[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 33 (Monday, August 19, 1996)]
[Pages 1456-1457]
[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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August 10

    The President announced the recess appointment of Wyche Fowler, Jr., 
to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Mr. Fowler was nominated on June 10, 
1996, and his nomination is pending before the U.S. Senate.

August 12

    In the morning, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton 
traveled from Jackson Hole, WY, to Yellowstone National Park. In the 
afternoon, they took a hiking tour of the park and returned to Jackson 
Hole in the evening.

August 13

    The President announced his intention to appoint Allan S. Huston to 
the National Commission on Crime Control and Prevention.

August 14

    The President declared a major disaster in West Virginia and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by heavy rains, high wind, flooding, and slides on July 18-31.

August 15

    The President announced his intention to appoint Leslie L. Byrne to 
be Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs at the Department of 
Health and Human Services.

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    The President announced that Health and Human Services Secretary 
Donna Shalala will appoint Ronald S. Johnson to the Presidential 
Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Philip Lader to be 
a member of the Board of Governors of the American National Red Cross.