    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 36 (Monday, September 9, 1996)]
    [Pages 1671-1673]
    [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 31

        In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton, continuing a
    weekend campaign bus tour, traveled from Paducah, KY, to Troy and
    Dyersburg, TN. In the afternoon, they traveled to Covington, TN.
        In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to
    Memphis, TN, ending a weekend campaign bus tour. Later, they traveled to
    Little Rock, AR.

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    September 1

        In the morning, the President had telephone conversations with the
    following world leaders concerning the situation in northern Iraq: Prime
    Minister John Major of Great Britain, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, King
    Hussein of Jordan, President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, and President
    Jacques Chirac of France.

    September 2

        In the morning, the President attended a breakfast with members of
    the National Baptist Association of America at the Excelsior Hotel in
    Little Rock, AR. Later, he traveled to Green Bay and DePere, WI.
        In the afternoon, while in DePere, the President had a telephone
    conversation with President Jacques Chirac of France concerning the
    situation in northern Iraq. Later in the afternoon, the President
    returned to Green Bay, where he visited the Green Bay Packers football
    team at Lambeau Field. He then traveled to Milwaukee, WI.
        In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC.
        Both upon his arrival in Milwaukee, WI, and while en route to
    Washington, DC, the President had telephone conversations with Chief of
    Staff Leon E. Panetta and National Security Adviser Anthony Lake
    concerning the situation in northern Iraq.

    September 3

        In the morning, the President had telephone conversations with House
    Speaker Newt Gingrich, Senate majority leader Trent Lott, Senate
    minority leader Thomas A. Daschle, House minority leader Richard A.
    Gephardt, and Republican Presidential nominee Bob Dole concerning the
    situation in northern Iraq.
        The President announced the reappointment of Mary Lucille Jordan as
    Chair and member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
    Commission. Ms. Jordan will serve as a recess appointee.

    September 4

        In the morning, the President was treated by Bethesda Naval Hospital
    dermatologists who performed a simple outpatient procedure in the White
    House.
        In the morning, the President attended a reception for
    Representative Tim Johnson at the Hay Adams Hotel.

    September 5

        In the morning, the President traveled to Tampa, FL. In the
    afternoon, he traveled to Miami, and then to Bal Harbour, FL.
        In the evening, the President attended a Democratic Senatorial
    Campaign Committee reception at the Sheraton Bal Harbour Hotel. Later,
    he traveled to Orlando, FL.
        The President announced he will award the Presidential Medal of
    Freedom at a White House ceremony on September 9 to the following
    individuals: Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, James Brady, Millard Fuller,
    David Hamburg, John H. Johnson, Eugene Lang, Jan Nowak-Jezioranski,
    Antonia Pantoja, Rosa Parks, Ginetta Sagan, and Morris Udall.

    September 6

        In the afternoon, the President attended a reception and luncheon
    for the Democratic National Committee and the Florida Democratic Party
    at Church Street Station. Later, he traveled to Panama City, FL, where
    he addressed the students of Gulf Coast Community College.
        In the evening, the President attended a reception for
    Representative Pete Peterson in the Bay Gulf Franklin Room at Gulf Coast
    Community College. Later, he returned to Washington, DC.
        The President declared a major disaster in North Carolina and
    ordered Federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in the areas struck
    by Hurricane Fran beginning on September 5 and continuing. The President
    also instructed Federal Emergency Management Agency Director James Lee
    Witt and a team of senior administration officials to travel to the
    region to assess damage and to ensure that all necessary Federal aid
    begins to flow to the region immediately.
        The President declared a major disaster in Virginia and ordered
    Federal aid to supplement recovery efforts in the area struck by
    Hurricane Fran and associated severe storm conditions, including high
    winds, tornadoes, wind-driven rain, and river and flash flooding,
    beginning on September 5 and continuing.

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        The President announced his intention to nominate Alan H. Flanigan
    to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction at the Office of National
    Drug Control Policy.