    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 35 (Monday, September 4, 2000)]
    [Pages 1993-1994]
    [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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    August 26

        In the afternoon, the President met with President Olusegun Obasanjo
    of Nigeria in the Drawing Room of the Presidential Villa in Abuja,
    Nigeria.

    August 27

        In the morning, the President and Chelsea Clinton traveled to
    Ushafa, Nigeria. In the afternoon, they returned to Abuja.

    August 28

        In the morning, the President participated in a farewell ceremony
    with President Obasanjo at Abuja International Airport, after which he
    and Chelsea Clinton traveled to Arusha, Tanzania.
        In the afternoon, the President met with President Benjamin William
    Mkapa of Tanzania in the VIP Lounge at Kilimanjaro Airport.
        In the evening, the President met with former President Nelson
    Mandela of South Africa and President Pierre Buyoya of Burundi at the
    Arusha International Conference Center.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Beth Newburger as a
    member of the Women's Progress Commemoration Commission.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Soy Williams as a
    member of the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance
    Board.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Marilyn Mason to
    be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and Information
    Science.

    August 29

        In the morning, the President and Chelsea Clinton traveled to Cairo,
    Egypt. Later, they returned to Washington, DC.

    August 30

        In the morning, the President and Chelsea Clinton traveled to
    Cartagena, Colombia. In the afternoon, they toured the Port of
    Cartagena, where they met with widows of Colombian National Police and
    Colombian Armed Forces law enforcement officers killed in
    counternarcotics activities. Later, the President met with President
    Andres Pastrana of Colombia in the President's Office at the Casa de
    Huespedes. He then visited the new Cartagena Casa de Justicia, where he
    participated in a dedication and plaque unveiling ceremony.

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        In the evening, the President and Chelsea Clinton returned to
    Washington, DC, arriving after midnight.
        The President announced his intention to nominate Robert B. Pirie,
    Jr., to be Under Secretary of the Navy.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Doris Matsui as a
    member of the Board of Trustees of the Woodrow Wilson International
    Center for Scholars.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Frank Soares as a
    member of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation.
        The President declared a major disaster in Montana and ordered
    Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area
    struck by wildfires on July 13 and continuing.

    August 31

        The President announced the recess appointment of James Charles
    Riley as a Commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
    Commission.

    September 1

        In the afternoon, the President and Hillary Clinton traveled to
    Syracuse, NY.
        The President announced his intention to appoint Harold Holzer and
    James Oliver Horton as members of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
    Commission.
        The President declared a major disaster in Idaho and ordered Federal
    aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by
    wildfires on July 27 and continuing.