THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release October 20, 1993

PRESIDENT NAMES MEMBERS OF RED CROSS BOARD

President Clinton announced today that he intends to appoint seven Administration officials to be government members of the Board of Governors of the American Red Cross. The seven are:

     Secretary of Defense Les Aspin
     Export-Import Bank Chairman Kenneth Brody
     Secretary of State Warren Christopher
     Secretary of Education Richard Riley
     Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala
     Federal Emergency Management Agency Director James Lee Witt
     General John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
          of Staff

     "I have long admired and sought to support the ongoing work 

of the American Red Cross to bring aid to those in need both around the world and here in our own communities," said the President. "As I recently saw first-hand during the Midwest flooding this summer, their workers and volunteers are true lifesavers. I am appointing this senior group of officials to serve on their board because I want to be sure that my Administration does everything that we can to support the Red Cross' important work."

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