[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 6 (Monday, February 9, 1998)]
[Pages 223-224]
[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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February 2

    In the morning, the President returned to Washington, DC, from Camp 
David, MD. Later, he had a telephone conversation with President Boris 
Yeltsin of Russia concerning the situation in Iraq.
    In the afternoon, the President attended a meeting in National 
Security Director Samuel Berger's office with Rev. Don Argue, president, 
National Association of Evangelicals; Archbishop Theodore McCarrick, 
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Newark; and Rabbi Arthur Schneier, 
president, Appeal of Conscience, to discuss their upcoming visit to 
China from February 9 to March 3 to observe the state of religious 
freedom in that country.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Eligah Dane Clark 
to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans' Appeals at the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

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    The President announced his intention to appoint Carl S. Whillock 
and Dr. I. Miley Gonzalez as members of the Rural Telephone Bank Board.

February 3

    In the morning, the President traveled to Los Alamos, NM, and in the 
afternoon, he traveled to Albuquerque, NM. In the evening, he returned 
to Washington, DC, arriving after midnight.
    The President had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister 
Romano Prodi of Italy to express condolences to the families of those 
killed in the U.S. aircraft accident in Italy.

February 4

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany to express condolences to the families 
of the German citizens killed in the U.S. aircraft accident in Italy.
    In the afternoon, the President and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the 
United Kingdom traveled to Silver Spring, MD. Later, they returned to 
Washington, DC.
    The President and the First Lady announced that the first Millennium 
Evening at the White House will be held on February 11 in the East Room.

February 5

    The President announced his intention to nominate Keith Kelly to be 
a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert A. Miller 
to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice 
Institute.

February 6

    In the evening, the President, Hillary Clinton, Prime Minister 
Blair, and Cherie Blair, went to Camp David, MD.