[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 13 (Monday, April 5, 1993)]
[Pages 521-522]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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 Digest of Other White House Announcements

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The following list includes the President's public schedule and other 
items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary 
and not included elsewhere in this issue.

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March 27

    In the evening, the President attended the Gridiron Dinner at the 
Capital Hilton.

March 28

    In the morning, the President traveled to Little Rock, AR.

March 30

    In the afternoon, the President returned to the White House from 
Little Rock, AR.
    The President made available fiscal year 1993 emergency 
appropriations for the Departments of Agriculture and Education to 
provide assistance to victims of recent natural disasters.

April 1

    In the morning, the President traveled to the U.S. Naval Academy in 
Annapolis, MD, where he had lunch with the midshipmen.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Portland, OR, where he 
stayed overnight.

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April 2

    In the evening, the President met at the Oregon Convention Center in 
Portland with a group of Governors who attended the Forest Conference.
    The President declared major disasters exist in both the State of 
New York, following the February 26 bombing of the World Trade Center, 
and in Nebraska as a result of severe March flooding and ice jams. The 
disaster declarations allow the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
provide public assistance grants to affected municipalities in the two 
States.
    The President announced that he intends to nominate the following 
senior officials:
    Victor Jackovich to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina;
    Walter Slocombe to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
    Ellen Haas to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Food and 
      Consumer Service.
    The President designated William Hathaway to be chair of the Federal 
Maritime Commission.
    The President appointed William Timbers to be transition manager at 
the U.S. Enrichment Corporation.