[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 24 (Monday, June 16, 1997)]
[Pages 868-869]
[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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June 9

    The White House announced that the President forwarded to the 
Congress a package of FY 1998 budget amendments.

June 10

    In the morning, the President met with House Minority Leader Richard 
A. Gephardt in the Oval Office. In the afternoon, he met with Democratic 
members of the Senate Finance Committee in the Cabinet Room. In the 
evening, the President met with representatives of civil rights 
organizations in the Yellow Oval Room.
    The President announced his intention to nominate George A. Omas as 
a Commissioner on the Postal Rate Commission.

June 11

    In the morning, the President met with Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al 
Thani of Qatar to discuss the Qatar-U.S. bilateral relationship and its 
commitment to maintaining peace in the Persian Gulf region.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jane Garvey as 
Administrator and George Donohue as Deputy Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Bill Lann Lee to 
serve as Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the 
Department of Justice.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Raymond C. Fisher 
to serve as Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice.
    The President announced that Richard Garwin, Mortimer Elkind, and H. 
Rodney Withers are winners of the Enrico Fermi Award for a lifetime of 
achievement in the field of nuclear energy.

June 12

    The President announced his intention to appoint Linda Chavez-
Thompson, Suzan D. Johnson Cook, John Hope Franklin, Thomas H. Kean, 
Angela E. Oh, Robert Thomas, and William F. Winter to serve as members 
of the President's Advisory Board on Race. In addition, the President 
asked Christopher Edley to serve as a consultant to the advisory board 
and the President.
    The President announced the nomination of Timberlake Foster to be 
Ambassador to Mauritania.
    The President announced the nomination of Ralph Frank to be 
Ambassador to Nepal.
    The President announced the nomination of John C. Holzman to be 
Ambassador to Bangladesh.
    The President announced the nomination of Nancy J. Powell to be 
Ambassador to Uganda.
    The President announced the nomination of Amelia Ellen Shippy to be 
Ambassador to Malawi.

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June 13

    In the afternoon, the President met with members of the President's 
Advisory Board on Race in the Oval Office.
    In the evening, the President traveled to San Diego, CA.
    The White House announced that the President will meet with Crown 
Prince el Hassan bin Talel of Jordan on June 17 at the White House to 
discuss developments in the Middle East and U.S.-Jordanian economic 
cooperation.