    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
    [January 1, 1998]
    [Pages 1133-1143]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

             Appendix C / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1998

    Appendix C--Checklist of White House Press Releases

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    The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press
    Secretary which are not included in this book.

    Released January 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget
    Director Franklin Raines and National Economic Council Director Gene
    Sperling on the budget

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit by President Stoyanov of
    Bulgaria

    Released January 6

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary
    Donna Shalala, Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, and National Economic
    Council Director Gene Sperling on proposed legislation on Medicare

    Released January 7

    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 proposed legislation on child care

    Released January 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Medal of Freedom
    recipients

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Asia-Pacific Economic Situation

    Released January 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 on drug use and drug availability for offenders

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Northern Ireland Peace Talks

    Released January 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Official Visit by British Prime
    Minister Tony Blair

    Released January 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's confidence in
    Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman

    Statement by Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff on Independent
    Counsel Kenneth Starr's interview of the First Lady

    Released January 15

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Medal of Freedom
    recipients

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Agreement between Indonesia and the
    IMF

    Statement by the Press Secretary: China Nuclear Certification

    Transcript of a press briefing by the Reverend Jesse Jackson on the Wall
    Street Project conference

    Released January 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for Cabinet
    Affairs Thurgood Marshall, Jr., and Corporation for National Service
    Director Harris Wofford on members of the administration performing
    community service on the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday

    Statement by Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff on James E.
    Kennedy replacing Lanny J. Davis as Special Counsel

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting With Baltic Presidents

    Fact sheet: U.S.-Baltic Relations

    Baltic Charter Summary

    Released January 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
    on the visit of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel

    Released January 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton To Make Historic
    Visit to Africa

    Released January 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton Welcomes Signing of
    Ecuador-Peru Accord

    Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
    on the visit of Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority

    Released January 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released January 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary
    Donna Shalala and Justice Department Special Counsel for Health Care
    Fraud John Bentivoglio on the President's program on fighting Medicare
    fraud and abuse 1
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    Secretary on January 23, but it was embargoed for release until delivery
    of the President's radio address on January 24.
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    Released January 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of remarks by the First Lady and Vice President Al Gore on
    the after-school child care initiative

    Released January 27

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling and senior administration officials on the State of the
    Union Address

    Fact sheet: The Biological Weapons Convention 2
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    of the Union Address on January 27.
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    Announcement of nominations for Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals,
    U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of International Trade, and District of
    Columbia Court of Appeals

    Released January 28

    Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore in Champaign-Urbana, IL

    Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore in La Crosse, WI

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Statement by Former Chairmen of the
    Joint Chiefs of Staff on Ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban
    Treaty

    Released January 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Bloody Sunday Inquiry

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of
    California

    Released January 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for
    International Economic Affairs Dan Tarullo, Transportation Secretary
    Rodney Slater, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business
    Affairs Alan Larson, and Assistant Secretary of Transportation for
    Aviation and International Affairs Charles Hunicutt on the Japan-U.S.
    civil aviation agreement

    Released January 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling, Energy Secretary Federico Pena, Treasury Deputy Assistant
    Secretary for Tax Analysis John Scholz, White House Staff Secretary Todd
    Stern, and National Economic Council Senior Director Peter Orzag on the
    President's climate change initiative 3
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    Secretary on January 30, but it was embargoed for release until 10:06
    a.m. on January 31.
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    Released February 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the upcoming visit of American
    religious leaders to China

    Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore on submission of the
    1999 Federal budget

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling, Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen, Treasury
    Secretary Robert

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    Rubin, and Office of Management and Budget Director Franklin Raines on
    the 1999 Federal budget

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

    Released February 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released February 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released February 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretaries Joe Lockhart,
    Barry Toiv, and Ann Luzzatto

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling on the President's Social Security initiative

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

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of
    New York

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

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the District of Utah

    Released February 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Fact sheet: Southeast Europe Action Plan

    Released February 11

    Transcript of a briefing by the First Lady on the Millennium Project

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton To Visit Africa
    March 22-April 2

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

    Released February 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released February 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Drug Control Policy Director
    Barry McCaffrey and Domestic Policy Council member Elena Kagan on the
    national drug control strategy

    Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger at
    the National Press Club

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Appointment of Robert Bell as
    Counselor to the National Security Adviser

    Released February 14

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Surrender of Indicted War Criminals

