[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 33, Number 52 (Monday, December 29, 1997)]
[Page 2107]
[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 21

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Aviano, Italy, arriving the following morning.

December 22

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina.
    Shortly after his arrival, the President met with the 
representatives of the National Government Tripartite Presidency of 
Bosnia-Herzegovina in Room A of the National Museum of Sarajevo. The 
Presidency consists of Alija Izetbegovic, Presidency Chairman (Muslim); 
Momcilo Krajisnik, Presidency Member (Serb); and Kresimir Zubak, 
Presidency Member (Croat).
    In the afternoon, the President met with President Biljana Plavsic 
of the Serb Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina at the National Theater.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton went to Tuzla 
Airfield and had dinner with American troops in the dining hall at 
``Tent City.'' Later, they traveled to Aviano, Italy, and then returned 
to Washington, DC, arriving the following morning.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Lorenzo H. Aguilar-
Melancon, Robert D. Dinerstein, Ann Forts, Ruth Luckasson, Tom E.C. 
Smith, Deborah Spitalnik, and Cathy Ficker Terrill as members of the 
President's Committee on Mental Retardation.
    The President announced the appointment of Steven S. Honigman as 
Special Adviser to the President.

December 23

    The President announced his intention to appoint Janice R. Lachance 
to serve as Chair and member of the National Partnership Council.
    The White House announced that the President will travel to New York 
City and McAllen, Brownsville, and Houston, TX, on January 8 and 9 to 
highlight the importance of equal access to education for all Americans.

December 24

    The White House announced that the President declared a major 
disaster in the Northern Mariana Islands and ordered Federal aid to 
supplement Commonwealth 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.