August 23 William Smith, of Donora, PA. Mr. Smith's neighbor Peggy Cermack is a 36-year-old divorced mother of two daughters who supports her children on a fixed income. Mr. Smith did not look the other way when his neighbor's suffering became apparent. For the last 7 years, he has provided the Cermack family with food, clothing, school supplies, and transportation. With his help, Ms. Cermack is now a paralegal student trying to put her life back together. August 24 What About Remembering Me, Inc., of Fort Worth, TX. What About Remembering Me, known as the WARM Place, offers comfort and care to children who have lost someone close to them to death. This effort serves children ages 3-18 and their parents, offering them ongoing support throughout the mourning process. More than 200 volunteers, including psychiatrists, nurses, and counselors, teach classes and lead support groups, as well as train other volunteers. Digest of Other White House Announcements The following list includes the President's public schedule and other items of general interest announced by the Office of the Press Secretary and not included elsewhere in this issue. August 18 In the morning, the President met aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Monomoy off the coast of Maine with Robert M. Gates, Assistant to the President and Deputy for National Security Affairs, and Andrew H. Card, Jr., Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff, for a briefing on national security issues. Later, aboard his boat Fidelity, the President had a telephone conversation with Robert M. Gates, Assistant to the President and Deputy for National Security Affairs, to discuss the Iraqi statement regarding its treatment of foreign nationals. national security advisers to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis. August 20 In the morning, the President met at the White House with: -advisers, to discuss the Federal budget negotiations; -Deputy Secretary of Energy W. Henson Moore, to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis and U.S. energy reserves. In the morning, the President telephoned President Turgut Özal of Turkey and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of the United Kingdom to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis. The President announced his intention to appoint Robert A. Estrada, of Texas, to be a member of the Student Loan Marketing Association. He would succeed Irby Clifford Simpkins, Jr. Currently Mr. Estrada serves as chairman of the board of Estrada Securities, Inc., in Dallas, TX. The President announced his intention to appoint the following individuals to be members of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships: Constance Berry Newman, of Maryland. She would succeed Constance Horner. Since 1989 Ms. Newman has served as Director of the Office of Personnel Management. Sophocles A. Hero, of Virginia. He would succeed William Milton Smith. Mr. Hero most recently served as an attorney specializing in international affairs in the Office of the General Counsel at the Department of Defense, 1959-1980. August 21 In the morning, the President met at his home in Kennebunkport, ME, with Robert M. Gates, Assistant to the President and Deputy for National Security Affairs, and Andrew H. Card, Jr., Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff, for a briefing on domestic issues. The President telephoned Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, to discuss the Persian Gulf crisis and the mobilization of U.S. Reserves, and Thomas R. Pickering, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, to discuss the U.N. deliberations on the economic sanctions against Iraq. Later in the morning, the President traveled to Woodlands Country Club in Fal mouth, ME, to participate in Gov. John McKernan's 1990 Golf Classic. In the afternoon, the President returned to Kennebunkport, ME. August 23 In the morning, the President met at his home in Kennebunkport, ME, with Brent Scowcroft, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and Andrew H. Card, Jr., Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff, for a briefing on domestic and national security issues. Later in the morning, the President had telephone conversations with Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany and Prime Minister Robert Hawke of Australia regarding the Persian Gulf crisis. In the evening, the President attended a fundraising dinner in Kennebunkport, ME, for Gov. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and congressional candidate David Emery. August 24 The President met at his home in Kennebunkport, ME, with Secretary of the Treasury Nicholas F. Brady; Richard G. Darman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget; John H. Sununu, Chief of Staff to the President; and Andrew H. Card, Jr., Assistant to the President and Deputy to the Chief of Staff, to discuss the Federal budget negotiations. Nominations Submitted to the Senate Note: No nominations were submitted to the Senate during the period covered by this issue. Checklist of White House Press Releases The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as items nor covered by entries in the Digest of Other White House An nouncements. Released August 20 Advance text: Remarks at a Republican Party fundraising luncheon in North Kingstown, RI Released August 22 Transcript: Press briefing on the Persian Gulf crisis-by Secretary of Defense Richard B. Cheney and Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Acts Approved by the President Approved August 18 H.R. 498 / Public Law 101-379 Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act H.R. 1465 / Public Law 101-380 Oil Pollution Act of 1990 S. 2240 / Public Law 101-381 Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 Approved August 20 H.R. 1594 / Public Law 101-382 Customs and Trade Act of 1990 Subject Index Administration of George Bush, 1990 AID. See Development Cooperation Agency, U.S. Abortion-1146, 1148 Administration. See other part of subject Advisory committees and commissions, Federal- Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nation- Africa See also specific country Democracy and freedom-1061 Agency. See other part of subject Agricultural Research Week, National-1209 Agriculture, international government subsidies- Farmers Home Administration-1101 Air Force, Department of the Warren Air Force Base-1131 Alabama, Governor-1172, 1173 All-American Cities Awards-1211 Alpha Project, San Diego, CA-1093 Alternatives to Domestic Violence, Riverside, CA-1167 American. See other part of subject American Legion-1134 Appeals, U.S. Courts of First Circuit-1143, 1168 Fifth Circuit-1168 Appointment Process, President's Commission on Architectural and Transportation Barriers Com- Archives and Records Administration, National— Armed Forces, U.S. See also Defense and national security President's views-1131, 1137, 1191, 1218 Saudi Arabia deployment-1216, 1218, 1225, Troop reductions-1191, 1193 Arms and munitions See also Nuclear weapons Biological weapons-1063 Chemical weapons-1063, 1192, 1219 Conventional forces and weapons-1042, 1043, 1114, 1121, 1125, 1134, 1151, 1159, 1168, Line-item veto-1102, 1126 President's views-1245 Rescissions and deferrals-1102 Building Sciences, National Institute of, 1989 Burkina Faso, U.S. Ambassador-1156 Foreign acquisitions of U.S. businesses-1200, Productivity and competitiveness-1104, 1105 CFE. See Arms and munitions, conventional COCOM. See Coordinating Committee for Multi- CSBM. See Confidence and Security Building ence on CSCE. See Security and Cooperation in Europe, President-elect-1096, 1099 Relations with U.S.-1099 Trade with U.S.-1141 Colorado, President's visit-1186, 1190 Commerce, Department of Assistant Secretary-1101 Administration policies-1139 Free and fair trade-1067, 1077, 1105, 1120 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S. Commission. See other part of subject Concerned Alliance of Responsible Employers- Concerned Friends, Inc., Tempe, AZ-1093 Connecticut Hospice, Inc., Branford, CT-1261 See also Environment Forest preservation-1071, 1074, 1079, 1080, Egypt-Continued President-1051, 1186, 1187, 1218, 1219, 1232, 1239, 1240 El Salvador Democracy and freedom-1216 Emergency Management Agency, Federal1095, 1133, 1168, 1181 Employment and unemployment, disabled persons-1163-1165 Energy Federal conservation of oil and gas, 1989 report-1202 Nuclear energy-1071 Oil-1172, 1185, 1196, 1198, 1199, 1202, 12171219, 1222, 1223, 1239, 1243, 1248, 1251, 1256, 1261 Energy, Department of, Secretary-1185 See also Conservation Administration policies-1121 Air quality-1057, 1058, 1078, 1085 International cooperation-1059, 1068, 10701072, 1074, 1075, 1079, 1084, 1085, 1141, 1153 Ozone layer depletion-1070 Environmental Protection Agency-1057, 1058, 1083, 1153 Epilepsy Foundation-1234 Europe Defense and security-1041, 1045, 1050, 1103 Democracy and freedom-1041, 1044, 1050, 1160, 1190 East-West relations-1042, 1045 President's views-1050 Reforms, political and economic-1061, 1065, 1067, 1068 Relations with U.S.-1079, 1081, 1103 U.S. military role-1042, 1046, 1192 European Communities-1060, 1095, 1153, 1232 Export-Import Bank of the U.S.-1260 FDIC. See Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Families, President's views-1110 Farm Credit Administration-1134 Farmers Home Administration. See Agriculture, Department of Federal. See other part of subject Federalism-1130, 1194 Flight Attendant Safety Professionals' Day-1099 Food and Agricultural Development, Board for International-1201 |