[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