud Report

    Released November 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released November 22

    Transcripts of press briefings by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released November 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy
    National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg, and U.S. Trade Representative
    Charlene Barshefsky on the APEC Summit

    Released November 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy
    Daniel Tarullo, Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg, and
    Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on the APEC Summit

    Released November 25

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy Daniel
    Tarullo on the APEC Summit

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Mara Rudman as
    Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior
    Director for Legislative Affairs

    Advance text of remarks to the U.S. Embassy community in Vancouver,
    Canada

    Released November 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit by the Presidents of Estonia,
    Latvia, and Lithuania

    Announcement: The White House and the National Endowment for the Arts
    Announce a Millennium Logo Competition

    Released November 29

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Fiftieth Anniversary of the United
    Nations Resolution on Partition

    Released December 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Director of Communications Ann Lewis
    on the President's initiative on race

    Statement by the Press Secretary on appointment of Special Envoy to
    Africa's Great Lakes region

    Announcement of appointment of Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs

    Released December 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling, Council on Environmental Quality Chair Kathleen McGinty,
    and the Vice President's National Security Adviser Leon Fuerth on the
    Vice President's visit to Kyoto, Japan, for the conference on the
    international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions

    Released December 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
    of State for Europe and Canada Tony Wayne and National Security Council
    Senior Director for European Affairs Donald K. Bandler on the European
    Union-United States Summit

    Fact sheet: The New Transatlantic Agenda

    Fact sheet: U.S.-European Union Relations

    Announcement of appointment of four members of the National Bipartisan
    Commission on the Future of Medicare

    Released December 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Advance text of the President's remarks at the Museum of Jewish Heritage
    in New York City

    Fact sheet: U.S. Efforts To Promote Human Rights and Democracy

    Announcement by the White House Millennium Council and the National
    Endowment for the Arts on the Millennium logo competition deadline
    extension

    Released December 10

    Announcement of recess appointment of a U.S. Court of Federal Claims
    Judge

    Released December 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling, Deputy National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg, and Vice
    President's National Security Adviser Leon Fuerth on the Kyoto Protocol
    on Climate Change

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Director Barry McCaffrey on the Caribbean interdiction operation

    Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore on the Kyoto Protocol on
    Climate Change

    Released December 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Trade Representative Charlene
    Barshefsky, Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy
    Daniel Tarullo, and Deputy Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers on the
    international financial services agreement

    Statement by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and U.S. Trade
    Representative Charlene Barshefsky regarding the successful conclusion
    of WTO financial services negotiations

    Released December 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcement of appointment of Acting Assistant Attorney General for
    Civil Rights

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    Released December 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released December 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger and Special Representative for Implementation of the Dayton Peace
    Accords Robert Gelbard on the peace process in Bosnia

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Jackson-Vanik Waiver for Vietnam

    Fact sheet: Background on Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Released December 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Ninth Anniversary of Pan Am 103
    Bombing

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting With Turkish Prime Minister
    Yilmaz

    Released December 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary
    Donna Shalala and Office of National Drug Control Policy Director Barry
    McCaffrey on the President's radio address

    Released December 22

    Transcript of remarks by the First Lady and Senator Robert Dole to the
    troops in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
    and National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on the President's visit to
    Bosnia-Herzegovina

    Released December 23

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Travel to New York and Texas

    Fact sheet: Deferred Enforcement Departure (DED) for Haitians

    Announcement: President Clinton Lights the 1997 Hanukkah Menorah

    Released December 24

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the massacre of civilians in the
    Mexican State of Chiapas

    Released December 26

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the detention of former President
    Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia

    Released December 27

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Killing in Northern Ireland

    Released December 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart
    and Renaissance Weekend founders Philip Lader, Ambassador to the United
    Kingdom, and Linda LeSourd Lader, Renaissance Institute president, on
    the President's participation in Renaissance Weekend activities in
    Hilton Head, SC

    Released December 31

    Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart