[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.