    Released February 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released February 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released February 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Environmental Protection Agency
    Administrator Carol Browner, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, White
    House Council on Environmental Quality Associate Director Bradley
    Campbell, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Environment and Natural
    Resources Jim Lyons, and Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv on the
    President's clean water initiative

    Released February 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant for Health Policy
    Chris Jennings on the Patients' Bill of Rights

    Announcement on fiscal year 1998 budget supplemental and rescission
    requests

    Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary
    Donna Shalala and Surgeon General David Satcher on racial and ethnic
    disparities in health care 1
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    Secretary on February 20, but it was embargoed for release until 10:06
    a.m. on February 21.
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    Released February 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on the situation in Iraq

    Announcement of the President's letter to Senators on campaign finance
    reform legislation

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    Released February 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit by Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai
    of Thailand

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Walter Mondale To Visit Indonesia

    Released February 24

    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
    national economy and the Federal budget

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Presidential Delegation to the
    Inauguration of the President of the Republic of Korea

    Announcement of nomination for a District of Columbia Superior Court
    Judge

    Released February 26

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Surrender of Bosnia War Criminal

    Statement by the Press Secretary: 1998 Presidential Certifications for
    Major Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries

    Fact sheet: Overview of 1998 Presidential Certification for Major Drug
    Producing and Transit Countries

    Released March 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling and Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Internal
    Revenue Service reforms

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton To Travel to Chile
    for Summit of the Americas and State Visit

    Released March 3

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary announcing the President's upcoming
    visit to Westport, CT, and Cincinnati, OH

    Advance text of the President's remarks on Franklin Delano Roosevelt at
    the Time magazine 75th anniversary celebration in New York City

    Released March 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcripts of a press briefing by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman,
    FDA Acting Administrator Michael Friedman, and U.S. Trade Representative
    Charlene Barshefsky on food safety legislation

    Released March 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released March 6

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Continuation of U.N. Sanctions on
    Libya

    Released March 9

    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 and Deputy Assistant to the President for
    Domestic Policy Elena Kagan on the Patients' Bill of Rights and tobacco
    legislation

    Released March 10

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

    Released March 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Addition of Rwanda to President's
    Visit to Africa

    Released March 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released March 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Africa scholars Richard Anthony
    Joseph, Marina Seassaro Ottaway, and Terrence Lyons on the President's
    upcoming visit to Africa

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry
    Summers, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
    Stanley Roth, and Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and

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    Agricultural Affairs Stuart Eizenstat on the President's meeting with
    Prime Minister Chuan of Thailand

    Fact sheet: U.S.-Thailand Relations

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv on
    the week ahead and Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy
    Chris Jennings on the Patients' Bill of Rights

    Announcement: President Clinton Signs Executive Order Establishing
    National Task Force on Employment of People With Disabilities

    Released March 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim
    Steinberg on the President's meetings with Irish political leaders on
    the Northern Ireland peace process

    Released March 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released March 18

    Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore on IRS customer service
    improvements

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Official Visit by Italian Prime
    Minister Romano Prodi

    Announcement on release of a Health Care Financing Administration
    memorandum to State insurance commissioners and insurance issuers on the
    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

    Released March 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
    Director Bill Modzeleski, National Commissioner for Education Statistics
    Pat Forgione, and Justice Department Office of Intergovernmental Affairs
    Director Nicholas Gess on school safety

    Statement by the Press Secretary: European Union Decision on Bio-
    Engineered Crops

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the Special Africa Trip Website

    Announcement: President Clinton Calls on Congress To Extend National
    Service

    Released March 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, Agency for International Development Administrator Brian Atwood,
    and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater on the President's upcoming
    visit to Africa

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President's Trip to Europe

    Announcement: Official Delegation Accompanying the President to Africa

    Released March 23

    Transcript of remarks by the First Lady at the December 31st Women's
    Movement Daycare Center in Accra, Ghana

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President to Visit China

    Fact sheet: President Clinton's Trip to Ghana

    Released March 24

    Statement by Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles on the need for House of
    Representatives action on disaster relief legislation

    Transcript of a press briefing by Rev. Jesse Jackson, NSC Director for
    Africa John Prendergast, Assistant Secretary of State Susan Rice, and
    AID Administrator Brian Atwood on the President's visit to Africa

    Fact sheet: Investing in the Future of Africa's Children

    Released March 25

    Transcript of remarks by the First Lady at Makerere University in
    Kampala, Uganda

    Transcript of a press briefing by NSC Senior Director for African
    Affairs Joseph C. Wilson IV and Assistant Secretary of State for
    Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor John Shattuck on the President's
    visit to Africa

    Interview of Gloriosa Uwimpuhwe, genocide survivor

    Released March 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of President Fidel Ramos of the
    Republic of the Philippines

    Announcement: President Clinton Announces Savings Summit and Names
    Participants

    Fact sheet: Countering Genocide and Promoting Human Rights

    Fact sheet: Visit to Victoria Mxenge Housing Savings Scheme

    Released March 27

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Senate Vote on Mexico Certification

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    Released March 28

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, NSC
    Senior Director for African Affairs Joseph C. Wilson IV, NSC Director
    for African Affairs Erica Barkes-Ruggles, and U.S. Trade Representative
    for Africa Rosa Whitaker on the President's visit to Africa

    Fact sheet on the Ronald H. Brown Commercial Center in Johannesburg,
    South Africa

    Released March 29

    Transcript of remarks by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's
    bilateral meeting with President Ketumile Masire of Botswana

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Radio Democracy for Africa

    Released March 30

    Advance text of remarks by Chief of Staff Erskine B. Bowles to the
    Center for National Policy

    Released March 31

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the President's farewell meeting with President Ketumile
    Masire of Botswana and his visit to Senegal

    Transcript of a press briefing by NSC Senior Director for Environmental
    Affairs David Sandalow on the President's roundtable discussion with
    African environmentalists

    Fact sheet: Environment Roundtable

    Transcript of remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Treasury
    Secretary Robert Rubin, and Defense Secretary William Cohen on emergency
    supplemental appropriations legislation

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

    Released April 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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

    Transcript of a press briefing by NSC Senior Director for African
    Affairs Joseph C. Wilson IV on the President's bilateral meeting with
    President Abdou Diouf of Senegal

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's support for
    legislation to create the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust
    Assets in the United States (S. 1900)

    Statement by the Press Secretary on disaster assistance for Minnesota

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Arms Embargo Against Belgrade

    Transcript of a press briefing by Gen. James Jamerson, Deputy Commander
    in Chief, European Command, on the African Crisis Response Initiative

    Fact sheet: African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI)

    Fact sheet: African Center for Security Studies

    Fact sheet: Safe Skies for Africa Initiative

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

    Released April 2

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Middle
    District of Louisiana

    Released April 3

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Central
    District of Illinois

    Released April 6

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released April 9

    Transcript of a press briefing by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman,
    Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Planning Bruce Reed, and
    Press Secretary Mike McCurry on tobacco legislation

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Tragic Accident During Hajj Pilgrimage

    Released April 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Presidential Delegation to Key
    European Capitals To Consult on the Situation in Kosovo

    Released April 13

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the President and Mrs. Clinton's
    1997 Federal income tax return

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart,
    Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv, and Assistant Secretary for Foreign
    Affairs Eric Rubin

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, Special Envoy for the Americas Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, and
    U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky on the President's visit
    to Chile

    Released April 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by President's Race Initiative Executive
    Director Judith Winston, Counselor

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    to the President Paul Begala, San Francisco 49ers President Carmen
    Policy, and Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on the ESPN townhall
    meeting on race in Houston, TX

    Text of a letter from Office of Management and Budget Director Franklin
    D. Raines

    Announcement of resignation of Office of Management and Budget Director
    Franklin D. Raines and nomination of successor

    Released April 15

    Statement by the Press Secretary: 1999 NATO Summit

    Released April 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, Special Envoy for
    the Americas Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, and Deputy Press Secretary Barry
    Toiv on the President's discussions with President Eduardo Frei of Chile

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

    Released April 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim
    Steinberg and Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv on the President's
    address to the Chilean National Congress

    Released April 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Special Envoy to the Americas Thomas
    F. (Mack) McLarty and Secretary of Education Richard Riley on the Summit
    of the Americas in Santiago, Chile

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the President's bilateral meetings with Latin American leaders

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the second session of the Summit of the Americas

    Fact sheet: Education and the Santiago Summit

    Fact sheet: Promoting Democracy, Justice, and Human Rights at the
    Santiago Summit

    Fact sheet: Advancing Our Common Security at the Santiago Summit

    Fact sheet: Eradication of Poverty and Discrimination at the Santiago
    Summit

    Released April 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, Special Envoy for the Americas Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, and
    U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky on the Summit of the
    Americas

    Fact sheet: Prosperity and Free Trade at the Santiago Summit

    Released April 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released April 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and
    Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Jennifer Klein on
    the child care initiative

