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Digest of Other White House Announcements

December 27, 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.

December 23

In the morning, the President traveled to Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. In the evening, he returned to Washington, DC.

The President announced his intention to nominate Jose-Marie Griffiths to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science.

The President announced his intention to designate Robert (Tom) Marsh to serve as Chair, and Samuel R. Berger and Jamie S. Gorelick as members, of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection.

The President declared a major disaster in Oregon and ordered Federal funds to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by flooding, land and mud slides, wind, and severe storms beginning November 17 and continuing through December 11.

The President declared a major disaster in Pennsylvania and ordered Federal funds to supplement Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe thunderstorms, high winds, rain, and flooding November 8-15.

December 24

In the evening, the President visited Pentagon City Mall in Arlington, Virginia, for some last-minute Christmas shopping. Later, he and Hillary Clinton watched Chelsea Clinton perform in the Washington Ballet's annual holiday production of "The Nutcracker" at the Warner Theater.

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/222679

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