[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1994, Book II)]
[August 1, 1994]
[Pages 2231-2239]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



         Appendix C / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1994

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The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press 
Secretary which are not included in this book.

Released August 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the upcoming visit of 
President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine on November 29

Released August 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of remarks by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on health care 
reform

Transcript of remarks by Health Care Express participant John Cox

Released August 4

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on support from economists 
for prompt ratification of the GATT agreement

Transcript of a press briefing on the anniversary of the passage of the 
economic program by Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Bob 
Rubin, Office of Management and Budget Director-designate Alice Rivlin, 
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Laura D'Andrea Tyson, 
Secretary of Labor Bob Reich, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, Small 
Business Administrator Erskine Bowles, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury 
Roger Altman, and U.S. Trade Ambassador Mickey Kantor

Transcript of remarks by Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna 
Shalala, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, and Secretary of Labor Robert 
Reich on health care reform

Released August 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Special Counsel to the President Lloyd Cutler on 
appointment of a new independent counsel

Released August 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of a press briefing on universal health care by Health and 
Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, Interior Secretary Bruce 
Babbitt, Education Secretary Richard Riley, Housing and Urban 
Development Secretary Henry Cisneros, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services Ken Thorpe

Announcement of Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients and text of the 
citations

Released August 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of an interview with the First Lady by health care reporters

Joint Statement on Relations Between the United States of America and 
the Republic of Armenia

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the President's 
planned meeting with President Meles Zenawi, head of the transnational 
government of Ethiopia, on August 11

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the inquiry into the 
construction costs of the National Reconnaissance Office in Chantilly, 
VA

Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana

Released August 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of a press briefing by Gov. John Waihee of Hawaii and Small 
Business Administrator Erskine Bowles on health care in the State of 
Hawaii

Released August 11

Announcement of policy forbidding Presidential appointees from accepting 
travel services or accommodations from any company regulated by or doing 
business with the appointee's agency

Released August 12

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on delivery by the State 
Department, Defense Department, Central Intelligence Agency, and 
National Security Council of 3,723 unclassified and declassified docu-


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ments on U.S. policy toward El Salvador to the House Foreign Affairs 
Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Transcript of remarks by the Vice President at the swearing-in ceremony 
for Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer

Letter to the Congress from Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on congressional 
action on the crime bill

Released August 15

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of remarks by Dewey Stokes, Steven Sposato, Janice Payne, and 
Marc Klaas on the crime bill

Released August 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Text of editorials on the crime bill from 10 newspapers around the 
country

Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the President's meeting with 
11 Republican Members of the Congress who supported the crime bill

Statement by African-American religious leaders supporting the crime 
bill

Announcement of the President's signing of H.R. 868, the Telemarketing 
and Consumer Fraud and Abuse Prevention Act

Released August 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Special Counsel to the President Lloyd Cutler announcing 
that the White House will make available to the public documents 
generated or received by the health care working group in 1993

Released August 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary 
Donna Shalala, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, and Labor Secretary 
Robert Reich on health care legislation

Released August 19

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Cuban refugees

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Counselor to the President 
Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty's trip to Saudi Arabia

Transcript of a press briefing by Attorney General Janet Reno on Cuban 
refugees

Released August 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the upcoming summit of the 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Indonesia, November 14-15

Released August 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that a delegation 
of senior officials will visit Florida to consult on Cuban migrants

Released August 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of a press briefing on Cuban refugees by Secretary of Defense 
William Perry, Attorney General Janet Reno, Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs Peter Tarnoff, and Immigration and Naturalization 
Service Commissioner Doris Meissner

Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on confirmation by the 
Congressional Budget Office of 3 years of deficit reduction

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Presidential election 
in Mexico

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the upcoming state visit 
of South African President Nelson Mandela, October 6-8

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the District of Oregon

Announcement of nomination for a Commissioner of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission

Released August 25

Transcript of a press briefing by Under Secretary of State for Political 
Affairs Peter Tarnoff on Cuban refugees

Announcement of nomination for Assistant Secretary for Policy and Budget 
at the Labor Department

Released August 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the President's 
nomination of Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman, USAF, to be Chief of Staff of the 
Air Force

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the delegation to 
travel to Burundi, Rwanda, and eastern Zaire on August 27

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Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on emergency funds for the 
Small Business Administration's Disaster Loan Program for fiscal year 
1994

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the Southern District 
of Mississippi

Released August 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the establishment 
of Presidential Emergency Board No. 225

Released August 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing a revised pay 
schedule for Federal white-collar employees

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's letter to 
the Chairman and members of Presidential Emergency Board No. 225

Released September 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Foreign Minister Richard Spring of 
Ireland

Transcript of a press briefing by Labor Secretary Robert Reich and 
Council of Economic Advisers Chair Laura D'Andrea Tyson on the economy

Statement by Council of Economic Advisers Chair Laura D'Andrea Tyson on 
the economy

Released September 7

Statement by Deputy Chief of Staff Harold Ickes on the release of health 
care working group documents

Released September 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of a press briefing by Corporation for National and Community 
Service President Eli Segal on AmeriCorps

Released September 9

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Cuba-U.S. agreement on 
migration

Announcement of nomination for two members of the National Institute for 
Literacy Advisory Board

Released September 12

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing release of $16.2 
million in appropriations to address needs arising from Tropical Storm 
Alberto, the January earthquake in California, mudslides in Kentucky, 
and Midwest floods of 1993

Transcript of a press briefing by Under Secretary of the Treasury Ron 
Noble and Special Agent Carl Meyer, U.S. Secret Service, on the aircraft 
crash at the White House

Released September 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that the President 
will address the Nation on Haiti on September 15

Released September 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Central District of 
California

Announcement of nomination for a member of the Civil Liberties Public 
Education Fund Board of Directors

Announcement of nomination for two members of the Board of Trustees of 
the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation

Announcement of nomination for two U.S. Tax Court judges

Released September 15

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Released September 16

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the White House 
meeting of representatives of countries participating in the 
multinational force in Haiti

Transcript of a press briefing by United Nations Ambassador Madeleine K. 
Albright, Prime Minister Eugenia Charles of Dominica, and Prime Minister 
Lester Bird of Antigua on Haiti

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant to the President for 
National Security Affairs Sandy Berger and Special Envoy to Haiti 
William Gray on Haiti

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that the President 
will make available appropriations of $188 million for the Forest 
Service for fighting fires in the National Forests

Released September 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Released September 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher, 
Secretary of Defense William

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Perry, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John M. Shalikashvili 
on Haiti

Released September 19

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the White House 
Counsel's memorandum on compliance with the Federal grand jury subpoena 
requesting documents relating to Harry Thomason or Darnell Martens

Announcement of memorandum to the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development on the Federal Plan To Break the Cycle of Homelessness

Released September 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman John M. 
Shalikashvili on Haiti

Announcement of the President's letter to congressional leaders on Haiti

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting 
with Organization of American States Secretary General Cesar Gaviria

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Vice President's 
meeting with John Hume, leader of the Social Democratic and Labor Party 
of Northern Ireland

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the meeting of National 
Security Adviser Anthony Lake, Director of Operations for the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff Lt. Gen. John Sheehan, USA, Deputy Special Adviser for 
Haiti Jon Plebani, and Director of National Security Affairs Lawrence 
Rossin with President Jean-Bertand Aristide of Haiti

Released September 21

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the meeting of National 
Security Adviser Anthony Lake and Vice President Albert Gore with a 
delegation of Ulster Unionist Party leaders from Northern Ireland on 
September 22

Released September 22

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting 
with Deputy Prime Minister Yohei Kono of Japan

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Comprehensive Test Ban 
Treaty negotiations

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the meeting of Vice 
President Albert Gore and National Security Adviser Anthony Lake with a 
delegation of Ulster Unionist Party leaders from Northern Ireland

Released September 23

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting 
with Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami of Malta

Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and 
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance Frank Newman on the 
Riegle Community Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1994

Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on 
restructuring the White House staff

Announcement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on restructuring the White 
House staff

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the District of Vermont

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of 
North Carolina

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of 
Indiana

Released September 25

Transcript of remarks by Gov. Mario Cuomo of New York at the Bethel 
A.M.E. Church in New York City

