[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 33 (Monday, August 17, 1998)]
[Page 1634]
[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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August 10

    In the morning, the President traveled to Louisville, KY. In the 
afternoon, he traveled to Chicago, IL, and in the evening, he traveled 
to San Francisco, CA.

August 11

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Los Angeles, CA, and in 
the evening, he returned to Washington, DC, arriving early the next 
morning.

August 12

    In the morning, the President met with members of the national 
security team and the foreign policy team concerning the bombing 
incidents in Africa. He also met with representatives from the National 
Economic Council and the National Security Council concerning the 
international economic situation and Russia.
    The President announced the recess appointment of William Lacy Swing 
as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    The President announced the recess appointment of David Gordon 
Carpenter as Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security and 
Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of Ambassador.
    The President declared a major disaster in Wisconsin and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms and flooding beginning August 5 and continuing.

August 13

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Andrews Air Force Base, MD, where they met with family members of 
American victims of the Embassy bombing in Kenya. In the afternoon, the 
President and Hillary Clinton returned to Washington, DC.

August 14

    The President announced his intention to appoint Birch Bayh, Allen 
H. Schechter, and Carolyn Matano Yang as members of the J. William 
Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.