[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 51 (Monday, December 22, 1997)]
[Pages 2082-2083]
[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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December 15

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a reception 
for members of the press in the Diplomatic Reception Room.
    The President announced his intention to appoint George R. Ariyoshi, 
Curtis H. Barnette, Robert J. Eaton, George Fisher, D. George Harris, 
Dean R. Kleckner, J. Bruce Llewellyn, Lewis Platt, and Jeanette 
Sarkisian Wagner as members of the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy 
and Negotiations.

December 16

    The President announced the recess appointments of Mozelle W. 
Thompson and Orson Swindle as Commissioners of the Federal Trade 
Commission.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Richard W. Fisher 
as Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Nancy E. Soderberg 
as Alternate U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs at the 
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and as U.S. Alternate 
Representative to the sessions of the U.N. General Assembly.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Paul M. Igasaki to 
serve as a Commissioner and Vice Chair on the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Kevin Emmanuel 
Marchman as Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing at the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.

December 17

    In the afternoon, the President met with Senator Arlen Specter in 
the Oval Office, concerning the Senator's upcoming visit to the Middle 
East.
    Later in the afternoon, the President met with a group of family 
farmers in the Cabinet Room, concerning new USDA efforts to improve 
civil rights and assist small farmers.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Dr. Harold P. 
Freeman to serve as member and Chair of the President's Cancer Panel.
    The President announced the appointment of John M. Deutch, Robert L. 
Gallucci, Dave McCurdy, and Daniel Poneman to the Commission To Assess 
the Organization of the Federal Government To Combat the Proliferation 
of Weapons of Mass Destruction.
    The President declared a major disaster in Guam and ordered Federal 
aid to supplement territory and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by Typhoon Paka and associated torrential rains, high winds, high 
surf, and tidal surges on December 16 and continuing.

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December 18

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a holiday 
celebration for children in the East Room.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Cherryl T. Thomas 
as Chair of the Railroad Retirement Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint James O. DuPree, 
Ralph Paige, and Leland H. Swenson as members of the Commission on 21st 
Century Production Agriculture.

December 19

    In the afternoon, the President met with Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz 
of Turkey in the Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to nominate William J. Ivey to 
be Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Arthur H. White to 
serve as a member of the Federal Prison Industries Board.