[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 7 (Monday, February 17, 1997)]
[Pages 191-192]
[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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February 8

    In the evening, the President attended a farewell reception for 
Clinton/Gore '96 finance chairman Terence McAuliffe at the Hay-Adams 
Hotel.

February 9

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton attended a 
performance of ``Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992. On the Road: A Search for 
American Character'' at Ford's Theatre.

February 10

    In the morning, the President traveled to Annapolis, MD. In the 
afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC.

February 11

    In an evening ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received 
diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Baktybek Abdrisaev of the Kyrgyz 
Republic; K.M. Shehabuddin of Bangladesh; Andrew Nicolaides of Cyprus; 
Bernardo Vega of the Dominican Republic; Juan Carlos Esguerra of 
Colombia; Andrew Sharp Peacock of Australia; Napolioni Masirewa of Fiji; 
Rex Stephen Horoi of the Solomon Islands; and Madame Akosita 
Fineanganofo of Tonga.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Richard R. Parizek 
to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
    The White House announced that the President, while on a working 
visit to Capitol Hill, had a telephone conversation with Senator Richard 
C. Shelby concerning the nomination of Anthony Lake to be Director of 
Central Intelligence.

February 12

    The President announced that he appointed Harold Ickes to serve as 
director of the 1997 summit of the world's major industrialized nations, 
which will take place in Denver, CO, June 20-22.
    The President announced his intention to designate Ken Kennedy as 
Co-Chairman of the Advisory Committee on High-Performance Computing and 
Communications, Information Technology, and the Next Generation 
Internet. He also announced his intention to appoint persons as members: 
Eric A. Benhamou, Vinton Cerf, Ching-Chih Chen, David Cooper, Steven D. 
Dorfman, Robert Ewald, David J. Farber, Sherrilynne S. Fuller, Hector 
Garcia-Molina, Susan Graham, James N. Gray, W. Daniel Hillis, David C. 
Nagel, Raj Reddy, Edward H. Shortliffe,

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Larry Smarr, Leslie Vadasz, Andrew J. Viterbi, and Steven J. Wallach.
    The President announced that he has given White House Director for 
Legislative Affairs John Hilley an expanded role as both Senior Advisor 
to the President and Director for Legislative Affairs.

February 14

    In the afternoon, the President participated in a swearing-in 
ceremony in the Oval Office for Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. 
Slater.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Stuart E. 
Eizenstat to become Under Secretary of State for Economics, Business, 
and Agriculture.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Thomas Pickering 
to become Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
    The President named Eric P. Goosby as Acting Director of the Office 
of National AIDS Policy.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Gus Weill as a 
member of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.