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Digest of Other White House Announcements

August 16, 1996

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.

August 10

The President announced the recess appointment of Wyche Fowler, Jr., to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Mr. Fowler was nominated on June 10, 1996, and his nomination is pending before the U.S. Senate.

August 12

In the morning, the President and Hillary and Chelsea Clinton traveled from Jackson Hole, WY, to Yellowstone National Park. In the afternoon, they took a hiking tour of the park and returned to Jackson Hole in the evening.

August 13

The President announced his intention to appoint Allan S. Huston to the National Commission on Crime Control and Prevention.

August 14

The President declared a major disaster in West Virginia and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by heavy rains, high wind, flooding, and slides on July 18-31.

August 15

The President announced his intention to appoint Leslie L. Byrne to be Director of the Office of Consumer Affairs at the Department of Health and Human Services.

The President announced that Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala will appoint Ronald S. Johnson to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS.

The President announced his intention to appoint Philip Lader to be a member of the Board of Governors of the American National Red Cross.

William J. Clinton, Digest of Other White House Announcements Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/222552

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