[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 50 (Monday, December 16, 1996)]
[Page 2507]
[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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December 7

    In the morning, the President traveled to Philadelphia, PA, to 
attend the Army-Navy football game at Veterans Stadium. He returned to 
Washington, DC, in the afternoon.

December 8

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a gala in 
the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

December 9

    In the morning, the President met separately with Defense Minister 
Gen. Chi Haotian of China and with Crown Prince Sid Mohamed of Morocco 
in the Oval Office. Later, he taped an interview with Brian Lamb of C-
Span in the Map Room for broadcast on December 15.
    The President declared a major disaster in New York and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe thunderstorms, high winds, rain, and flooding on 
November 8-15.

December 11

    In the morning, in the Oval Office the President received a report 
of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation.
    The White House announced that the President will visit marines and 
their families at Camp Lejeune, NC, on December 23, to celebrate the 
holiday season and highlight the contributions and sacrifices made by 
America's Armed Forces and their families.