[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 51 (Monday, December 21, 1998)]
[Pages 2505-2506]
[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 12

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Tel 
Aviv, Israel, arriving in the evening.

December 13

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton had breakfast with 
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel and his wife, Sarah, in the 
Presidential Suite at the Jerusalem Hilton Hotel. Later, the President 
greeted U.S. Cabinet members and Members of Congress in the Aqua 
Restaurant at the hotel.
    Later, the President met with Prime Minister Netanyahu in the 
Cabinet Room at Mr. Netanyahu's office complex.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton visited the 
grave of assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at Mount Herzl in 
Jerusalem.
    Later, the President met with President Ezer Weizman of Israel in 
the Jerusalem Room at Beit Hanassi.

December 14

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to Gaza 
City, Gaza. Upon their arrival, they toured the main terminal of Gaza 
International Airport with Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian 
Authority and his wife, Shua.
    In the afternoon, the President met with Chairman Arafat in the 
Cabinet Room at Mr. Arafat's office complex.
    In the early evening, the President returned to Jerusalem, Israel.

December 15

    In the morning, the President traveled to Bethlehem. Later, the 
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Clinton toured the Church of the Nativity with Chairman Arafat and his 
wife, Shua.
    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton participated in 
a Christmas tree lighting at the Church of the Nativity. Later, they 
traveled to Masada, where they toured the historic site.
    In the late afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Tel Aviv. In the evening, they returned to Washington, DC.

December 16

    In the morning, the President met with the national security team 
concerning the situation in Iraq.
    In the afternoon, the President met with Representative Amo Houghton 
concerning the upcoming vote on the articles of impeachment.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Anita Ray Arnold, 
Robert B. Barnett, Anita (Buffy) Cafritz, and Kenneth M. Duberstein to 
the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing 
Arts.

December 17

    In the morning in the Oval Office, the President was briefed on the 
military operations in Iraq by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 
Gen. Henry H. Shelton, Defense Secretary William S. Cohen, and the 
national security team. Later in the day, the President had separate 
telephone conversations concerning the ongoing operations in Iraq with 
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel, President Hosni Mubarak of 
Egypt, King Hussein I of Jordan, and President Jacques Chirac of France, 
as well as Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, House Majority Leader Bob 
Livingston, Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, Senate Minority Leader 
Thomas A. Daschle, and House Minority Leader Richard A. Gephardt.
    The White House announced that the President released $102.2 million 
of emergency supplemental funding included for the Army Corps of 
Engineers in the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999, to carry out critical dredging activities and 
other repairs needed to maintain safe channels at navigation projects in 
Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Puerto Rico that were 
damaged by Hurricane Georges and other tropical storms.

December 18

    In the morning, the President met with Representative Christopher 
Shays.
    In the afternoon, the President met with Chancellor Viktor Klima of 
Austria in his capacity as President of the European Council and 
President Jacques Santer of the European Commission in the Cabinet Room.
    In the evening, the President met with members of the Presidential 
Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS in the Cabinet Room.
    The President announced the recess appointment of William Clyburn, 
Jr., as a member of the Surface Transportation Board. Mr. Clyburn was 
nominated on September 2, 1997. The President intends to resubmit his 
nomination when the 106th Congress convenes.
    The President announced the recess appointment of Albert S. Jacquez 
as Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation at 
the Department of Transportation. Mr. Jacquez was nominated to the 
Senate on September 29, 1998. The President intends to resubmit his 
nomination when the 106th Congress convenes.