[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 50 (Monday, December 14, 1998)]
[Pages 2467-2468]
[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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December 5

    In the morning, the President traveled to Wynne, AR, and he returned 
to Washington, DC, in the afternoon.

December 7

    In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton hosted a 
congressional ball on the State Floor at the White House.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Timothy F. 
Geithner as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. 
Mr. Geithner was nominated on October 8. The President intends to 
resubmit his nomination when the 106th Congress convenes.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Edwin M. Truman as 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs. Mr. 
Truman was nominated on October 8. The President intends to resubmit his 
nomination when the 106th Congress convenes.
    The President announced the recess appointment of John D. Hawke, 
Jr., as Comptroller of the Currency at the Department of the Treasury. 
Mr. Hawke was nominated on July 11. The President intends to resubmit 
his nomination when the 106th Congress convenes.
    The White House announced that the President will host the White 
House Conference on Social Security on December 8 at the Marriott 
Wardman Park Hotel and December 9 at Blair House.

December 8

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Nashville, TN, where they attended a memorial service for former Senator 
Albert Gore, Sr.
    In the afternoon, they returned to Washington, DC. Later, the 
President met with Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff to review 
Mr. Ruff's upcoming testimony before the House Judiciary Committee.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John T. Spotila to 
be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in 
the Office of Management and Budget.

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    The President announced his intention to appoint the following 
individuals as members of the National Cancer Advisory Board: Dr. Elmer 
Huerta; Dr. Susan M. Love; Mayor James McGreevey of Woodbridge Township, 
NJ; Dr. Arthur Nienhuis; Dr. Larry Norton; and Dr. Amelie Ramirez.
    The President announced the 1998 recipients of the Nation's highest 
science and technology honors. Recipients of the National Medal of 
Science are: Bruce N. Ames; Don L. Anderson; John N. Bahcall; John W. 
Cahn; Cathleen S. Morawetz; Janet D. Rowley; Eli Ruckenstein; George M. 
Whitesides; and William Julius Wilson. Recipients of the National Medal 
of Technology are: Denton A. Cooley, M.D.; team award jointly to Kenneth 
L. Thompson and Dennis M. Ritchie (Lucent Technologies' Bell 
Laboratories); team award jointly to Robert T. Fraley, Robert B. Horsch, 
Ernest G. Jaworski, and Stephen G. Rogers (Monsanto); Biogen, Inc.; and 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
    The White House announced that the President has invited President 
Carlos Menem of Argentina for a state visit on January 11, 1999.

December 9

    In the afternoon, the President participated in the White House 
Conference on Social Security at Blair House.

December 10

    The White House announced that President Jacques Chirac of France 
has accepted the President's invitation for an official working visit on 
January 19, 1999.