[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 2 (Monday, January 18, 1999)]
[Pages 59-60]
[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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January 11

    In the morning, the President met with President Carlos Menem of 
Argentina once in the Oval Office, and again later in the Cabinet Room.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Thomas H. Baer, 
Elizabeth Holtzman, and Richard Ben-Veniste as members of the Nazi War 
Criminal Records Interagency Working Group.

January 14

    In the morning, the President traveled to Alexandria, VA, and in the 
afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate C. Richard Barnes 
to be Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service.

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    The President announced his intention to nominate Gary S. Guzy to be 
General Counsel at the Environmental Protection Agency.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Lorraine Pratte 
Lewis to be Inspector General of the Department of Education.
    The President announced his intention to nominate David C. Williams 
to be Inspector General for Tax Administration at the Treasury 
Department.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Rear Adm. Donald E. 
Hickman as a member of the Committee for Purchase from People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled.

January 15

    In the morning, the President traveled to New York City, and in the 
afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Cheryl L. Shavers 
to be Under Secretary for Technology at the Commerce Department.
    In the evening, the President attended a Democratic National 
Committee dinner and concert at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.
    The President declared a major disaster in Alabama and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe winter storms, ice, and freezing rain on December 23-
29, 1998.
    The President declared a major disaster in Tennessee and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe winter storms, ice, and freezing rain on December 23-
29, 1998.
    The President declared an emergency in Indiana and ordered Federal 
aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by 
snow beginning on January 1 and continuing.
    The President declared an emergency in New York and ordered Federal 
aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by 
near record snow on January 1 and continuing.