[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 9 (Monday, March 3, 1997)]
[Pages 268-269]
[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 an

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nounced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere 
in this issue.

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February 24

    The President named Richard Socarides as Special Assistant to the 
President and Senior Advisor for Public Liaison.

February 25

    In the morning, the President met with Second Deputy Prime Minister 
Prince Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia in the Oval 
Office.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James B. King to 
serve a second 4-year term as Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management.
    The White House announced that the President announced the formation 
of a Capital Budget Commission to report to the President on how best to 
reflect and encourage public investment while maintaining strict fiscal 
discipline in the Federal budget. He named Jon S. Corzine and Kathleen 
Brown as Cochairs. Following consultation with the Cochairs and the 
congressional leadership, the President will make nine other bipartisan 
appointments to the Commission.
    The White House announced that the President will attend the New 
York Mets/Los Angeles Dodgers baseball game at Shea Stadium in New York 
City on April 15 to honor the memory of Jackie Robinson and commemorate 
the 50th anniversary of the integration of major league baseball.

February 27

    At noon, the President had a telephone conversation with President 
Boris Yeltsin of Russia concerning the upcoming summit meeting in 
Helsinki, Finland.
    The President announced his intention to reappoint Brent Scowcroft 
to be a member of the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Air Force Academy.

February 28

    The President announced his intention to nominate Joel I. Klein as 
Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ray C. Anderson, 
Scott Bernstein, Randall Franke, Harry J. Pearce, and M. Susan Savage to 
the President's Council on Sustainable Development.
    The President declared a major disaster in South Dakota and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by a severe winter storm which occurred November 13-26, 1996.