[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 35, Number 23 (Monday, June 14, 1999)]
[Pages 1081-1082]
[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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June 5

    In the morning, the President went to Camp David, MD.

June 6

    In the afternoon, the President returned to the White House. In the 
evening, he again went to Camp David, and later, he returned to the 
White House.

June 7

    In the morning, the President had separate telephone conversations 
with Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom and President Boris 
Yeltsin of Russia concerning the situation in the Balkans.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Delano E. Lewis to 
be Ambassador to South Africa.
    The White House announced that the President named Roger Ballentine 
as Deputy Assistant to the President for Environmental Initiatives.

June 8

    In the morning, the President had a telephone conversation with 
President Boris Yeltsin of Russia concerning the situation in the 
Balkans.
    Later, the President met with President Arpad Goncz of Hungary in 
the Cabinet Room, primarily concerning the situation in the Balkans.
    The President announced his intention to nominate David W. Ogden to 
be Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division at the Department 
of Justice.
    The President announced his intention to nominate John E. Lange to 
be Ambassador to Botswana.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Gilbert F. Casellas 
as Co-Chair to the Census Monitoring Board.
    The President declared a major disaster in North Dakota and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms, flooding, snow and ice, ground saturation, 
landslides, mudslides, and tornadoes beginning on March 1 and 
continuing.
    The White House announced that the President extended an invitation 
to President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt for an official working visit on 
July 1.
    The White House announced that the President sent to Congress the FY 
2000 budget amendments to add funding to strengthen Embassy security and 
to meet the Supreme Court requirements for the 2000 census.

June 9

    In the morning, the President met with author and Holocaust survivor 
Elie Wiesel in the Oval Office concerning Mr. Wiesel's visit to refugee 
camps in Macedonia and Albania on May 31-June 3.
    The President announced his intention to nominate Franz S. Leichter 
to be a member of the board of directors for the Federal Housing Finance 
Board.
    The President declared a major disaster in South Dakota and ordered 
Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area 
struck by severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding on June 4 and 
continuing.

June 10

    In the morning, the President had separate telephone conversations 
from the Oval Office with Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United 
Kingdom; Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, Supreme Allied Commander Europe; 
NATO Secretary General Javier Solana; President Boris Yeltsin of Russia; 
Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema of Italy; President Jacques Chirac of 
France; President Jose Maria Aznar of Spain; and Prime Minister Jean 
Chretien of Canada.
    The President announced his intention to appoint John Arendt, 
Alberto A. Sagues, and Jeffrey Wong to the Nuclear Waste Technical 
Review Board.

June 11

    In the morning, the President traveled to Whiteman Air Force Base, 
MO, where he was given a tour of a B-2 bomber. Later, the President met 
privately with 50 base personnel and their families in Building 1117.

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In the afternoon, he returned to Washington, DC, arriving in the early 
evening.
    In the evening, the President was interviewed in the Oval Office for 
live broadcast on PBS' ``NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.''
    Later, the President was interviewed in the Roosevelt Room by a 
Russian television crew for later broadcast in Russia.
    The President announced his intention to appoint Thomas E. Britton 
as Chair and David A. Kessler and Judith R. Olson as members of the 
Commission on Presidential Scholars.