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Democratic Republic of the Congo

    Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judges for the Southern
    District of Illinois and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

    Released April 24

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Operation Auburn Endeavor

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Confirmation of Sergey Kiriyenko as
    Russian Prime Minister

    Released April 25

    Statement by Counsel to the President Charles Ruff on Independent
    Counsel Kenneth Starr's interview of Hillary Clinton

    Released April 27

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released April 28

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling and Social Security Commissioner Kenneth Apfel on Social
    Security reform

    Statement by the Press Secretary: AmeriCare Humanitarian Mission to Iraq

    Released April 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. Court of International Trade Judge
    and U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania

    Announcement of the text of the citation for the Presidential Citizens
    Medal awarded to Albert Abramson

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    Released May 1

    Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger at
    the Brookings Institution, entitled ``The Price of American Leadership''

    Announcement of nominations for District of Columbia Superior Court
    Judges

    Released May 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for Special
    Projects Todd Stern on the Partnership for Advancing Technology in
    Housing

    Released May 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger to
    the annual Washington forum of Business Executives for National Security

    Announcement of finalists for 1998-99 White House Fellowships

    Released May 6

    Announcement: U.S.-Italy Initiative To Combat Trafficking in Women and
    Children

    Released May 7

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Special Adviser for Economic
    Initiatives for Ireland James Lyons on the President's new initiatives
    in support of peace in Northern Ireland

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President To Address the United
    Nations General Assembly Special Session on International Drug Control

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Establishment of Leifur Eiriksson
    Millennium Working Group

    Released May 8

    Fact sheet: ``Class-Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act''

    Released May 9

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's invitation to Prime
    Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel and Chairman Yasser Arafat of the
    Palestinian Authority to initiate final status negotiations

    Released May 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger, National Economic Adviser Gene Sperling, and Deputy National
    Security Adviser Jim Steinberg on the Group of Eight Summit

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of French Prime Minister Jospin

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Central
    District of California, the District of Arizona, and the Western
    District of Washington

    Released May 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder,
    Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James Johnson, Deputy Assistant
    Attorney General Mark Richard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
    Jonathan Wiener, and NSC Director for Global Issues Fred Rosa on the
    international crime control strategy

    Statement by Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff on the
    President's annual Public Financial Disclosure Report

    Released May 13

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger on the President's visit to Germany

    Statement by the Press Secretary: India Sanctions

    Statement by the Press Secretary announcing the President's upcoming
    visit to Houston and Dallas, TX, and Cleveland, OH

    Released May 14

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim
    Steinberg on the G-8 Birmingham Summit

    Released May 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim
    Steinberg on the G-8 Birmingham Summit

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy
    Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, National Economic Adviser Gene
    Sperling, and Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs
    David Lipton on the G-8 Birmingham Summit

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative
    Richard Fisher on the U.S.-Japan initiative on deregulation

    Fact sheet: U.S.-Japan Initiative Delivers Progress on Deregulation

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

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

    Released May 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel
    Berger and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Crime,
    Narcotics, and Law Enforcement Jonathan Winer on the G-8 Birmingham
    Summit

    Fact sheet: Reducing the Nuclear Threat

    Released May 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy
    National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg, and Deputy Secretary of State
    Strobe Talbott on the G-8 Birmingham Summit and the President's meeting
    with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia

    Fact sheet: The G-8 Birmingham Summit: ``Securing the Benefits of
    Integration''

    Released May 18

    Transcript of remarks by Press Secretary Mike McCurry to the press pool

    Statement by the Press Secretary: U.S.-EU Summit

    Fact sheet: Building a Stronger World Community: The Transatlantic
    Economic Partnership

    Fact sheet: U.S.-EU Summit: Disciplines for Strengthening Investment
    Protection

    Fact sheet: Cooperation on Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism

    Released May 19

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

    Released May 20

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: State Visit by Korean President Kim
    Dae-jung

    Released May 21

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Fact sheet: NATO Enlargement

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

    Released May 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Transportation Secretary Rodney
    Slater, Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jack Lew, and
    National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling on proposed
    transportation legislation

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Coordinator for Security,
    Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism Richard Clarke and
    Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office Director Jeffrey Hunker on the
    President's commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis,
    MD

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Southern
    District of Florida and the Eastern District of Virginia