Fact sheet on U.S. assistance to the Bosnian Muslim-Croat Federation

Transcript of a press briefing by U.N. Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright 
on the President's visit to New York City

Released September 26

Transcript of a press briefing by U.N. Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright 
on the 49th Session of the U.N. General Assembly

Fact sheet on U.S. policy on a landmine control regime initiative

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's invitation 
to Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of 
Israel to meet with him at the White House on October 3

List of suspended U.S. unilateral sanctions on Haiti and a statement by 
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti

Released September 27

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Presidential decision 
directive establishing a Security Policy Board to assure more cost-
effective and efficient U.S. security policies, practices, and 
procedures

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers and fact sheets on Russia-
U.S. commercial agreements on trade and investment

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher 
on the President's discussions with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia

Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Trade Representative Mickey 
Kantor on the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

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Released September 28

White House statement extending President Clinton's and Russian 
President Boris Yeltsin's condolences on behalf of the American and 
Russian people to the families of the victims of the ferry disaster in 
the Baltic Sea

Joint U.S.-Russian statement in support of the Timan Pechora Project

Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Russian Federation on Cooperation and Mutual 
Assistance in Customs Matters

Announcement on the U.S.-Russian agreement on mutual customs assistance

Fact sheet on the Partnership for Economic Progress: Joint Statement on 
Principles and Objectives for the Development of Trade, Economic 
Cooperation, and Investment

Announcement on the crime assistance package for the Russian Federation

Released September 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting 
with Foreign Minister Richard Spring of Ireland

Released September 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Released October 3

Joint communique by President William J. Clinton, Crown Prince Hassan of 
Jordan, and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres of Israel

White House statement on the President's decision to lift the ban on 
contacts between U.S. officials and Sinn Fein party members in Northern 
Ireland and text of a letter from National Security Adviser Anthony Lake 
to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting 
with Vice Premier Qian Qichen of China

Released October 4

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

White House statement on the August 31 letter to the President from 11-
year-old Niya Powell

Released October 5

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's 
discussions with President Nelson Mandela of South Africa

Fact sheet on U.S.-South African cooperation

Released October 6

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's 
discussions with Prime Minister Chuan Likphai of Thailand

White House statement on the Southern Africa Development Fund

Released October 7

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the underground nuclear 
test conducted by China at the Lop Nur test site

Announcement of legislation signed by the President

Statement by Assistant to the President Robert Rubin on the delay of SEC 
funding passage

Announcement of nomination for the Board of Directors of the 
Communications Satellite Corporation

Released October 10

Announcement of legislation signed by the President

Released October 11

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the release of the 
White House Counsel's report on Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy

Released October 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting 
with Prime Minister Anibal Cavaco Silva of Portugal

Released October 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's request 
that Congress repeal certain provisions of the Treasury, Postal Service 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1995, and the Department of 
Defense Appropriations Act, 1995, concerning staffing levels and use of 
personnel resources

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the abduction of Israeli 
Corporal Nahshon Waxman

Released October 14

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the White House 
conference on trade and

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investment prospects for U.S. firms with Central and Eastern Europe

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing a series of 
humanitarian steps relating to Cubans in safe havens in Guantanamo and 
Panama

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the report and 
recommendations of Presidential Emergency Board No. 225

Transcript of a press briefing by Special Adviser to the President 
William Gray III and Deputy National Security Adviser Sandy Berger on 
Haiti

Transcript of a press briefing on the baseball strike by Labor Secretary 
Robert Reich, mediator William Usery, baseball players representative 
Donald Fehr, and commissioner of baseball Bud Selig

Fact sheet on lifting of Haiti sanctions

Announcement and list of the Presidential delegation to Haiti

Released October 15

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's telephone 
conversation with Prime Minister Rabin of Israel on the death of Nahshon 
Waxman

Released October 17

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's telephone 
conversation with King Hussein of Jordan and Prime Minister Rabin of 
Israel on the Israel-Jordan peace treaty

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's telephone 
conversation with Chancellor Kohl of Germany offering congratulations on 
the German election

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's acceptance 
of the invitation to participate in the signing ceremony for the Israel-
Jordan peace treaty

