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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 28, 1998
                  AmeriCares Humanitarian Mission to Iraq
     On Tuesday, April 28, an airplane chartered by the AmeriCares
humanitarian relief organization will bring a shipment of medical
supplies from the United States to Baghdad.  These medicines will be
turned over to the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red
Crescent for distribution to twenty-one hospitals in Iraq.
     The United States Government was pleased to assist AmeriCares in
its effort to undertake this mission.  While it is small relative to
the $5.25 billion UN food-for-oil humanitarian program that we also
have endorsed, the mission nonetheless reflects the concern of the
Government and people of the United States for the welfare of the
Iraqi people.
     We remain deeply disturbed by the manipulation of UN humanitarian
programs by Saddam Hussein, and again call upon the Iraqi regime to
cooperate with UN Security Council Resolution 1153, which authorizes
increased humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 28, 1998
                           April 27, 1998
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
SUBJECT:       1998 Combined Federal Campaign
               of the National Capital Area
     I am delighted that Rodney E. Slater, Secretary of Transportation,
has agreed to again serve as the Chair of the 1998 Combined Federal
Campaign of the National Capital Area.  I ask you to support the
campaign by personally chairing the campaign in your agency and
appointing a top official as your vice chair.
     The Combined Federal Campaign is an important way for Federal
employees to support many worthy charities.  This year our goal is to
again raise more than $38 million.  Public servants not only contribute
to the campaign but assume leadership roles to ensure its success.
     Your personal support and enthusiasm will help guarantee another
successful campaign this year.
                                   WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 28, 1998
                  AmeriCares Humanitarian Mission to Iraq
     On Tuesday, April 28, an airplane chartered by the AmeriCares
humanitarian relief organization will bring a shipment of medical
supplies from the United States to Baghdad.  These medicines will be
turned over to the International Federation of the Red Cross/Red
Crescent for distribution to twenty-one hospitals in Iraq.
     The United States Government was pleased to assist AmeriCares in
its effort to undertake this mission.  While it is small relative to
the $5.25 billion UN food-for-oil humanitarian program that we also
have endorsed, the mission nonetheless reflects the concern of the
Government and people of the United States for the welfare of the
Iraqi people.
     We remain deeply disturbed by the manipulation of UN humanitarian
programs by Saddam Hussein, and again call upon the Iraqi regime to
cooperate with UN Security Council Resolution 1153, which authorizes
increased humanitarian assistance to the people of Iraq.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 28, 1998
                            April 28, 1998
                      Presidential Determination
                              No. 98-21
MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE
               THE SECRETARY OF ENERGY
SUBJECT:       Presidential Determination on the Proposed Agreement
               for Cooperation Between the United States of America
               and Ukraine Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy
     I have considered the proposed Agreement for Cooperation Between
the United States of America and Ukraine Concerning Peaceful Uses of
Nuclear Energy, along with the views, recommendations, and statements
of the interested agencies.
     I have determined that the performance of the agreement will
promote, and will not constitute an unreasonable risk to, the common
defense and security.  Pursuant to section 123 b. of the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2153(b)), I hereby approve the
proposed agreement and authorize you to arrange for its execution.
     The Secretary of State is authorized and directed to publish this
determination in the Federal Register.
                                   WILLIAM J. CLINTON
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                      Office of the Press Secretary
_________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 23, 1998
                           PRESIDENT CLINTON
            NOMINATES DAVID R. HERNDON AND ROBERT A. FREEDBERG
                          TO THE FEDERAL BENCH
     President Clinton today nominated David R. Herndon to be a United
States District Court Judge for the Southern District of Illinois and
Robert A. Freedberg to be a United States District Court Judge for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Robert A. Freedberg, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
     Judge Robert A. Freedberg of Easton, Pennsylvania, received a B.A.
degree from Lafayette College in 1966, and a J.D. degree from Columbia
University School of Law 1969.  After law school, he was a law clerk for
Northampton County's Court of Common Pleas, before entering private
practice -- first as an associate at Sigmon, Briody, Littner and Ross
from 1970 to 1971, and then as a sole practitioner from 1971 to 1980.
While a sole practitioner he also served as an Assistant District
Attorney for Northampton County from 1973 to 1979, and as an Assistant
Solicitor for the City of Easton from 1977 to 1980.  Since 1980, he has
served as a judge on Northampton County's Court of Common Pleas.
David R. Herndon, Southern District of Illinois
     Judge David R. Herndon of  East Alton, Illinois, received his
college (1974) and law (1977) degrees from Southern Illinois
University.   After law school, he was an associate in the Law Office
of  L. Thomas Lakin from 1977 to 1978, a partner at Haley,
Frederickson, Walsh and Herndon from 1978 to 1980, and a partner at
Lakin and Herndon from 1980 until 1991.  Since 1991,  Judge Herndon has
served on the Third Judicial Circuit Court for the State of Illinois.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 24, 1998
                 J. GARY BURKHEAD APPOINTED TO ABAC
     President Clinton today announced the appointment of Mr. J. Gary
Burkhead, of Boston, Massachusetts to the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC).  Mr. Burkhead is
the Vice Chairman of FMR Corp., the parent company of Fidelity
Investments, the nation's largest mutual fund company, and president of
Fidelity's Personal Investments and Brokerage Group.
     Mr. Burkhead replaces Mr. Robert Denham, former Chairman, CEO of
Salomon Inc. as one of three U.S. representatives to ABAC.  The other
two members of ABAC representing the U.S. are Ms. Susan Corrales-Diaz,
Systems Integrated Inc., and Mr. John (Jack) F. Smith, General Motors
Corporation.
     ABAC, the private sector arm of APEC, was established by APEC
leaders in 1995 to advise them on issues affecting business in the
region.  It is comprised of up to three senior business leaders from
each of the APEC economies, who report annually to APEC leaders.  ABAC
representatives have met with APEC leaders at both summits since the
creation of the Council (in 1996, at Subic Bay, and in 1997, at
Vancouver.)
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 28, 1998
                           PRESIDENT CLINTON
                         NAMES JEFFREY DAVIDOW
                     AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO
     The President today announced his intent to nominate Jeffrey
Davidow to be U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.
     Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow, of Arlington, Virginia, is a Career
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister.  He is
currently serving as Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American
Affairs, a position to which he was appointed by President Clinton in
l996.  Ambassador Davidow has previously served as Ambassador to Zambia
and Venezuela.  During his 29 year Foreign Service career, Ambassador
Davidow has been posted to embassies in Guatemala, Chile, South Africa
and Zimbabwe in addition to the posts which he served as ambassador and
assignments in Washington.
     Ambassador Davidow was born in Boston and attended Brookline High
School.  He graduated from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst
in l965.  He also studied at the University of Minnesota, where he
received his Masters degree in l967,  and at Osmania University in
Hyderabad, India.  He speaks Spanish.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 28, 1998
                           PRESIDENT CLINTON
                        NAMES MARI CARMEN APONTE
             AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
     The President today announced his intent to nominate Mari Carmen
Aponte to be U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
     Ms. Mari Carmen Aponte, of Washington, D.C., is a lawyer and
business consultant in the District, and is bilingual in Spanish and
English. From 1976 to 1979,  Ms. Aponte opened her general law practice
and was Associate Counsel for Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia.  In
1979, she was selected to the White House Fellowship program, where she
served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development.  From 1981 to 1994, Ms. Aponte practiced
law in Washington, D.C.  Since 1996, Ms. Aponte has owned and managed
her own consulting firm and law practice.  Ms. Aponte is active in a
variety of national civic and leadership organizations.  She was
elected to the Council on Foreign Relations, appointed by the Board of
Governors of the District of Columbia Bar to serve on the Columbia
Judicial Nominations Commission, is President of the Board of Directors
of the Hispanic National Bar Fund, and is Chair of the Board of
Directors for the National Association of Hispanic Elderly.
     Born on October 22, 1946, in Santurce, Puerto Rico, Ms. Aponte
graduated from Rosemont College in Pennsylvania with a B.A. in
political science in 1968.  In 1970, she received a Masters from
Villanova University.  In 1976, she received a JD from Temple
University School of Law in Philadelphia.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 28, 1998
                           PRESIDENT CLINTON
                        NAMES E. WILLIAM CROTTY
                    AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS
     The President today announced his intent to nominate E. William
(Bill) Crotty to be U.S. Ambassador to Barbados, to Antigua and
Barbuda, to the Commonwealth of Dominica, to Grenada, to St. Kitts and
Nevis, to St. Lucia and to St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
     Mr. E. William Crotty, of Daytona Beach, Florida, has been a
practicing attorney since l958, and currently serves as the Senior
Managing Partner of Black, Crotty, Sims, Hubka, Burnett, Birch, and
Samuels.  He was appointed by President Clinton in May 1996, to serve
on the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad.
Mr. Crotty received Senate appointments to the Judicial Foundation
Board and the National Skill Standards Board.  He also serves on
numerous professional and service boards within the Daytona community.
     Born on June 28, 1931, in Claremont, New Hampshire, Mr. Crotty
graduated from Dartmouth College with a B.A. in economics.  He earned
a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was a
Frederick L. Leckie Scholar.  Mr. Crotty received a Masters of Law in
Taxation from the New York University Law School.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                     Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 28, 1998
                          PRESIDENT CLINTON
                       NAMES ARTHUR SCHECHTER
          AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS
     The President today announced his intent to nominate Arthur
Schechter to be U.S. Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
     Mr. Arthur Schechter, of Houston, Texas, is President of the
Schechter & Marshall law firm.  Active in his community, he has served
as President of the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston and the
American Jewish Committee, as well as numerous civic boards including
the Southwest Advisory Board of the Institute of International
Education, S.E.A.R.C.H. (service to the homeless), Serve Houston (the
local AmeriCorps Chapter in Houston), and many others. President
Clinton appointed Mr. Schechter to be a member of the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum Council in June of l994.  He has been honored
by the NAACP, Child Advocates of Houston, and he has been the recipient
of the National Human Relations Award from the American Jewish
Committee.
     Mr. Schechter was born in Rosenberg, Texas on December 6, 1939.
He earned a B.A. in Plan II, Honors' Program with an emphasis in
Government and Political Science from the University of Texas in 1962,
an L.B. and a J.D. from the University of Texas Law School in 1964, and
he has done course work toward an M.A. in International Relations at
the University of Houston.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                      Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                   April 29, 1998
                            PRESIDENT CLINTON
              DECLARES A MAJOR DISASTER EXISTS IN KENTUCKY
     The President today declared a major disaster exists in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky and ordered Federal aid to supplement
Commonwealth and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe
storms, tornadoes, and flooding on April 16, 1998.
     The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected
individuals in a 12-county area.  Individual assistance will be made
available for the counties of Adair, Barren, Bell, Casey, Clay, Floyd,
Knott, Knox, Metcalfe, Perry, Warren, and Whitley.
     Assistance can include disaster housing, grants, low-cost loans to
cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals
and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster.
     Federal funding is also available to eligible local governments on
cost-sharing basis for the repair or replacement of public facilities
damaged by the severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding.  Public
assistance will be made available in the following 12 counties: Adair,
Barren, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Knox, Leslie, Metcalfe, Owsley, Perry,
Warren, and Whitley.  Federal funding is also available on a cost share
basis for hazard mitigation measures.
     The Agency said that damage surveys are continuing in other areas,
and additional counties may be added after the assessments are
completed.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                      Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 29, 1998
     The President today awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to
Albert Abramson.  The text of the citation reads as follows:
                             ALBERT ABRAMSON
     A successful businessman and dedicated philanthropist, Albert
Abramson has earned our lasting gratitude for his work to bring the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from blueprint to reality.
With quiet determination, he skillfully mobilized financial resources
and architectural and construction talent to help create a lasting
monument to the triumph of the human spirit that is both a poignant
reminder and a compelling, cautionary lesson.  Because of Albert
Abramson's vision and commitment, the museum not only keeps alive the
memory of those lost during the Holocaust, but calls us to remain
forever vigilant in defending our precious human rights and democratic
freedoms.
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assistant: THE WHITE HOUSE
                    Office of the Press Secretary
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                     April 29, 1998
                           President Clinton
               Awards Citizens Medal to Albert Abramson
                              April 29, 1998
     Today, in a Roosevelt Room Ceremony, President Clinton presented
the Citizens Medal to Mr. Albert Abramson of Washington, DC.  The
Citizens Medal, established by Executive Order in 1969, is presented in
recognition of United States citizens who have performed exemplary
deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.  This is
the second highest civilian honor which the President can bestow upon
a U.S. citizen.  The presentation of the Medal may take place at any
time of the year.  Today's medal recipient, Albert Abramson, was the
key force behind construction of the Holocaust Museum.
     The son of Eastern European immigrants, Albert Abramson was born
in 1917, in New York City.  His family moved to Washington four years
later.  At the age of 25, he was discharged from the Army Air Corps
and returned to Washington.  Almost by chance, he fell into the home
building business.  Over the years, he has become one of the most
successful real estate developers in the area.
     Late in his business career, Mr. Abramson trained his vision on
construction of the Holocaust Museum.  Named Chair of the Building
Committee, he dropped many personal business projects to focus on the
Museum.  Mr. Abramson mobilized the political and financial
resources and architectural and building talents that were key to the
realization of the Museum. It was Mr. Abramson's dedication and
determination that got the Museum built.
     The White House will release a photo from this presentation.