[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 8 (Monday, February 23, 1998)]
[Pages 301-302]
[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 13 \1\

    \1\ This material was not received in time for publication in the 
appropriate issue.
    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Soeharto of Indonesia concerning implementation of economic 
reforms in Indonesia.
    Later in the evening, the President had telephone conversations with 
the following foreign leaders concerning the situation in Iraq: Prime 
Minister Poul Rasmussen of Denmark, Amir Jabir al-Ahmad al-Jabir Al 
Sabah of Kuwait, Amir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa of Behrain, Prime 
Minister of Jean-Luc Dahaene of Belgium, Chancellor Victor Klima of 
Austria, Prime Minister Jenny Shipley of New Zealand, King Hassan II of 
Morocco, and Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom.

February 16

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to the 
White House from Camp David, MD.

February 17

    In the morning, the President went to the Pentagon in Arlington, VA, 
where he met with Secretary of Defense William Cohen in the Secretary's 
office.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Washington, DC. Later, 
he had separate telephone conversations from the Oval Office with United 
Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and King Hussein I of Jordan 
concerning the situation in Iraq.
    In the evening, the President attended a college basketball game at 
the MCI Center.

February 18

    The President announced his intention to appoint Gen. Larry Welch as 
Chair and Gen. Robert C. Rutherford and Frederick L. Frostic as members 
to the Panel To Review Long-Range Air Power.

February 19

    In the morning, the President traveled to Baltimore, MD, and in the 
evening, he traveled to Newark, NJ. Later, he returned to Washington, 
DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate George McGovern to 
be U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and 
Agriculture, with the rank of Ambassador.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Dr. J. Michael 
Bishop as Chair of the National Cancer Advisory Board.

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February 20

    In the morning, the President traveled to Wheaton, MD. In the 
afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Terrance L. Craney 
as a member of the National Skills Standards Board.