[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 31 (Monday, August 4, 1997)]
[Pages 1171-1173]
[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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July 26

    In the morning, the President traveled to Lake Tahoe, NV. In the 
afternoon, he participated in water clarity testing aboard a University 
of California, Davis, research vessel on Lake Tahoe.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Los Angeles, CA.

July 28

    In the morning, the President traveled to Las Vegas, NV, and in the 
evening, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Peter L. Scher for 
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure as the Special Trade Negotiator 
for Agriculture in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Marshall S. Smith 
as Deputy Secretary at the Department of Education.

July 29

    The White House announced that the President and Secretary of State 
Madeleine

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Albright will send Special Middle East Coordinator Dennis B. Ross to the 
Middle East on July 30 to meet with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of 
Israel and Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority.

July 30

    In the afternoon, the President met with Deputy President Thabo 
Mbeki of South Africa and Vice President Al Gore in the Oval Office.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Fort A.P. Hill in Bowling 
Green, VA. Later, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ela Yazzie-King to 
serve a second term as a member of the National Council on Disability.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Mary Anne Sullivan 
as General Counsel at the Department of Energy.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Aaron D. Miller to 
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council.

July 31

    The President announced his intention to nominate Paul M. Igasaki to 
serve a second term as Vice Chair and Commissioner of the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Tadd Johnson as 
Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission at the Department of 
the Interior.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ernest J. Moniz as 
Under Secretary at the Department of Energy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Charles O. 
Rossotti to be Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Dennis DeConcini, 
Neil Hartigan, Joe Serna, Jr., and Harriett F. Woods to the Federal Home 
Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac) Board of Directors.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Dan Reicher as 
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the 
Department of Energy.

August 1

    In the morning, the President met with President Heydar Aliyev of 
Azerbaijan in the Oval Office. Later, the two leaders had a working 
luncheon in the Old Family Dining Room.
    The President declared a major disaster in Colorado and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms, heavy rain, flash floods, flooding, mudslides, 
landslides, and severe ground saturation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Cheryl Feldman 
Halpern as a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
    The President announced his intention to to nominate John Arthur 
Hammerschmidt as a member of the National Transportation Safety Board.
    The President announced the nomination of Dennis Dollar to serve as 
a member of the Board of Directors of the National Credit Union 
Administration.
    The President announced the nomination of Nancy Dorn to serve as a 
member of the Inter-American Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Dale Cabaniss to 
serve as a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Richard F. Keevey 
to serve as the Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Paula J. 
Dobriansky as a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 
Diplomacy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jacques Gansler as 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert W. Gee as 
Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs at the 
Department of Energy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John E. Mansfield 
as a member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.
    The President announced his intention to nominate George Moose as 
the Representative of the United States to the European Office of the 
United Nations, with rank of Ambassador.

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    The White House announced that the President has asked 
Representative Donald Payne to lead a Presidential delegation, including 
Representatives John Conyers and Cynthia McKinney, to the Presidential 
Inauguration in Liberia on August 2.