[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 20 (Monday, May 20, 1996)]
[Pages 880-881]
[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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May 13

    In the evening, the President attended Democratic National Committee 
dinners at the Jefferson Hotel and the Sheraton Carlton Hotel.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kerry-Ann Jones as 
Associate Director for National Security and International Affairs at 
the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
    The President announced the nominations of the following individuals 
to ambassadorial posts:
    --Stanley Schrager, Ambassador to Djibouti;
    --Arlene Render, Ambassador to Zambia;
    --Alan R. McKee, Ambassador to Swaziland;
    --John F. Hicks, Ambassador to Eritrea; and
    --Harold Walter Geisel, Ambassador to the Seychelles.

May 14

    In the morning, the President met with Bosnian Federation leaders 
and officials of the Governments of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia in 
the Roosevelt Room.
    In the afternoon, the President attended a Democratic National 
Committee lunch at the Jefferson Hotel. He then met in the Cabinet Room 
with a group of District of Columbia residents representing nonprofit 
organizations.

May 15

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Senator Bob Dole to discuss the Senator's decision to retire from the 
Senate.
    The White House announced the President appointed David P. Twomey, 
William P. Hobgood, and Carl E. Van Horn to the Presidential emergency 
board established to investigate disputes between certain railroads and 
employees represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes.

May 16

    In the morning, the President hosted a breakfast for the White House 
Conference on Corporate Citizenship in the State Dining Room.
    In the evening, the President attended the NAACP Legal Defense Fund 
honoree reception at the Washington Hilton Hotel and the Southwest Voter 
Registration Education Project dinner at the Mayflower Hotel.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Marcia E. Miller 
as a Commissioner of the International Trade Commission.
    The President declared a major disaster in the State of Montana and 
ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in 
the area struck by severe storms, flooding, ice jams, and excessive soil 
saturation.

May 17

    In the morning, the President traveled to St. Louis, MO. Following 
his arrival, he addressed the community at the Webster Groves High 
School.
    In the evening, the President attended a dinner for Representative 
Richard A. Gephardt at the Trans World Dome. Following

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the dinner, he returned to Washington, DC, arriving after midnight.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Arma Jane Karaer 
as Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, to the Solomon Islands, and to 
Vanuatu.
    The President accorded the personal rank of Ambassador to James W. 
Pardew, Jr., in his capacity as U.S. Special Representative for Military 
Stabilization in the Balkans.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Alan Philip Larson 
to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs.