[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 12 (Monday, March 24, 1997)]
[Pages 395-396]
[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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Released March 13<SUP> \1\</SUP>

    The President announced his intention to nominate Eric H. Holder, 
Jr., to serve as Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
    \1\ This release was not received in time for inclusion in the 
appropriate issue.

March 16

    In the morning, the President left the National Naval Medical Center 
in Bethesda, MD, where he underwent knee surgery, and returned to the 
White House.
    The White House announced that the President and the Danish 
Government agreed to postpone the President's scheduled March 21 visit 
to Denmark, because of recent knee surgery. The President's visit to 
Denmark will take place in conjunction with the Madrid NATO summit in 
July.

March 17

    In the afternoon, the President met with Minister of Foreign Affairs 
Yevgeniy Primakov of Russia in the Yellow Room of the White House to 
discuss issues on the agenda for the upcoming Russia-U.S. summit in 
Helsinki, Finland.
    The White House announced that the President extended the time for 
Presidential Emergency Board No. 233 to submit its report until March 
19.

March 18

    The President announced his intention to nominate Kenneth M. Mead as 
Inspector General at the Department of Transportation.
    The President declared a major disaster in Louisiana and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by a severe ice storm January 12-17.

March 19

    In the evening, the President departed for Helsinki, Finland, 
arriving the following afternoon.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John D. Trasvina 
to serve as Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment 
Practices at the Department of Justice.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Glyn T. Davies as 
the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council.
    The White House announced that the President asked the Congress to 
provide nearly $2 billion in emergency funding to meet urgent needs 
created by recent natural disasters across the country.

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March 21

    In the evening, the President departed for Washington, DC, arriving 
early the following morning.
    The President declared a major disaster in the State of Illinois and 
ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in 
the area struck by severe storms and flooding on March 1 and continuing.