[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 34 (Monday, August 24, 1998)]
[Page 1646]
[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 16

    In the evening, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom regarding the situation 
in Northern Ireland.

August 17

    In the afternoon, the President testified before the Independent 
Counsel's grand jury by video hookup from the Map Room at the White 
House.

August 18

    In the morning, the President met with foreign policy advisers to 
discuss Russia, Northern Ireland, East Africa, the Balkans, and Iraq.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton 
traveled to Martha's Vineyard, MA, for a vacation.

August 19

    The President had a telephone conversation with National Security 
Adviser Samuel Berger concerning foreign policy issues.
    In the evening, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton 
celebrated the President's birthday with the Vernon Jordan family at a 
private residence.
    Later in the evening, the President had a telephone conversation 
with Vice President Al Gore.

August 20

    In the morning, the President had telephone conversations with 
foreign policy advisers. In the afternoon, he returned to Washington, 
DC. En route, aboard Air Force One, he had a telephone conversation with 
House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, and 
Senate Minority Leader Thomas A. Daschle.

August 21

    In the morning, the President met with the national security team 
concerning the military action against terrorist sites in Afghanistan 
and Sudan and the overall effort to combat terrorism internationally. He 
also had telephone conversations with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of 
Pakistan and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel concerning the 
military action.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Martha's Vineyard, MA.