    Fact sheet: Preparedness for a Biological Weapons Attack

    Fact sheet: Summary of Presidential Decision Directives 62 and 63

    Fact sheet: Combating Terrorism: Presidential Decision Directive 62

    Fact sheet: Protecting America's Critical Infrastructure: PDD 63

    Released May 26

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling, Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen, and
    Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jack Lew on fiscal year
    1998 and future budget surpluses

    Released May 27

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary
    Donna Shalala, Welfare to Work Partnership President Eli Segal, and
    Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Elena Kagan on the
    Welfare to Work Partnership

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Elections in Hong Kong

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Official Working Visit by Bahraini
    Amir Shaikh Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton To Attend the
    National Ocean Conference in Monterey, California

    Released May 28

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Released June 1

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released June 2

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Secretary of Commerce Robert L.
    Mallett and Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on the 2000 census

    Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton Authorizes $37
    Million for Humanitarian Emergencies in Africa and Southeast Asia

    Released June 3

    Statement by the Press Secretary: The President's Trip to China

    Released June 4

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Middle
    District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of California

    Released June 5

    Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Senior
    Director Tom Kalil on the telecommunications E-rate and by Deputy Press
    Secretary Joe Lockhart

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

    Released June 8

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and NSC
    Senior Director for Inter-American Affairs Jim Dobbins on the
    President's meeting with President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico

    Transcript of a press briefing by Office of National Drug Control Policy
    Director Barry McCaffrey, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna
    Shalala, Attorney General Janet Reno, and Special Envoy to Latin America
    Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty on the President's remarks to the United
    Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem

    Announcement: President Requests Additional Funding for Protection
    Against Biological and Chemical Weapons Terrorism

    Released June 10

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Secretary of Labor Kathryn
    Higgins and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen on proposed
    equal pay legislation

    Released June 11

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released June 12

    Transcript of a press briefing by Council on Environmental Quality Chair
    Kathleen McGinty, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Terry Garcia, and
    Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on the National Oceans Conference

    Released June 14

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Nigeria--Presidential Call to Nigerian
    Head of State Abubaker

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Ethiopia and Eritrea--Agreement to
    Moratorium on Air Strikes

    Released June 15

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Released June 16

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Nigerian Government Releases Prominent
    Political Prisoners

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the appointment of Mary O'Neil
    McCarthy as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for
    Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council

    Released June 17

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin,
    National Security Adviser Samuel Berger, and National Economic Council
    Director Gene Sperling on the President's upcoming visit to China

    Released June 18

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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    Announcement of nomination for Secretary of Energy

    Announcement of nomination for Ambassador to the United Nations

    Released June 19

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Alice M. Rivlin Sworn In to District
    of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority

    Released June 22

    Transcript of a press briefing by Harry Harding, Elliott School of
    International Affairs dean, and Nicholas Lardy, Brookings Institute
    senior fellow in foreign policy studies, on the President's visit to
    China

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of President Constantinescu of
    Romania

    Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge

    Released June 23

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant to the President for
    Health Care Policy Chris Jennings, Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
    Associate Director Barbara Chow, OMB Associate Director T.J. Glauthier,
    and OMB Agriculture Branch Chairman Mark Weatherly on the Agricultural
    Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Signing of the Telemarketing Fraud
    Prevention Act

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of Polish Prime Minister Buzek

    Announcement: Official Delegation to China

    Released June 24

    Announcement of nominations for U.S. Court of Appeals Judges for the
    Fourth Circuit and the Ninth Circuit

    Released June 25

    Statement by the Press Secretary on the appointment of Gayle E. Smith as
    Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African
    Affairs at the National Security Council

    Released June 26

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

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

    Released June 27

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, National
    Security Adviser Samuel Berger, and National Economic Council Director
    Gene Sperling on the President's visit to China

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

    Released June 29

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

    Transcript of a press briefing by NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs
    Sandy Kristoff, NSC Director for Asian Affairs Jeff Bader, Assistant
    Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs Stanley Roth, and Deputy
    Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan
    Shirk on the President's visit to China

    Transcript of a press briefing by Special Representative for
    Presidential Rule of Law Initiative Paul Gewirtz, Peace Corps Director
    Mark Gearan, Assistant Secretary of Energy Robert Gee, and Professor
    Alan Turley on the President's visit to China

    Released June 30

    Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry,
    Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley, and Special Assistant to the President
    for International Economic Policy Lael Brainard on the President's visit
    to Shanghai, China

    Statement by the Press Secretary: Death of U.N. Special Representative
    to Angola Maitre Beye