Announcement of legislation signed by the President

White House statement announcing the signing of the proclamation to 
establish tariff-rate quotas on certain wheat

Released October 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of a press briefing by Ambassador Robert Gallucci on the 
nuclear agreement with North Korea

Announcement of legislation signed by the President

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's Report on 
Immigration

Released October 19

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that Counsel to 
the President Abner Mikva received a subpoena from the Independent 
Counsel investigating Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy

Announcement of legislation signed by the President

Released October 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Secretary of Education 
Madeleine Kunin and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic 
Policy Gene Sperling on the individual education account program

Announcement of legislation signed by the President

Released October 22

Statement by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the President's opposition 
to Social Security and Medicare cuts

Transcript of remarks by Senator Dianne Feinstein at Carlmont High 
School, Belmont, CA

Released October 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Anne Edwards on trip logistics for the 
Middle East

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing legislation signed 
by the President

Released October 25

Announcement of legislation signed by the President

Released October 26

Transcript of an exchange with reporters by Palestine Liberation 
Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat in Cairo, Egypt

Released October 27

Transcript of an interview with Chief of Staff Leon Panetta

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher 
on the President's meeting with President Hafiz al-Asad of Syria

Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen and 
former Social Security Commissioner Robert Ball on the economy

Released October 28

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's signing of 
the Executive order changing the definition of ``Field Duty'' to ensure 
parity among deployed troops

Transcript of a press briefing by the Vice President on the economy

Transcript of a press briefing by CENTCOM Commander Gen. Binford J.H. 
Peay III, USA, and Na-


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tional Security Adviser Anthony Lake on U.S. military operations in 
Kuwait

Released October 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and U.S. 
Secret Service Assistant Director for Protective Operations Richard 
Griffin on the shots fired at the White House

Released October 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers, Under 
Secretary of the Treasury for Law Enforcement Ron Noble, and U.S. Secret 
Service Assistant Director for Protective Operations Richard Griffin on 
the shots fired at the White House

Released October 31

Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen on 
the review of White House security

Released November 1

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing legislation signed 
by the President

White House statement on supporting peace in Northern Ireland

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that National 
Security Adviser Anthony Lake will visit Haiti, November 2-3

Released November 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Labor Secretary Robert Reich and 
Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Robert E. Rubin on 
employment statistics

Fact sheet on Haiti

Released November 8

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing David Gergen's 
letter of resignation and the President's letter of acceptance

Transcript of a press briefing by Brig. Gen. Harold W. Nelson on the 
President's visit to the Far East

Released November 10

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Executive order on 
declassification of selected records within the National Archives of the 
United States

Transcript of a press briefing by National AIDS Policy Director Patsy 
Fleming

Released November 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher 
and Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen on their discussions at the 
APEC ministerial meeting

Transcript of press briefing by Deputy Secretary of State for Public 
Affairs Michael McCurry, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs Winston Lord, and U.S. Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China J. Stapleton Roy on Secretary of State Christopher's 
activities at the APEC ministerial meeting

Released November 13

Transcript of remarks by the First Lady at a breakfast with Philippine 
NGO representatives in Manila

Released November 16

Background material on U.S.-Indonesian commercial transactions

Released November 17

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Ukraine's vote to accede 
to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Released November 19

Transcript of a radio address by the Vice President

Released November 21

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on National Security Adviser 
Anthony Lake's meeting with Jennifer Harbury on the disappearance of her 
Guatemalan husband, Efrain Bamaca

Released November 22

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on elections in Mozambique

A Charter for American-Ukrainian Partnership, Friendship, and 
Cooperation

Joint statement by the United States and Ukraine on expansion of trade 
and investment

Joint statement by the United States and Ukraine on encouraging academic 
and professional exchanges and contacts

Joint statement by the United States and Ukraine on cooperation in 
promoting the rule of law and combating crime

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on U.S.-Ukraine defense and 
military relations

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on U.S.-Ukraine trade and 
investment

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the action plan for 
Chernobyl shutdown and energy sector reform

Summary of the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral charter

Summary of discussion of the energy sector

Fact sheet on the Western NIS Enterprise Fund

Fact sheet on the bilateral civil space agreement

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Fact sheet on U.S. bilateral assistance to Ukraine

Fact sheet on Nunn-Lugar assistance to Ukraine

Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Marshal for the District of 
Maryland

Released November 23

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's meeting 
with President-elect Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico

Joint statement by the United States and Kazakhstan on the transfer of 
uranium

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the Kazakhstan-U.S. 
announcement of transfer of vulnerable nuclear materials to safe storage

Fact sheet on transfer of nuclear materials from Kazakhstan

Released November 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Text of a letter to the President dated November 23 from former 
Presidents Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, and George Bush supporting the 
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

Released November 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on National Security Adviser 
Anthony Lake's invitation to Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams for a meeting 
on December 5

Released December 1

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the appointment of Senator 
George Mitchell as Special Adviser for Economic Initiatives in Ireland

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Secretary of Defense John 
Deutch on the defense readiness initiative

Fact sheet on defense spending and military readiness

Released December 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for 
Economic Policy Robert E. Rubin and Council of Economic Advisers Chair 
Laura D'Andrea Tyson on the economy

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the President's support of 
Carlos Salinas' candidacy to lead the new World Trade Organization

Released December 4

Transcript of an exchange with reporters by Secretary of State Warren 
Christopher and Hungarian Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovacs in Budapest, 
Hungary

Released December 5

Transcript of an interview of Chief of Staff Leon Panetta by network and 
radio pool reporters

Released December 6

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on National Security Adviser 
Anthony Lake's meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams

Released December 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Transcript of a press briefing on the Summit of the Americas by Deputy 
National Security Adviser Sandy Berger, Treasury Secretary Lloyd 
Bentsen, Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, U.S. Trade Representative Mickey 
Kantor, and Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Joan Spero

Released December 8

Transcript of a press briefing by the Vice President on the Summit of 
the Americas

Released December 9

Transcript of a press briefing on the Summit of the Americas by Summit 
of the Americas Coordinator Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, Deputy National 
Security Adviser Sandy Berger, U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor, 
Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown, and 
Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Joan Spero

Transcript of a press briefing by Chief of Staff Leon Panetta on the 
resignation of Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders

Released December 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Warren Christopher 
in Miami, FL, on the Summit of the Americas

Transcript of remarks by Secretary of State Warren Christopher and 
Foreign Minister Jose Gurria of Mexico in Miami, FL

Transcript of remarks by Secretary of State Warren Christopher and 
Foreign Minister Guido Di Tella of Argentina in Miami, FL

Transcript of a press briefing by U.S. Trade Representative Mickey 
Kantor in Miami, FL on the plan of action and declaration for creating a 
free trade area

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Transcript of a press briefing by Environmental Protection Agency 
Administrator Carol Browner and Director of the White House Office of 
Environmental Policy Kathleen McGinty in Miami, FL, on sustainable 
development and a partnership for pollution prevention

Summary of the Summit of the Americas trade initiative

Released December 11

Joint statement by the leaders of Canada, Chile, Mexico, and the United 
States on preparations for Chile's accession to NAFTA

Released December 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the upcoming visit of 
President Zhelyu Zhelev of Bulgaria

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the President will 
address the Nation on December 15

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing that National 
Security Adviser Anthony Lake will lead a delegation of senior 
administration officials and Africa experts that will travel to eight 
African countries, December 12-22

Released December 14

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on contacts between former 
President Jimmy Carter and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing a letter from 
Sally Katzen, Administrator of OMB's Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, to Representative Newt Gingrich

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the initiative to 
revitalize the Haitian economy

Released December 15

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Released December 16

Transcript of a press briefing on the middle class bill of rights by 
Labor Secretary Bob Reich, Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, Education 
Secretary Richard Riley, and Chief of Staff Leon Panetta

Released December 17

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers announcing the Defense 
Department statement on the helicopter downed in North Korea

Released December 20

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on the presentation of medals 
for service in Operation Uphold Democracy

Released December 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development Andrew Cuomo and Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Bob 
Nash on empowerment zones and enterprise communities

Released December 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers

Released December 23

Statement by Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers on Libya

Released December 27

Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Marshal for the Southern District 
of New York

Released December 28

Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Attorney for the Southern District 
of Alabama

Released December 29

Announcement on grants to aid the homeless