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Digest of Other White House Announcements

December 20, 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 15

In the evening, the President and Hillary Clinton attended the production of "Christmas in Washington" at the National Building Museum. The show was taped for broadcast on NBC television December 18.

December 16

The President named the 60 recipients of the first annual Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.

December 17

The President announced that Carol H. Rasco will be Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Director of the America Reads Challenge at the Department of Education.

In the evening, the President had a teleconference with newly elected United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and outgoing U.N. Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright concerning Mr. Annan's acceptance speech before the General Assembly and the future of the United Nations.

December 18

In the afternoon, the President met with a bipartisan group of mayors in the Roosevelt Room to discuss urban policy and the upcoming budgetary process.

December 19

In the morning, the President met with Minister Liu Huaquiu of China in the Oval Office.

The President announced his intention to appoint Kathleen Stevens Dougherty and Ruth E. Roitenberg to the Advisory Committee on the Arts of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

December 20

In the afternoon, the President met with former Senator Bob Dole in the Oval Office.

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/222615

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