[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 16 (Monday, April 24, 1995)]
[Pages 682-683]
[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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April 16

    In the evening, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton 
returned from a weekend stay at Camp David, MD.

April 18

    The President announced his intention to nominate Ira S. Shapiro for 
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Senior Counsel 
and Negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

April 19

    The President announced his intention to appoint Art Trujillo and 
Rick Reyes as members of the Advisory Council of the Border Environment 
Cooperation Commission established under the North American Free Trade 
Agreement.

April 20

    The President announced his intention to nominate Larry C. Napper, a 
career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to Latvia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Lawrence Palmer 
Taylor, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to Estonia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Peter Tomsen, a 
career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to Armenia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jenonne Walker to 
be Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
    The President announced his intention to nominate R. Grant Smith, a 
career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to Tajikistan.
    The President announced the appointment of Panamanian citizens 
Fernando Cardoze, Moises Mizrachi, Emmanuel Gonzales Revilla, and Jorge 
Ritter as members of the Board of the Panama Canal Commission.

April 21

    In the morning, the President traveled to Havre de Grace, MD. 
Following his arrival, he met with individuals at the Duck Decoy Museum 
who are working to protect the environment.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The White House announced that the President met with U.S. 
Ambassador to Burundi Robert Krueger.

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    The President declared a major disaster exists in the State of 
Alabama and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery 
efforts in the area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding, 
February 15-20.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Patrick Nickolas 
Theros, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar.
    The President announced his intention to nominate A. Peter Burleigh, 
a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri 
Lanka as well as to the Republic of Maldives.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Frederick Calhoun 
James and Huel D. Perkins to the President's Board of Advisors on 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Helen Roth to the 
Advisory Committee to the White House Conference on Aging.
    The President announced his intention to reappoint the following 
members of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage 
Corporation:
    --Senator Dennis DeConcini;
    --Jerry M. Hultin;
    --James B. Nutter;
    --Harriet Woods.