[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 27 (Monday, July 7, 1997)]
[Pages 1021-1022]
[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 28

    The President announced his intention to appoint Norman J. Ornstein 
and Leslie Moonves as Cochairs of the Advisory Committee on Public 
Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters.

June 29

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to the 
White House from a weekend stay at Camp David, MD.

June 30

    In the morning, the President traveled to Boston, MA. He traveled to 
New York City in the afternoon, and returned to Washington, DC, after 
midnight.
    The President announced the nomination of Wendy Ruth Sherman to be 
Counselor of the Department of State with the rank of Ambassador.
    The President announced his nomination of Maura Harty to be 
Ambassador to Paraguay.
    The President announced his nomination of Curtis Warren Kamman to be 
Ambassador to Colombia.
    The President announced his nomination of Anne Marie Sigmund to be 
Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic.
    The President announced his nomination of Daniel V. Speckhard to be 
Ambassador to Belarus.

July 1

    The White House announced that the President promoted J. Terry 
Edmonds to the position of Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy 
Director of Speechwriting.
    The White House announced that the President promoted Stephanie S. 
Streett to the position of Assistant to the President and Director of 
Presidential Scheduling.
    The White House announced that the President promoted Michael 
Waldman to be Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting.
    The White House announced that the President appointed Paul Begala 
as Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President, a role he 
will assume in August.
    The White House announced that the President named Sidney Blumenthal 
as Assistant to the President as part of the communications team, which 
he will join in August.
    The White House announced that the President will meet with 
President Eduard Shevardnadze of Georgia at the White House on July 18.
    The White House announced that the President will meet with 
President Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan at the White House on August 1.

July 2

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Baltimore, MD, where he 
met with Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies players at Oriole 
Park at Camden Yards before attending the game. Following the game, the 
President returned to Washington, DC.
    The White House announced that the President and Hillary Clinton 
will depart for

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Spain on the evening of July 4, and that they will have a private visit 
with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia of Spain in Palma de Mallorca on 
July 7. They then will travel to Madrid, where the President will 
participate in the NATO Summit, July 8-9.
    The President announced the nomination of Gordon D. Giffin to be 
Ambassador to Canada.
    The President announced the nomination of James F. Mack to be 
Ambassador to Guyana.

July 3

    The President announced his intention to nominate Hershel Gober to 
be Secretary of the Department of Veterans' Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Rita D. Hayes as 
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative in Geneva.
    The White House announced that the President has accepted the 
invitation of Queen Margrethe II of Denmark to stay at her summer 
palace, following his arrival in Denmark on July 11. He will meet with 
the Prime Minister and address the people of Denmark on July 12.
    The White House announced that on July 17, the President will 
address the 88th annual convention of the NAACP in Pittsburgh, PA, and 
the national convention of the National Association of Black Journalists 
in Chicago, IL.