[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 11 (Monday, March 21, 1994)]
[Pages 563-564]
[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 13

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Hafiz al-Asad of Syria from Air Force One as he traveled to 
Detroit, MI. In the late afternoon, the President toured the Advance 
Technology Center at Focus: HOPE.

March 14

    In the morning, the President had coffee with Group of Seven Foreign 
Ministers at the Westin Hotel.
    In the afternoon, the President toured the assembly line at Detroit 
Diesel. In the late afternoon, he traveled to Boston, MA.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Nashua, NH, where he 
remained overnight.

March 15

    In the morning, the President traveled to Keene, NH.
    In the afternoon, the President toured the Markem Corp. Following a 
visit to the town square, the President traveled to Ft. Drum, NY.
    In the evening, the President met with military personnel who 
recently returned from Somalia and their families at the home of Ft. 
Drum Base Commander Gen. David C. Mead. The President returned to 
Washington, DC, later that evening.

March 16

    In the morning, the President met with officers of the National 
League of Cities. He then met with representatives from Boy Scouts of 
America.
    The President declared a major disaster exists in Kentucky and 
ordered Federal funds be released to help communities in the State 
recover from winter storms which occurred from February 9 to 11.
    The President also declared a major disaster exists in Delaware and 
Maryland and ordered Federal funds be released to help communities in 
those States recover from severe ice storms and flooding which occurred 
from February 8 to 18.
    The President announced his intention to nominate William T. Coleman 
as General Counsel for the U.S. Army.

March 17

    In the afternoon, the President and Prime Minister Albert Reynolds 
of Ireland went to Capitol Hill where they attended a St. Patrick's Day 
luncheon hosted by Speaker of the House Thomas Foley.
    The White House announced that in the afternoon the President had 
telephone conversations with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and 
President Hafiz al-Asad of Syria to discuss the Middle East peace 
process.
    The White House announced the withdrawal of the nomination of 
Stephen J. Solarz to be U.S. Ambassador to India and that the President 
asked him to serve as the President's Special Representative on Sudan.
    The White House announced the appointment of Thomas B. Ross as 
Special Assistant to the President, Senior Director for Public

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Affairs at the National Security Council, and Deputy White House Press 
Secretary.

March 18

    The President named Susan Hammer, Fu-Tong Hsu, Bernard Rapoport, 
Jack Sheinkman, and Paula Stern to the Advisory Committee for Trade 
Policy and Negotiations.
    The President announced his intent to nominate A.J. Eggenberger for 
reappointment as Vice Chair to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety 
Board (DNFSB) and Herbert John Cecil Kouts as a member to the Board.
    The White House announced the appointment of Stanley Roth as Special 
Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs, Sandra 
Kristoff as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for 
Asia-Pacific Economic Affairs, and Robert L. Suettinger as Director for 
Asian Affairs at the National Security Council.
    The White House announced the President has appointed Matthew Nimetz 
to serve as his Special Envoy to assist the United Nations' efforts to 
resolve the differences between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic 
of Macedonia.