[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 18 (Monday, May 6, 1996)]
[Page 787]
[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 28

    In the afternoon in the Map Room, the President provided a 
videotaped deposition for the ongoing trial in Little Rock, AR.
    In the late evening, the President met with Prime Minister Shimon 
Peres of Israel in the Oval Office.

April 29

    In the morning, the President traveled to Miami, FL. In the late 
evening, he departed for Washington, DC, arriving after midnight.

April 30

    In an afternoon ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received 
diplomatic credentials from the following Ambassadors: Nagora Bogan of 
Papua New Guinea, Dato Dali Mahmud Hashim of Malaysia, Mahdi Ibrahim 
Mohamed of Sudan, Pedro Miguel Lamport Kelsall of Guatemala, Theogene 
Rudashingwa of Rwanda, Bhekh Bahadur Thapa of Nepal, Bulat K. Nurgaliyev 
of Kazakstan, Banny de Brum of the Marshall Islands, Jaakko Tapani 
Laajava of Finland, Naresh Chandra of India, and Dieudonne-Antoine Ganga 
of the Congo.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a dinner 
for supporters of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission in 
the State Dining Room.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Vicky A. Bailey as 
a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

May 1

    The President announced his intention to appoint Peggy Weil Steine 
to the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for 
the Performing Arts.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jack W. Theimer to 
the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Avis T. Bohlen as 
Ambassador to Bulgaria, Anne W. Patterson as Ambassador to El Salvador, 
John Francis Maisto as Ambassador to Venezuela, and Marisa Lino as 
Ambassador to Albania.

May 2

    In the morning, the President attended a memorial service in 
Potomac, MD, for David Ifshin, former general counsel for the 
President's 1992 campaign committee, who died April 30. In the early 
afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC.

May 3

    In the morning, the President met with Secretary of Defense William 
Perry and military leaders in the Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Brooksley 
Elizabeth Born as Commissioner and Chair of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission.
    The President announced his intention to reappoint Joel I. Ferguson, 
Dennis DeConcini, Harriet F. Woods, James B. Nutter, Sr., and Jerry M. 
Hultin as members of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan 
Mortgage Corporation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jerry M. Melillo 
as Associate Director for Environment at the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Jeffrey Orseck as a 
member of the Panama Canal Consultative Committee.