[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 25 (Monday, June 22, 1998)]
[Pages 1157-1158]
[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 13

    In the morning, the President attended a reception in the Rose 
Garden Arena at Portland State University in Portland, OR.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Springfield, OR. Later, 
he traveled to Los Angeles, CA, arriving in the evening.

June 14

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton departed for 
Washington, DC, arriving in the early evening.

June 15

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Boris Yeltsin of Russia concerning the situation in Kosovo.

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    The President declared a major disaster in North Dakota and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by flooding and ground saturation beginning March 2 and 
continuing.

June 16

    In the morning, the President attended a swearing-in ceremony for 
new members of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in 
NSC Director Samuel Berger's office at the White House.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Lynn Munroe Bragg 
as Chair and Marcia E. Miller as Vice Chair of the International Trade 
Commission.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Marvin Key Blount, 
Jr., as a member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. 
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
    The President declared a major disaster in New York and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe thunderstorms and tornadoes on May 31.

June 17

    The President announced his intention to nominate David Michael 
Satterfield to be Ambassador to Lebanon.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James Vela Ledesma 
to be Ambassador to the Gabon and to Sao Tome and Principe.
    The President announced his intention to nominate George Mu to be 
Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Elizabeth McKune 
to be Ambassador to Qatar.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kent M. Wiedemann 
to be Ambassador to Cambodia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Joseph Gerard 
Sullivan to be Ambassador to Angola.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert C. Perry to 
be Ambassador to the Central African Republic.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Diane E. Watson to 
be Ambassador to Micronesia.

June 18

    The President announced his intention to nominate Bill Richardson to 
be Secretary of Energy.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Richard Holbrooke 
to be Ambassador to the United Nations.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Melissa F. Wells 
to be Ambassador to Estonia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John Bruce Craig 
to be Ambassador to Oman.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Robert C. Felder 
to be Ambassador to Benin.
    The President declared a major disaster in Florida and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
threatened by extreme fire hazards beginning May 25 and continuing.

June 19

    The President announced his intention to nominate Eric D. Newsom to 
be Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Saul Ramirez, Jr., 
to be Deputy Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development.
    The President announced his intention to appoint William F. Paul and 
Kenneth M. Schoonover as members of the Architectural and Transportation 
Barriers Compliance Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ralph Hoard as U.S. 
Commissioner to the International Pacific Halibut Commission.