[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 18 (Monday, May 10, 1999)]
[Pages 828-830]
[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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May 2

    The President had a telephone conversation with President Boris 
Yeltsin of Russia concerning the May 3 visit of Special Envoy and former 
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin of Russia.

May 3

    In the morning, the President met with Prime Minister Kiezo Obuchi 
in the Oval Office and, later, in the Cabinet Room.
    In the afternoon, the President met with Special Envoy and former 
Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin of Russia in the Oval Office 
concerning the situation in the Balkans.
    Later, the President met in the Oval Office with civil rights leader 
Jesse Jackson and his delegation, whose personal appeal won the release 
of three American infantrymen held prisoner by Serbian authorities.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Alberto J. Mora to 
be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Daniel Lamaute to 
serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson 
International Center for Scholars.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Paul F. Cole and 
Alan L. Wurtzel as members of the National Skill Standards Board.

May 4

    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Brussels, Belgium, 
arriving the following morning.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Larry C. Napper 
for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Coordinator 
for East European Assistance.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Edward E. Kaufman 
to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
    The President announced his intention to nominate David B. Dunn to 
be Ambassador to Zambia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate James Lewis as 
Director of the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the 
Department of Energy.
    The President declared a major disaster in Oklahoma and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by tornadoes and severe storms May 3-4.
    The President declared a major disaster in Kansas and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms and tornadoes on May 3.

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May 5

    In the morning, the President met with NATO Secretary General Javier 
Solana in his office at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Later, the 
President was briefed on NATO military progress in the Balkans by Gen. 
Wesley K. Clark, USA, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Gen. Klaus 
Naumann, chairman, NATO Military Committee, in Consultation Room 3.
    Later in the morning, the President met with Prime Minister Jean-Luc 
Dehaene of Belgium in the VIP Lounge at Brussels National Airport. The 
President then traveled to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.
    In the afternoon, the President was given a tour of military 
aircraft by F-16, A-10, and F-117 aircrews and ground support personnel 
on an outdoor aircraft pad. Later, he made remarks to base personnel and 
their families in Hangar One.
    Later in the afternoon, the President traveled to Ramstein Air Base, 
Germany, where he met with the three servicemen released from Serbia on 
May 2 and with their families.
    In the evening, the President toured the Humanitarian Relief 
Operations Center at the Warrior Preparation Center. Later, he had 
dinner with U.S. troops in Hangar 3.
    Later in the evening, the President traveled to Rhein Main Air Base, 
Germany.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Laila Al-Marayati, 
Firuz Kazemzadeh, and Charles Z. Smith as members of the United States 
Commission on International Religious Freedom.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Richard S. Lanier 
to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Mark W. Erwin to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, to the Republic of 
Seychelles, and the Federal Islamic Republic of The Comoros.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Florence K. Murray 
to be a member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute.

May 6

    In the morning, the President traveled to Ingelheim, Germany. Later, 
he and Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of Germany visited a Kosovar refugee 
family's living quarters in Room 20 of the Refugee Reception Center. The 
President also had a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Massimo 
D'Alema of Italy concerning the release of Democratic League of Kosovo 
leader Ibrahim Rugova.
    In the afternoon, the President traveled to Bonn, Germany.
    In the late afternoon, the President met with Chancellor Schroeder 
in his third floor office in the Chancellery.
    In the evening, the President returned to Washington, DC.
    The President declared a major disaster in Texas and order Federal 
aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by 
severe storms and tornadoes on May 4.

May 7

    In the morning, the President traveled to Houston, Texas, where he 
attended a Democratic National Committee luncheon at La Colombre d'Or 
restaurant in the afternoon. In the evening, the President attended a 
DNC dinner at a private residence.
    The President announced his intention to nominate M. Michael Einik 
to be Ambassador to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Donald L. Pressley 
to serve as the Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New 
Independent States at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Christopher E. 
Goldthwait to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Morton Bahr, Roger 
Knutsen, Lawrence Perlman, Susan M. Green, and Patricia W. McNeil as 
members of the Twenty-First Century Workforce Commission.
    The White House announced that the President invited King Abdullah 
of Jordan for a working visit on May 18.

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