[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 24 (Monday, June 15, 1998)]
[Pages 1104-1105]
[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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June 6

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton went to Camp 
David, MD.

June 7

    The President had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Tony 
Blair of the United Kingdom concerning matters in Kosovo, the Middle 
East peace process, and Northern Ireland. The President also had 
separate telephone conversations with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of 
Ethiopia and President Isaias Afworki of Eritrea concerning tensions in 
their region.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a dinner 
for President Fernando Cardoso of Brazil and his wife, Ruth, at Camp 
David.

June 8

    In the morning, the President traveled to New York City, and in the 
afternoon, he traveled to Westport, CT. Later, the President returned to 
New York City.
    In the evening, the President met with President Ernesto Zedillo of 
Mexico in the Presidential Suite of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Later, 
the President returned to Washington, DC.

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    The President announced his intention to appoint Kay Koplovitz to 
serve as the Chair of the National Women's Business Council.
    The President declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the 
area struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding May 31-June 2.
    The White House announced that the President asked Congress to 
provide an additional $294 million to deter and respond to terrorist 
incidents involving the use of biological or chemical weapons.

June 9

    The President announced his intention to nominate William L. Massey 
to serve as Commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate William C. Apgar 
to be Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner 
at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kelley S. Coyner 
to be Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration 
at the Department of Transportation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Carlos Pascual to 
be the Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New Independent States 
at the Agency for International Development.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Representative 
Lindsay Thomas to serve as the Federal Commissioner to the Apalachicola-
Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin Compact Commission and to the Alabama-
Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Compact Commission.
    The President declared a major disaster in Sedgwick County, KS, and 
ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in 
the area struck by an explosion June 8.

June 10

    In the evening, the President met with President Leonel Fernandez of 
the Dominican Republic in the Oval Office.

June 11

    In the afternoon, the President attended a luncheon meeting with 
Members of Congress as part of One America: The President's Initiative 
on Race.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a picnic 
for Members of Congress on the South Lawn.

June 12

    In the morning, the President traveled to Monterey, CA, and in the 
afternoon, he traveled to San Francisco, CA. In the evening, the 
President traveled to Portland, OR.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Steven Robert Mann 
to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kenneth Spencer 
Yalowitz to be Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James Howard 
Holmes to be Ambassador to Latvia.
    The President declared a major disaster in Oregon and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by flooding May 28-June 3.