[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 15 (Monday, April 15, 1996)]
[Pages 654-655]
[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 6

    In the early afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled 
to Dover Air Force Base, DE, where they met with the families of those 
who died in the aircraft tragedy in Croatia. In the evening, they 
returned to Washington, DC.

April 9

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Boris Yeltsin of Russia.

April 10

    In the afternoon, following the funeral of Secretary of Commerce 
Ronald H. Brown at the National Cathedral, the President and Hillary 
Clinton attended the burial ceremony

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at Arlington National Cemetery, VA. They then returned to Washington, 
DC.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Baltimore, MD, where he 
attended a Democratic National Committee reception at the home of Mayor 
Kurt Schmoke and a committee dinner at Cave Valley Golf Club. In the 
late evening, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Margaret A. Coil 
and Geri Marullo to the Federal Salary Council.

April 11

    The White House announced that the President has directed the 
Department of Health and Human Services to release $180 million in 
emergency Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) funds for 
States, territories, and Indian tribes to help families affected by 
unusually cold winter weather.

April 12

    In the afternoon, the President announced the recess appointment of 
Mickey Kantor as Secretary of Commerce at a meeting with auto 
executives, workers, and trade representatives on the Japan-U.S. 
agreement on autos and auto parts. Later, the President participated in 
a swearing-in ceremony for Mr. Kantor.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Yolanda Townsend 
Wheat of Missouri to be a member of the National Credit Union 
Administration Board.
    The President announced the appointment of Martin A. Kamarck of New 
York to serve as President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Robert Clarke 
Brown of Ohio as a member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan 
Washington Airports Authority.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Lowell Junkins of 
Iowa to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Daniel Guttman of 
the District of Columbia to be a member of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Review Commission.
    The President sent to the Congress a request for $250 million in 
supplemental appropriations for drug law enforcement, treatment, and 
prevention.