[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 41 (Monday, October 12, 1998)]
[Pages 2021-2022]
[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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October 5

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Boris Yeltsin of Russia concerning the situation in Kosovo.
    In the afternoon, the President met with Senate Minority Leader 
Thomas A. Daschle and House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt in the 
Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John Austin Moran 
to be a Commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Stephen Hadley and 
Zalmay Khalilzad to be members of the Board of Directors of the U.S. 
Institute of Peace.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John F. Walsh to 
be a member of the U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors.
    The President announced his intention to nominate David M. Walker to 
be Comptroller of the United States at the General Accounting Office.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Andrea Kidd Taylor 
to be a member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Lee R. Seeman to be 
a member of

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the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
    The President declared a major disaster in Washington and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms and flooding on May 26-29.

October 6

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom concerning the situation 
in Kosovo and the international economic situation.
    Later in the morning, the President met with President Carlos Menem 
of Argentina at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kay Kelley Arnold 
to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American 
Foundation.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Timothy F. 
Geithner to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for International 
Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Edwin M. Truman to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Donnie R. Marshall 
to be Deputy Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ralph B. Everett to 
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as the Chair of the 
U.S. delegation to the 1998 International Telecommunication Union 
Plenipotentiary Conference.

October 7

    In the afternoon, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Fernando Cardoso of Brazil to congratulate Mr. Cardoso on his 
reelection and brief him on the October 6 economic meetings in 
Washington. Later, the President met with Representative Vic Fazio, 
chairman of the House Democratic caucus, in the Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Harold J. Creel, 
Jr., to be a Commissioner on the Federal Maritime Commission.

October 8

    The President announced his intention to nominate Gary L. Visscher 
to be a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Gary Gensler to be 
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kenneth M. 
Bresnahan to be Chief Financial Officer at the Labor Department.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Kathleen M. 
Gillespie to be a Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission.

October 9

    In the afternoon, the President had a working luncheon with 
Chancellor-elect Gerhard Schroeder of Germany in the Old Family Dining 
Room.
    Later, the President met with Presidents Alberto Fujimori of Peru 
and Jamil Mahuad Witt of Ecuador in the Oval Office.
    The President announced the nomination of Timothy Fields, Jr., to be 
Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste at the Environmental Protection 
Agency.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James M. Simon, 
Jr., to be Assistant Director for Administration at the Central 
Intelligence Agency.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Arthur Naparstek 
to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National 
and Community Service.
    The White House announced that the President will travel to Guam, 
Malaysia, Japan, and Korea November 13-22 to attend the annual Asia 
Pacific Economic Conference and consult with two of the United States' 
closest allies in the region on the global economic situation, regional 
security, and other bilateral issues.