[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1998, Book I)]
[January 1, 1998]
[Pages 1133-1143]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



         Appendix C / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1998



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

Released January 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of Management and Budget 
Director Franklin Raines and National Economic Council Director Gene 
Sperling on the budget

Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit by President Stoyanov of 
Bulgaria

Released January 6

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary 
Donna Shalala, Labor Secretary Alexis Herman, and National Economic 
Council Director Gene Sperling on proposed legislation on Medicare

Released January 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary 
Donna Shalala and Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy 
Planning Bruce Reed on proposed legislation on child care

Released January 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Medal of Freedom 
recipients

Statement by the Press Secretary: Asia-Pacific Economic Situation

Released January 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Director Barry McCaffrey on drug use and drug availability for offenders

Statement by the Press Secretary: Northern Ireland Peace Talks

Released January 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Official Visit by British Prime 
Minister Tony Blair

Released January 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's confidence in 
Secretary of Labor Alexis Herman

Statement by Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff on Independent 
Counsel Kenneth Starr's interview of the First Lady

Released January 15

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Medal of Freedom 
recipients

Statement by the Press Secretary: Agreement between Indonesia and the 
IMF

Statement by the Press Secretary: China Nuclear Certification

Transcript of a press briefing by the Reverend Jesse Jackson on the Wall 
Street Project conference

Released January 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for Cabinet 
Affairs Thurgood Marshall, Jr., and Corporation for National Service 
Director Harris Wofford on members of the administration performing 
community service on the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday

Statement by Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff on James E. 
Kennedy replacing Lanny J. Davis as Special Counsel

Statement by the Press Secretary: Meeting With Baltic Presidents

Fact sheet: U.S.-Baltic Relations

Baltic Charter Summary

Released January 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright 
on the visit of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel

Released January 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton To Make Historic 
Visit to Africa

Released January 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton Welcomes Signing of 
Ecuador-Peru Accord

Transcript of a press briefing by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright 
on the visit of Chairman Yasser Arafat of the Palestinian Authority

Released January 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released January 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary 
Donna Shalala and Justice Department Special Counsel for Health Care 
Fraud John Bentivoglio on the President's program on fighting Medicare 
fraud and abuse 1
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Released January 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of remarks by the First Lady and Vice President Al Gore on 
the after-school child care initiative

Released January 27

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling and senior administration officials on the State of the 
Union Address

Fact sheet: The Biological Weapons Convention 2
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of the Union Address on January 27.
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Announcement of nominations for Judges of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, 
U.S. District Courts, U.S. Court of International Trade, and District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals

Released January 28

Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore in Champaign-Urbana, IL

Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore in La Crosse, WI

Statement by the Press Secretary: Statement by Former Chairmen of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff on Ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban 
Treaty

Released January 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Bloody Sunday Inquiry

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of 
California

Released January 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for 
International Economic Affairs Dan Tarullo, Transportation Secretary 
Rodney Slater, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business 
Affairs Alan Larson, and Assistant Secretary of Transportation for 
Aviation and International Affairs Charles Hunicutt on the Japan-U.S. 
civil aviation agreement

Released January 31

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling, Energy Secretary Federico Pena, Treasury Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Tax Analysis John Scholz, White House Staff Secretary Todd 
Stern, and National Economic Council Senior Director Peter Orzag on the 
President's climate change initiative 3
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Secretary on January 30, but it was embargoed for release until 10:06 
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Released February 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary on the upcoming visit of American 
religious leaders to China

Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore on submission of the 
1999 Federal budget

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling, Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen, Treasury 
Secretary Robert

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Rubin, and Office of Management and Budget Director Franklin Raines on 
the 1999 Federal budget

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Council (NSC) Senior 
Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control Robert Bell on the 
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

Released February 4

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released February 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released February 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretaries Joe Lockhart, 
Barry Toiv, and Ann Luzzatto

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling on the President's Social Security initiative

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the Northern District 
of Georgia

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

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Marshal for the Western District of 
Kentucky

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

Released February 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Fact sheet: Southeast Europe Action Plan

Released February 11

Transcript of a briefing by the First Lady on the Millennium Project

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton To Visit Africa 
March 22-April 2

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the 
Second Circuit

Released February 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released February 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

Transcript of a press briefing by National Drug Control Policy Director 
Barry McCaffrey and Domestic Policy Council member Elena Kagan on the 
national drug control strategy

Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger at 
the National Press Club

Statement by the Press Secretary: Appointment of Robert Bell as 
Counselor to the National Security Adviser

Released February 14

Statement by the Press Secretary: Surrender of Indicted War Criminals

Released February 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released February 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released February 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Environmental Protection Agency 
Administrator Carol Browner, Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, White 
House Council on Environmental Quality Associate Director Bradley 
Campbell, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Environment and Natural 
Resources Jim Lyons, and Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv on the 
President's clean water initiative

Released February 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant for Health Policy 
Chris Jennings on the Patients' Bill of Rights

Announcement on fiscal year 1998 budget supplemental and rescission 
requests

Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary 
Donna Shalala and Surgeon General David Satcher on racial and ethnic 
disparities in health care 1
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Secretary on February 20, but it was embargoed for release until 10:06 
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Released February 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and 
National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on the situation in Iraq

Announcement of the President's letter to Senators on campaign finance 
reform legislation

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Released February 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit by Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai 
of Thailand

Statement by the Press Secretary: Walter Mondale To Visit Indonesia

Released February 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen on the 
national economy and the Federal budget

Statement by the Press Secretary: Presidential Delegation to the 
Inauguration of the President of the Republic of Korea

Announcement of nomination for a District of Columbia Superior Court 
Judge

Released February 26

Statement by the Press Secretary: Surrender of Bosnia War Criminal

Statement by the Press Secretary: 1998 Presidential Certifications for 
Major Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries

Fact sheet: Overview of 1998 Presidential Certification for Major Drug 
Producing and Transit Countries

Released March 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling and Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry Summers on Internal 
Revenue Service reforms

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton To Travel to Chile 
for Summit of the Americas and State Visit

Released March 3

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing the President's upcoming 
visit to Westport, CT, and Cincinnati, OH

Advance text of the President's remarks on Franklin Delano Roosevelt at 
the Time magazine 75th anniversary celebration in New York City

Released March 4

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcripts of a press briefing by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, 
FDA Acting Administrator Michael Friedman, and U.S. Trade Representative 
Charlene Barshefsky on food safety legislation

Released March 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released March 6

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Continuation of U.N. Sanctions on 
Libya

Released March 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant to the President for 
Health Policy Chris Jennings and Deputy Assistant to the President for 
Domestic Policy Elena Kagan on the Patients' Bill of Rights and tobacco 
legislation

Released March 10

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attorney for the District of 
Connecticut

Released March 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Jackson-Vanik Waiver for Vietnam

Statement by the Press Secretary: Addition of Rwanda to President's 
Visit to Africa

Released March 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released March 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Africa scholars Richard Anthony 
Joseph, Marina Seassaro Ottaway, and Terrence Lyons on the President's 
upcoming visit to Africa

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Treasury Secretary Larry 
Summers, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs 
Stanley Roth, and Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and

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Agricultural Affairs Stuart Eizenstat on the President's meeting with 
Prime Minister Chuan of Thailand

Fact sheet: U.S.-Thailand Relations

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv on 
the week ahead and Deputy Assistant to the President for Health Policy 
Chris Jennings on the Patients' Bill of Rights

Announcement: President Clinton Signs Executive Order Establishing 
National Task Force on Employment of People With Disabilities

Released March 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim 
Steinberg on the President's meetings with Irish political leaders on 
the Northern Ireland peace process

Released March 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released March 18

Transcript of remarks by Vice President Al Gore on IRS customer service 
improvements

Statement by the Press Secretary: Official Visit by Italian Prime 
Minister Romano Prodi

Announcement on release of a Health Care Financing Administration 
memorandum to State insurance commissioners and insurance issuers on the 
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

Released March 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program 
Director Bill Modzeleski, National Commissioner for Education Statistics 
Pat Forgione, and Justice Department Office of Intergovernmental Affairs 
Director Nicholas Gess on school safety

Statement by the Press Secretary: European Union Decision on Bio-
Engineered Crops

Statement by the Press Secretary on the Special Africa Trip Website

Announcement: President Clinton Calls on Congress To Extend National 
Service

Released March 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger, Agency for International Development Administrator Brian Atwood, 
and Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater on the President's upcoming 
visit to Africa

Statement by the Press Secretary: President's Trip to Europe

Announcement: Official Delegation Accompanying the President to Africa

Released March 23

Transcript of remarks by the First Lady at the December 31st Women's 
Movement Daycare Center in Accra, Ghana

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: President to Visit China

Fact sheet: President Clinton's Trip to Ghana

Released March 24

Statement by Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles on the need for House of 
Representatives action on disaster relief legislation

Transcript of a press briefing by Rev. Jesse Jackson, NSC Director for 
Africa John Prendergast, Assistant Secretary of State Susan Rice, and 
AID Administrator Brian Atwood on the President's visit to Africa

Fact sheet: Investing in the Future of Africa's Children

Released March 25

Transcript of remarks by the First Lady at Makerere University in 
Kampala, Uganda

Transcript of a press briefing by NSC Senior Director for African 
Affairs Joseph C. Wilson IV and Assistant Secretary of State for 
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor John Shattuck on the President's 
visit to Africa

Interview of Gloriosa Uwimpuhwe, genocide survivor

Released March 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of President Fidel Ramos of the 
Republic of the Philippines

Announcement: President Clinton Announces Savings Summit and Names 
Participants

Fact sheet: Countering Genocide and Promoting Human Rights

Fact sheet: Visit to Victoria Mxenge Housing Savings Scheme

Released March 27

Statement by the Press Secretary: Senate Vote on Mexico Certification

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Released March 28

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, NSC 
Senior Director for African Affairs Joseph C. Wilson IV, NSC Director 
for African Affairs Erica Barkes-Ruggles, and U.S. Trade Representative 
for Africa Rosa Whitaker on the President's visit to Africa

Fact sheet on the Ronald H. Brown Commercial Center in Johannesburg, 
South Africa

Released March 29

Transcript of remarks by Press Secretary Mike McCurry on the President's 
bilateral meeting with President Ketumile Masire of Botswana

Statement by the Press Secretary: Radio Democracy for Africa

Released March 30

Advance text of remarks by Chief of Staff Erskine B. Bowles to the 
Center for National Policy

Released March 31

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger on the President's farewell meeting with President Ketumile 
Masire of Botswana and his visit to Senegal

Transcript of a press briefing by NSC Senior Director for Environmental 
Affairs David Sandalow on the President's roundtable discussion with 
African environmentalists

Fact sheet: Environment Roundtable

Transcript of remarks by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Treasury 
Secretary Robert Rubin, and Defense Secretary William Cohen on emergency 
supplemental appropriations legislation

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

Released April 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and 
National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on the President's visit to 
Africa

Transcript of a press briefing by NSC Senior Director for African 
Affairs Joseph C. Wilson IV on the President's bilateral meeting with 
President Abdou Diouf of Senegal

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's support for 
legislation to create the Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust 
Assets in the United States (S. 1900)

Statement by the Press Secretary on disaster assistance for Minnesota

Statement by the Press Secretary: Arms Embargo Against Belgrade

Transcript of a press briefing by Gen. James Jamerson, Deputy Commander 
in Chief, European Command, on the African Crisis Response Initiative

Fact sheet: African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI)

Fact sheet: African Center for Security Studies

Fact sheet: Safe Skies for Africa Initiative

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the 
Federal Circuit

Released April 2

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Middle 
District of Louisiana

Released April 3

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Central 
District of Illinois

Released April 6

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released April 9

Transcript of a press briefing by Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman, 
Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Planning Bruce Reed, and 
Press Secretary Mike McCurry on tobacco legislation

