[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 3 (Monday, January 20, 1997)]
[Pages 53-54]
[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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January 11

    In the morning and afternoon, the President held a retreat with 
Cabinet members in the Jackson Place Conference Room at Blair House.

January 12

    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt concerning the Middle East peace 
process.

January 14

    In the evening, the President had a conference call with Prime 
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel and Chairman Yasser Arafat of the 
Palestinian Authority concerning the Middle East peace process.
    The President announced the nomination of Madeleine May Kunin as 
U.S. Ambassador to Liechtenstein.

January 15

    The President directed the Department of Health and Human Services 
to release $5 million in emergency Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program funds for North and South Dakota and the Indian tribes located 
in those States. The White House announced that the administration had 
declared North and South Dakota national disaster areas on January 10 
and 11, respectively, due to extreme winter storms.

January 16

    In the morning, the President had telephone conversations with King 
Hussein I of Jordan and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt concerning the 
Middle East peace process.
    The President declared a major disaster in Minnesota and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms beginning January 3 and continuing.

January 17

    In the morning, the President attended a breakfast with the U.S. 
Conference of Mayors in the Indian Treaty Room of the Old Executive 
Office Building.
    In the afternoon, the President signed the Alameda Corridor loan 
guarantee in the Roosevelt Room. Later, the President and Hillary 
Clinton attended a diplomatic reception in the John Adams Room at the 
State Department.

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    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a dinner 
for outgoing Cabinet members in the Blue Room.
    The President declared a major disaster in the State of Washington 
and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts 
in the area struck by winter storms, land- and mudslides, and flooding 
beginning December 26 and continuing.
    The President announced his intention to designate Jared L. Cohon as 
chairman and to appoint the following individuals as members to the 
Board of the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: Daniel B. Bullen, 
Florie A. Caporuscio, Norman L. Christensen, Debra S. Knopman, Priscilla 
P. Nelson, and Alberto A. Sagues.