[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.