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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release March 20, 1998

                          OFFICIAL DELEGATION 
                  ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT TO AFRICA

The President
The First Lady
Ambassador Edward Brynn, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Ambassador Nancy Powell, U.S. Ambassador to Uganda Ambassador Robert Gribbin, III, U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda Ambassador James A. Joseph, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Ambassador Robert Krueger, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana Ambassador Dane Smith, U.S. Ambassador to Senegal William Daley, Secretary of Commerce
Alexis Herman, Secretary of Labor
Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation Sylvia Mathews, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the President
Samuel Berger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Bruce Lindsey, Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel Michael McCurry, Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary
Bob Nash, Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel
Doug Sosnik, Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President
Melanne Verveer, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Special Envoy for the President and the Secretary of State for the Promotion of Democracy in Africa Howard Wolpe, President's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Mary Mel French, Chief of Protocol
Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Rosa Whitaker, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Beverly Barnes, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary
Marsha Berry, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Communications to the First Lady
Robert (Ben) Johnson, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison
Joseph Lockhart, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary
Alphonso Maldon, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Cheryl Mills, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President
Minyon Moore, Deputy Assistant to the President for Political Affairs
General James Jamerson, Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Armed Forces, European Command (EUCOM)
Glyn Davies, Executive Secretary, NSC
Daniel Benjamin, Special Assistant to the President and Director for NSC Strategic Planning
Antony Blinken, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Strategic Planning Robert Kyle, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for International Economic Affairs Anne Luzzatto, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Press Secretary and NSC Senior Director for Public Affairs Joe Wilson, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for African Affairs
Kelly Craighead, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Advance for the First Lady
Kris Engskov, Special Assistant to the Staff Secretary and Presidential Aide
Kirk Hanlin, Special Assistant to the President and Trip Director
Janis Kearney, Special Assistant to the President and Records Manager
Laura Schiller, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter to the First Lady
Tracey Thornton, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Chris Wayne, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance
Peggy Lewis, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Labor
Daniel M. Zelikow, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Asia, The Americas and Africa
Erica Barks-Ruggles, Director, NSC African Affairs Nicole Elkon, Director for Planning
David Leavy, Director for NSC Strategic Planning John Prendergast, Director for NSC African Affairs Eric Rubin, Assistant Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs and NSC Director for Public Affairs
Robin Sanders, Director for NSC African Affairs Ted Widmer, Director for NSC Strategic Planning Katherine Hubbard, Director of Special Projects, Cabinet Affairs Karen Finney, Deputy Director for Presidential Scheduling Edward Prewitt, Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling Eric Biel, Acting Assistant to the Secretary and Director Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, Department of Commerce Jerry Malone, Chief of Staff, Department of Transportation Carol Peasley, Acting Assistant Administrator for Africa, AID Jon Murchinson, Assistant Press Secretary Nanda Chitre, Assistant Press Secretary Elizabeth Newman, Press Assistant
Michael Teague, Press Assistant
Dana Pittard, Military Aide
Rob Malley, Executive Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Betty Currie, Personal Secretary to the President

CONGRESSIONAL AND CITIZENS DELEGATION

Members of Congress

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Rep. Edward Royce (R-CA)

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Rep. Amory Houghton (R-NY)
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Rep. Elizabeth Furse (D-OR)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)
Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN)

Private Citizens

Paul A. Allaire, Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation The Honorable Dennis W. Archer, Mayor, City of Detroit Alma Brown, Senior Vice President, Chevy Chase Bank Corporation Reverend Dr. Joan Brown - Campbell, General Secretary, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA Ron Burkle, Managing Partner, Yucaipa Companies Dr. Emma C. Chappell, Founder, Chairman & CEO, United Bank of Philadelphia
Melvin Clark, Jr., President and CEO, Metroplex Corporation Ronald Dellums, former Congressman, President, Healthcare International Management Company
Dr. Ramona H. Edelin, President & CEO, National Urban Coalition Ernest Green, Chairman, African Development Foundation Gail Ishfin, Director, Discovery Channel Foundation Bishop Fred Calhoun James, former Bishop, 2nd Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church Robert Johnson, President, Black Entertainment Television Kase Lawall, Chairman, President and CEO, CAMAC Holdings, Inc. C. Payne Lucas, President, Africare
Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, NAACP
Ernest S. Micek, Chairman & CEO, Cargill, Inc. Ilyasah Shabazz, Director of Public Affairs & Special Events, Office of the Honorable Mayor Ernest Davis Lottie Shackelford, Executive Vice President, Global USA, Inc. and Board Member, Overseas Private Investment Corporation John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO and Board Member Maurice Tempelsman, Senior Partner, Leon Tempelsman & Son Carl Ware, Senior Vice President and President, Africa Group, Coca Cola
The Honorable Wellington Webb, Mayor, City and County of Denver, Colorado
Carol Willis, Director, Community Services, DNC

**NOTE: Not all members of the delegation will travel to all countries.

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