[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 6 (Monday, February 15, 1999)]
[Pages 226-227]
[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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February 7

    In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to 
Amman, Jordan, to attend funeral services for King Hussein I.
    En route aboard Air Force One, the President met with former 
Presidents Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush, concerning the 
Middle East, Kosovo, Russia, and North Korea.

February 8

    During the day, in Amman, the President met separately with Prime 
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and President Ezer Weizman of Israel, 
President Boris Yeltsin of Russia, Prince Charles and Prime Minister 
Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, President Jacques Chirac of France, 
Queen Beatrix and Prime Minister Wim Kok of The Netherlands, Crown 
Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, President Suleyman Demirel of Turkey, 
President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, Chairman Yasser Arafat of the 
Palestinian Authority, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan, Prime 
Minister Keizo Obuchi of Japan, Crown Prince Saad al-Sabah of Kuwait, 
King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and President Hafiz al-Asad of Syria. The 
President also met briefly with leaders of Oman, Yemen, and Bahrain.
    In the evening, the President met with King Abdullah II of Jordan. 
Later in the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton returned to 
Washington, DC.

February 9

    In the morning, the President traveled to Wintergreen, VA, where he 
addressed members of the House Democratic caucus. In the afternoon, he 
returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint James V. Kimsey, 
William F. Murdy, and Jude W.P. Patin to the U.S. Military Academy Board 
of Visitors.
    The President declared a major disaster in California and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by a severe freeze on December 20-28, 1998.
    The White House announced that the President invited Chancellor 
Gerhard Schroeder of Germany for an informal visit to the White House on 
February 11.

February 10

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to College Park, MD. Later, 
he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Paula J. 
Dobriansky to be a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public 
Diplomacy.

February 11

    In the afternoon, the President met with Chancellor Gerhard 
Schroeder of Germany in the Oval Office.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Rolland A. 
Schmitten to be U.S. Commissioner of the International Commission for 
the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.

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    The President announced the nomination of Leonard R. Page to be 
General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.