[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 32, Number 51 (Monday, December 23, 1996)]
[Pages 2533-2534]
[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 15

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended the 
production of ``Christmas in Washington'' at the National Building 
Museum. The show was taped for broadcast on NBC television December 18.

December 16

    The President named the 60 recipients of the first annual 
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.

December 17

    The President announced that Carol H. Rasco will be Senior Adviser 
to the Secretary and Director of the America Reads Challenge at the 
Department of Education.
    In the evening, the President had a teleconference with newly 
elected United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and outgoing U.N. 
Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright concerning Mr. Annan's acceptance 
speech before the General Assembly and the future of the United Nations.

December 18

    In the afternoon, the President met with a bipartisan group of 
mayors in the Roosevelt Room to discuss urban policy and the upcoming 
budgetary process.

December 19

    In the morning, the President met with Minister Liu Huaquiu of China 
in the Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Kathleen Stevens 
Dougherty and Ruth E. Roitenberg to the Advisory Committee on the Arts 
of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

December 20

    In the afternoon, the President met with former Senator Bob Dole in 
the Oval Office.

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