Statement by the Press Secretary: Tragic Accident During Hajj Pilgrimage

Released April 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Presidential Delegation to Key 
European Capitals To Consult on the Situation in Kosovo

Released April 13

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President and Mrs. Clinton's 
1997 Federal income tax return

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart, 
Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv, and Assistant Secretary for Foreign 
Affairs Eric Rubin

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger, Special Envoy for the Americas Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, and 
U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky on the President's visit 
to Chile

Released April 14

Transcript of a press briefing by President's Race Initiative Executive 
Director Judith Winston, Counselor

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to the President Paul Begala, San Francisco 49ers President Carmen 
Policy, and Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on the ESPN townhall 
meeting on race in Houston, TX

Text of a letter from Office of Management and Budget Director Franklin 
D. Raines

Announcement of resignation of Office of Management and Budget Director 
Franklin D. Raines and nomination of successor

Released April 15

Statement by the Press Secretary: 1999 NATO Summit

Released April 16

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger, U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky, Special Envoy for 
the Americas Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, and Deputy Press Secretary Barry 
Toiv on the President's discussions with President Eduardo Frei of Chile

Fact sheet: U.S.-Chile Partnership for the 21st Century

Released April 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim 
Steinberg and Deputy Press Secretary Barry Toiv on the President's 
address to the Chilean National Congress

Released April 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Special Envoy to the Americas Thomas 
F. (Mack) McLarty and Secretary of Education Richard Riley on the Summit 
of the Americas in Santiago, Chile

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger on the President's bilateral meetings with Latin American leaders

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger on the second session of the Summit of the Americas

Fact sheet: Education and the Santiago Summit

Fact sheet: Promoting Democracy, Justice, and Human Rights at the 
Santiago Summit

Fact sheet: Advancing Our Common Security at the Santiago Summit

Fact sheet: Eradication of Poverty and Discrimination at the Santiago 
Summit

Released April 19

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger, Special Envoy for the Americas Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty, and 
U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky on the Summit of the 
Americas

Fact sheet: Prosperity and Free Trade at the Santiago Summit

Released April 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released April 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and 
Special Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Jennifer Klein on 
the child care initiative

Statement by the Press Secretary: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judges for the Southern 
District of Illinois and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Released April 24

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Operation Auburn Endeavor

Statement by the Press Secretary: Confirmation of Sergey Kiriyenko as 
Russian Prime Minister

Released April 25

Statement by Counsel to the President Charles Ruff on Independent 
Counsel Kenneth Starr's interview of Hillary Clinton

Released April 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released April 28

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling and Social Security Commissioner Kenneth Apfel on Social 
Security reform

Statement by the Press Secretary: AmeriCare Humanitarian Mission to Iraq

Released April 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of nominations for U.S. Court of International Trade Judge 
and U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Announcement of the text of the citation for the Presidential Citizens 
Medal awarded to Albert Abramson

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Released May 1

Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger at 
the Brookings Institution, entitled ``The Price of American Leadership''

Announcement of nominations for District of Columbia Superior Court 
Judges

Released May 4

Transcript of a press briefing by Assistant to the President for Special 
Projects Todd Stern on the Partnership for Advancing Technology in 
Housing

Released May 5

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Advance text of remarks by National Security Adviser Samuel Berger to 
the annual Washington forum of Business Executives for National Security

Announcement of finalists for 1998-99 White House Fellowships

Released May 6

Announcement: U.S.-Italy Initiative To Combat Trafficking in Women and 
Children

Released May 7

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Special Adviser for Economic 
Initiatives for Ireland James Lyons on the President's new initiatives 
in support of peace in Northern Ireland

Statement by the Press Secretary: President To Address the United 
Nations General Assembly Special Session on International Drug Control

Statement by the Press Secretary: Establishment of Leifur Eiriksson 
Millennium Working Group

Released May 8

Fact sheet: ``Class-Size Reduction and Teacher Quality Act''

Released May 9

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's invitation to Prime 
Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel and Chairman Yasser Arafat of the 
Palestinian Authority to initiate final status negotiations

