[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 5 (Monday, February 2, 1998)]
[Pages 170-171]
[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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January 26

    In the evening, the President placed a telephone call to Coach Mike 
Shanahan of the Denver Broncos to congratulate him and the team on 
winning Super Bowl XXXII.
    The President announced his intention to appoint John Deutch as a 
member of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and 
Technology.

January 27

    In the morning, the President had telephone conversations with 
Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the 
United Kingdom concerning the situation in Iraq.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Togo D. West, Jr., 
to be Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

January 28

    In the morning, the President traveled to Champaign-Urbana, IL, and 
in the afternoon, he traveled to La Crosse, WI. In the evening, he 
returned to Washington, DC.

January 29

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Prime Minister Jean Chretien of Canada concerning the situation in Iraq.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Scott S. Fleming 
to serve as Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional 
Affairs at the Department of Education.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Stuart E. 
Eizenstat to be Alternate Governor for the World Bank, the Inter-
American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African 
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development.
    The President announced his intention to nominate David R. Oliver, 
Jr., to be Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition 
and Technology.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Margaret H. Greene 
to be a member of the Board of Directors at the U.S. Enrichment 
Corporation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Rebecca T. Bingham 
and Martha B. Gould to serve as members of the National Commission on 
Libraries and Information Science.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Gen. Henry Shelton, 
USA, to serve

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as a member of the Board of Governors of the American National Red 
Cross.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Thomas L. Soto to 
serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Border Environment 
Cooperation Commission.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Mort Topfer and 
Jerome Davis as members of the Advisory Committee to the President's 
Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection.
    The President declared a major disaster in New Mexico and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by a severe winter storm on December 22-25, 1997.

January 30

    In the afternoon, the President hosted a reception for the 1997 
Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings in the East Room.
    In the evening, the President and Chelsea Clinton went to Camp 
David, MD.
    The President announced his intention to appoint former Senator 
George J. Mitchell as a member of the Roosevelt Campobello International 
Park Commission.