[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 12 (Monday, March 25, 1996)]
[Pages 545-546]
[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 18

    In the morning, the President traveled to New Orleans, LA. In the 
afternoon, he traveled to Leesville, where he met at Fort Polk with 
family members of U.S. troops who are serving in Bosnia. In the early 
evening, the President traveled to Alexandria, LA, where he attended a 
performance of the musical drama ``Messiah'' at the United Pentecostal 
Church. He then returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Christopher Robert 
Hill as Ambassador to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, George 
Ward, Jr., as Ambassador to Namibia, and Sharon P. Wilkinson as 
Ambassador to Burkina Faso.

March 19

    The President announced his intention to nominate Dane Farnsworth 
Smith as Ambassador to Senegal.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gina McDonald to 
the National Council on Disability.
    The President declared a major disaster in the State of Oregon and 
ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in 
the area struck by severe storms and high winds on December 10-12, 1995.

March 20

    In the morning, the President met with congressional leaders in the 
Oval Office to discuss the budget negotiations.
    The President declared a major disaster in the State of Alabama and 
ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in 
the area struck by severe storms, flooding, and tornadoes on March 5-6.

March 21

    In the afternoon, the President attended a meeting with National 
Security Adviser Anthony Lake and Ian Paisley, leader of Northern 
Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, in the National Security Adviser's 
office.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Brady C. Williamson 
to be Chair and a member of the National Bankruptcy Review Commission.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Alfred Gottschalk 
and Nathan Shapell to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Genta Hawkins 
Holmes as Ambassador to Australia, Kenneth C. Brill as Ambassador to 
Cyprus, Day Olin Mount as Ambassador to Iceland, Glen Robert Rase as 
Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, and Thomas C. Hubbard as Ambassador to 
the Philippines and Palau.

March 22

    The President announced his intention to nominate Lino Gutierrez as 
Ambassador to Nicaragua, Dennis K. Hays as Ambassador

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to Suriname, Dennis C. Jett as Ambassador to Peru, James Francis Creagan 
as Ambassador to Honduras, and Donald J. Planty as Ambassador to 
Guatemala.