[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 14 (Monday, April 6, 1998)]
[Pages 565-566]
[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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March 28

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled from Cape 
Town to Johannesburg, South Africa.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to the 
township of Soweto and later returned to Johannesburg.

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March 29

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Gaborone, Botswana. Later, the President met with President Ketumile 
Masire of Botswana at the State House.
    Later in the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled 
to Kasane, Botswana.

March 30

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton took a safari tour 
of the Chobe National Game Park in Kasane.

March 31

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to 
Gaborone.
    In the afternoon, the President participated in a roundtable 
discussion on environmental issues with African environmentalists in the 
Education Center Pavilion at the Mokolodi Nature Preserve. Later, he 
greeted the U.S. Embassy community in Gaborone.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Dakar, 
Senegal. While en route aboard Air Force One, the President had a 
telephone conversation concerning his visit to Africa with President 
Jacques Chirac of France.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Robert M. Berdahl 
as a member of the Advisory Committee to the President's Commission on 
Critical Infrastructure Protection.

April 1

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Thies, Senegal. Later, they toured Dal Diam Village. In the evening, 
they returned to Dakar.
    The White House announced that the President declared a major 
disaster in Minnesota and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and 
local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms and tornadoes 
on March 29.
    The White House announced that the President will travel to Kansas 
City, MO, and Chicago, IL, on April 7.

April 2

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled by boat 
to Goree Island, Senegal, where they toured the historic Slave House and 
the Women's Museum. In the evening, they returned to Dakar.
    Later, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to Washington, DC, 
arriving after midnight.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Eric S. Edelman to 
be Ambassador to Finland.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Richard Nelson 
Swett to be Ambassador to Denmark.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Edward L. Romero 
to be Ambassador to Spain.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Nancy Halliday 
Ely-Raphel to be Ambassador to Slovenia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Bernard Rostker to 
be Assistant Secretary for Force Management Policy at the Department of 
Defense.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Ida L. Castro to 
serve as Chair and Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Frank E. Loy to be 
Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs at the State Department.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Rosina M. Bierbaum 
to serve as Associate Director for Environment in the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy.