[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 21 (Monday, May 27, 1996)]
[Pages 946-947]
[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 20

    In the evening, the President attended a dinner for Gov. Howard Dean 
of Vermont at the Washington Court Hotel. He then attended a Democratic 
National Committee dinner at the Jefferson Hotel.
    The President declared a major disaster in the State of Maine and 
ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in 
the area struck by severe storms, mudslides, and inland and coastal 
flooding on April 16-17.
    The White House announced the President made available $189.3 
million in contingent emergency funding to address urgent needs arising 
from severe winter flooding in the Northwest, the blizzard and 
subsequent flooding in the Northeast, and damaging hurricanes.

May 21

    In the morning, the President met with the staff of the late Adm. 
Jeremy M. Boorda at the Pentagon.
    In the afternoon, the President had meetings with Prime Minister 
Mahathir bin Mohamad of Malaysia and President Iberto Fujimori of Peru.
    In the evening, the President attended a Democratic National 
Committee dinner at the Jefferson Hotel.

May 22

    In the morning, the President traveled to Groton, CT.
    In the afternoon, the President toured the U.S. Coast Guard cutter 
The Eagle at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He then traveled to New York 
City.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Stamford, CT, and then to 
Milwaukee, WI.

May 23

    In the afternoon, the President hosted a reception for Chancellor 
Helmut Kohl of Germany at the Grain Exchange. Following the reception, 
the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President declared a major disaster in the State of West 
Virginia and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery 
efforts in the area struck by flooding and heavy winds on May 15-21.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jeanne Givens to 
the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Douglas (Pete) 
Peterson as Ambassador to Vietnam.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Craig O. McCaw and 
John A. McLuckey as members to the President's National Security 
Telecommunications Advisory Committee.

May 24

    In the morning, the President underwent an annual physical 
examination at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, MD.
    The President announced the nomination of Gerald S. McGowan as a 
member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation.
    The President announced the nomination of J. Davitt McAteer to be 
Solicitor of the Department of Labor.
    The President announced the nomination of John Stern Wolf for the 
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as the Coordinator for 
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation.
    The President announced his intention to reappoint Maurice 
Sonnenberg and Harold W. Pote to the President's Foreign Intelligence 
Advisory Board.

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