[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 3 (Monday, January 25, 1999)]
[Pages 107-108]
[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 17

    The President met with his lawyers to discuss the Senate impeachment 
trial.

January 19

    The President declared a major disaster in Tennessee and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by the severe storms, tornadoes, and high winds on January 17 and 
continuing.

January 20

    In the morning, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Buffalo, NY, and in the afternoon, they traveled to Norristown, PA. In 
the evening, they returned to Washington, DC.

January 21

    In an evening ceremony in the Oval Office, the President received 
diplomatic credentials from Ambassadors Yvonne A-Baki of Ecuador, Anton 
Buteiko of Ukraine, Hassaballah Abdelhadi Ahmat Soubiane of Chad, Ceslav 
Ciobanu of Moldova, Thomas Ndikumana of Burundi, Zina Andrianarivelo-
Razafy of Madagascar, Archbishop Gabriel Montalvo of the Holy See, and 
Yuri Viktorovich Ushakov of Russia.

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    The President announced his intention to appoint Travis C. Johnson 
and Leo Victor Valdez as members of the Advisory Council of the Border 
Environment Cooperation Commission.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Larry Brummett to 
the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Trust.
    The President declared a major disaster in Maine and ordered Federal 
aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by 
severe storms, heavy rains, high winds, and inland and coastal flooding 
and erosion on October 8-11, 1998.
    The President declared a major disaster in Louisiana and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by a severe ice storm on December 22-28, 1998.