[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 10 (Monday, March 15, 1999)]
[Pages 416-417]
[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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March 8

    In the morning, the President traveled to Managua, Nicaragua, and 
later, he traveled to Posoltega, Nicaragua.
    In the afternoon, the President toured the area damaged by mudslides 
and participated in a plaque dedication ceremony in memory of the 
victims.
    Later, the President traveled to San Salvador, El Salvador.

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March 9

    In the morning, the President traveled to Comayagua, Honduras.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 
where he was briefed by U.S. military personnel on the construction of 
the Juan Molina Bridge. Later, he returned to San Salvador.

March 10

    In the morning, the President met with President Armando Calderon 
Sol of El Salvador in the Presidential Office at Casa Presidencial.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Guatemala City, 
Guatemala, and in the evening, he traveled to Antigua, Guatemala.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Ann Lewis as 
Counselor to the President and Loretta Ucelli as Assistant to the 
President and Communications Director.
    The President declared a major disaster in New York and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by near record snow on March 3-6.
    The White House announced that the President sent the Congress a 
request for $15 million in FY 1999 supplemental funding for the 
Department of the Interior.

March 11

    In the morning, the President met with Central American leaders in 
Casa Santo Domingo.
    In the afternoon, the President returned to Guatemala City, and in 
the evening, he returned to Washington, DC.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Amanda Aguirre, 
Jeffrey Brandon, Carlos Rene Gonzales, Rosemarie Marshall Johnson, 
Laurance N. Nickey, and Paul Villas as members of the U.S. section of 
the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission.

March 12

    In the morning, the President traveled to Hope, AR, and in the 
afternoon, he traveled to Texarkana, TX.
    In the evening, the President attended a dinner for Representative 
Max Sandlin at the A-Bar Ranch.
    The President announced the appointment of Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, 
William E. Kennard, and G. Mario Moreno to serve as members of the Board 
of Trustees of the American Folklife Center.