[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 37 (Monday, September 14, 1998)]
[Pages 1765-1766]
[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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September 5

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled from 
Shannon, Ireland, to Limerick, Ireland. In the evening, they returned to 
Shannon and then to Washington, DC.

September 8

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Silver Spring, MD, and 
later, he returned to Washington, DC.
    In the evening, the President made a congratulatory telephone call 
to St. Louis Cardinal first baseman Mark McGwire, whose 62d home run 
earlier in the night surpassed Major League Baseball's single-season 
home run record.

September 9

    In the morning, the President met with several Democratic Members of 
the House of Representatives in the Yellow Oval Room in the Residence. 
Later, the President traveled to Orlando, FL, where upon arrival, he met 
with Tim Forneris, the Busch Stadium groundskeeper who retrieved Mark 
McGwire's record-breaking home run ball.
    In the evening, the President traveled to Miami, FL, and later 
returned to Washington, DC, arriving after midnight.
    The White House announced that the President directed $20 million 
from the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund to provide 
relief to refugees and displaced persons at risk due to the crisis in 
Kosovo.

September 10

    In the morning, the President met with Democratic Members of the 
Senate in the Yellow Oval Room in the Residence.
    In an afternoon ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received 
diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors James Bolger of New Zealand, 
Alexander Philon of Greece, Zalman Shoval of Israel, Vang Rattanagong of 
Laos, Arlette Conzemius-Paccoud of Luxembourg, Mario Lopes de Rosa of 
Guinea-Bissau, Sonia Merlyn Johnny of Saint Lucia, Philip Dimitrov of 
Bulgaria, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis of Cyprus, William Howard Stixrud 
Herrera of Guatemala, Damodar Prasad Gautam of Nepal, and Alexis Reyn of 
Belgium.
    In the evening, the President met with his Cabinet in the Yellow 
Oval Room in the Residence.
    The White House announced that the President invited President 
Andres Pastrana of Colombia for a state visit on October 28.
    The White House announced that the President appointed David Leavy 
as Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Press Secretary, and 
Senior Director for Public Affairs at the National Security Council.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Rand Beers to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Jeh Charles 
Johnson to be General Counsel for the Air Force.
    The President announced his intention to nominate C. David Welch to 
be Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to designate Van B. Honeycutt 
as Chair of the

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President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee.

September 11

    The President announced his intention to nominate Peter F. Romero to 
be Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Craig Gordon 
Dunkerley for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Special Envoy for Conventional Forces in Europe.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Richard Danzig to 
be Secretary of the Navy.
    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 storms and high winds on September 7.