Released May 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger, National Economic Adviser Gene Sperling, and Deputy National 
Security Adviser Jim Steinberg on the Group of Eight Summit

Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of French Prime Minister Jospin

Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Central 
District of California, the District of Arizona, and the Western 
District of Washington

Released May 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder, 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury James Johnson, Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General Mark Richard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State 
Jonathan Wiener, and NSC Director for Global Issues Fred Rosa on the 
international crime control strategy

Statement by Counsel to the President Charles F.C. Ruff on the 
President's annual Public Financial Disclosure Report

Released May 13

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger on the President's visit to Germany

Statement by the Press Secretary: India Sanctions

Statement by the Press Secretary announcing the President's upcoming 
visit to Houston and Dallas, TX, and Cleveland, OH

Released May 14

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim 
Steinberg on the G-8 Birmingham Summit

Released May 15

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy National Security Adviser Jim 
Steinberg on the G-8 Birmingham Summit

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy 
Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers, National Economic Adviser Gene 
Sperling, and Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs 
David Lipton on the G-8 Birmingham Summit

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative 
Richard Fisher on the U.S.-Japan initiative on deregulation

Fact sheet: U.S.-Japan Initiative Delivers Progress on Deregulation

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

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Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the District of 
Arizona

Released May 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Security Adviser Samuel 
Berger and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Crime, 
Narcotics, and Law Enforcement Jonathan Winer on the G-8 Birmingham 
Summit

Fact sheet: Reducing the Nuclear Threat

Released May 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, Deputy 
National Security Adviser Jim Steinberg, and Deputy Secretary of State 
Strobe Talbott on the G-8 Birmingham Summit and the President's meeting 
with President Boris Yeltsin of Russia

Fact sheet: The G-8 Birmingham Summit: ``Securing the Benefits of 
Integration''

Released May 18

Transcript of remarks by Press Secretary Mike McCurry to the press pool

Statement by the Press Secretary: U.S.-EU Summit

Fact sheet: Building a Stronger World Community: The Transatlantic 
Economic Partnership

Fact sheet: U.S.-EU Summit: Disciplines for Strengthening Investment 
Protection

Fact sheet: Cooperation on Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism

Released May 19

Announcement of nomination for U.S. District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana

Released May 20

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: State Visit by Korean President Kim 
Dae-jung

Released May 21

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Fact sheet: NATO Enlargement

Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Southern 
District of New York and the District of Minnesota

Released May 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Transportation Secretary Rodney 
Slater, Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jack Lew, and 
National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling on proposed 
transportation legislation

Transcript of a press briefing by National Coordinator for Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Counterterrorism Richard Clarke and 
Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office Director Jeffrey Hunker on the 
President's commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, 
MD

Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Southern 
District of Florida and the Eastern District of Virginia

Fact sheet: Preparedness for a Biological Weapons Attack

Fact sheet: Summary of Presidential Decision Directives 62 and 63

Fact sheet: Combating Terrorism: Presidential Decision Directive 62

Fact sheet: Protecting America's Critical Infrastructure: PDD 63

Released May 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling, Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen, and 
Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Jack Lew on fiscal year 
1998 and future budget surpluses

Released May 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Health and Human Services Secretary 
Donna Shalala, Welfare to Work Partnership President Eli Segal, and 
Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy Elena Kagan on the 
Welfare to Work Partnership

Statement by the Press Secretary: Elections in Hong Kong

Statement by the Press Secretary: Official Working Visit by Bahraini 
Amir Shaikh Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton To Attend the 
National Ocean Conference in Monterey, California

Released May 28

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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Released May 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released May 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Education Secretary Richard Riley on 
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Released June 1

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released June 2

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Secretary of Commerce Robert L. 
Mallett and Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on the 2000 census

Statement by the Press Secretary: President Clinton Authorizes $37 
Million for Humanitarian Emergencies in Africa and Southeast Asia

Released June 3

Statement by the Press Secretary: The President's Trip to China

Released June 4

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Announcement of nominations for U.S. District Judges for the Middle 
District of Pennsylvania and the Southern District of California

Released June 5

Transcript of a press briefing by National Economic Council Senior 
Director Tom Kalil on the telecommunications E-rate and by Deputy Press 
Secretary Joe Lockhart

Announcement of nomination for U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Third 
Circuit

Released June 8

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and NSC 
Senior Director for Inter-American Affairs Jim Dobbins on the 
President's meeting with President Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico

Transcript of a press briefing by Office of National Drug Control Policy 
Director Barry McCaffrey, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna 
Shalala, Attorney General Janet Reno, and Special Envoy to Latin America 
Thomas F. (Mack) McLarty on the President's remarks to the United 
Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem

Announcement: President Requests Additional Funding for Protection 
Against Biological and Chemical Weapons Terrorism

Released June 10

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Secretary of Labor Kathryn 
Higgins and Council of Economic Advisers Chair Janet Yellen on proposed 
equal pay legislation

Released June 11

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released June 12

Transcript of a press briefing by Council on Environmental Quality Chair 
Kathleen McGinty, Assistant Secretary of Commerce Terry Garcia, and 
Deputy Press Secretary Joe Lockhart on the National Oceans Conference

Released June 14

Statement by the Press Secretary: Nigeria--Presidential Call to Nigerian 
Head of State Abubaker

Statement by the Press Secretary: Ethiopia and Eritrea--Agreement to 
Moratorium on Air Strikes

Released June 15

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Released June 16

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Nigerian Government Releases Prominent 
Political Prisoners

Statement by the Press Secretary on the appointment of Mary O'Neil 
McCarthy as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for 
Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council

Released June 17

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, 
National Security Adviser Samuel Berger, and National Economic Council 
Director Gene Sperling on the President's upcoming visit to China

Released June 18

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

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Announcement of nomination for Secretary of Energy

Announcement of nomination for Ambassador to the United Nations

Released June 19

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Statement by the Press Secretary: Alice M. Rivlin Sworn In to District 
of Columbia Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority

Released June 22

Transcript of a press briefing by Harry Harding, Elliott School of 
International Affairs dean, and Nicholas Lardy, Brookings Institute 
senior fellow in foreign policy studies, on the President's visit to 
China

Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of President Constantinescu of 
Romania

Announcement of nomination for a U.S. Court of Federal Claims Judge

Released June 23

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by Deputy Assistant to the President for 
Health Care Policy Chris Jennings, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Associate Director Barbara Chow, OMB Associate Director T.J. Glauthier, 
and OMB Agriculture Branch Chairman Mark Weatherly on the Agricultural 
Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998

Statement by the Press Secretary: Signing of the Telemarketing Fraud 
Prevention Act

Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit of Polish Prime Minister Buzek

Announcement: Official Delegation to China

Released June 24

Announcement of nominations for U.S. Court of Appeals Judges for the 
Fourth Circuit and the Ninth Circuit

Released June 25

Statement by the Press Secretary on the appointment of Gayle E. Smith as 
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African 
Affairs at the National Security Council

Released June 26

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry and 
National Security Adviser Samuel Berger on the President's visit to 
China

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

Released June 27

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, National 
Security Adviser Samuel Berger, and National Economic Council Director 
Gene Sperling on the President's visit to China

Fact sheet: Achievements of U.S.-China Summit

Released June 29

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry

Transcript of a press briefing by NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs 
Sandy Kristoff, NSC Director for Asian Affairs Jeff Bader, Assistant 
Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs Stanley Roth, and Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Susan 
Shirk on the President's visit to China

Transcript of a press briefing by Special Representative for 
Presidential Rule of Law Initiative Paul Gewirtz, Peace Corps Director 
Mark Gearan, Assistant Secretary of Energy Robert Gee, and Professor 
Alan Turley on the President's visit to China

Released June 30

Transcript of a press briefing by Press Secretary Mike McCurry, 
Secretary of Commerce Bill Daley, and Special Assistant to the President 
for International Economic Policy Lael Brainard on the President's visit 
to Shanghai, China

Statement by the Press Secretary: Death of U.N. Special Representative 
to Angola Maitre Beye