[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 31 (Monday, August 5, 1996)]
[Pages 1393-1394]
[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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July 27

    In the morning, the President participated in a conference call 
concerning the bombing in Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, GA, with 
Director Louis J. Freeh and Special Agent in Charge Woody Johnson, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation; Attorney General Janet Reno; and Deputy 
Attorney General Jamie S. Gorelick. He then participated in a second 
conference call with Gov. Zell Miller of Georgia; Mayor Bill Campbell of 
Atlanta; William P. Payne, president, Atlanta Committee for the Olympic 
Games; and Juan Antonio Samaranch, president, International Olympic 
Committee. Later, he had telephone conversations on the bombing with 
House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Senate minority leader Thomas A. 
Daschle.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton went to Camp 
David, MD.

July 28

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to 
Andrews Air Force Base, MD. The President then traveled to New Orleans, 
LA.
    In the afternoon, the President met with the families of slain New 
Orleans police officers. Later, he attended a private political 
reception at the New Orleans Riverside Hilton Hotel. He then returned to 
Washington, DC, arriving in the evening.

July 29

    In an afternoon ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received 
diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Denis Antoine of Grenada; Lionel 
Alexander Hurst of Antigua and Barbuda; Mohammed Aly Thiam of Guinea; 
Marcos Namashulua of Mozambique; Ramtane Lamamra of Algeria; Bilal Ould 
Werzeg of Mauritania; Chitmansing Jesseramsing of Mauritius; Tom Eric 
Vraalsen of Norway; Chan Heng Chee of Singapore; Arlington Griffith 
Butler of the Bahamas; and Alhaji Hassan Adamu of Nigeria.
    In the evening, the President attended Democratic National Committee 
dinners at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel and the Jefferson Hotel.

July 30

    In the afternoon, the President had a working lunch with President 
Hosni Mubarak of Egypt in the Old Family Dining Room.
    In the evening, the President attended a reception for Arkansas 
Attorney General Winston Bryant, Democratic senatorial candidate for the 
U.S. Senate, at the Hay Adams Hotel. He then attended Democratic 
National Committee dinners at the Sheraton Carlton Hotel and the 
Jefferson Hotel.

July 31

    The President announced his intention to appoint Doris Eggers 
Huseboe and Ann McKay Thompson to the Advisory Committee on the Arts of 
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    The White House announced that the President invited President 
Franjo Tudjman of Croatia to a working visit in Washington, DC, on 
August 2.
    The President authorized an increase in Federal funding to the U.S. 
Virgin Islands for disaster recovery costs incurred from Hurricane 
Bertha, July 8-9.

August 1

    The President announced his intention to nominate Arthur I. 
Blaustein to the National Council on the Humanities.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ida L. Castro to 
be the Director of the Women's Bureau at the Department of Labor.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Donna H. 
Cunninghame to be Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation for 
National and Community Service.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Regina Keeney to 
serve on the Federal Communications Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Rose M. Ochi to be 
Director of the Community Relations Service at the Department of 
Justice.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate Kevin L. Thurm as 
Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.
    In the evening, the President attended Democratic National Committee 
dinners at the Jefferson Hotel and the Sheraton Carlton Hotel.

August 2

    In the morning, the President met with President Franjo Tudjman of 
Croatia in the Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ernestine P. 
Watlington to the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Mary K. Gaillard, 
Eamon M. Kelly, and Richard A. Tapia to be members of the National 
Science Board.
    The President declared a major disaster in Wisconsin and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by tornadoes, severe storms, and flooding July 17-22.