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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                   (Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts)
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For Immediate Release                                    August 29, 1998

OFFICIAL DELEGATION TO NORTHERN IRELAND AND IRELAND

The President
The First Lady
Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland (Ireland only)
Ambassador Philip Lader, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland only)
Ki Fort, Consul General (Northern Ireland only) William Daley, Secretary of Commerce
Richard Riley, Secretary of Education
Senator Joseph Biden, Jr.
Senator Patrick Leahy
Senator Richard Durbin
Senator Jack Reed
Senator George Mitchell
Representative Lee Hamilton
Representative William Coyne
Representative Steny Hoyer
Representative Thomas Manton
Representative Richard Neal
Representative Donald Payne
Representative James Walsh
Representative Peter King
Representative Martin Meehan
Representative Mike Doyle
Representative Karen McCarthy
Representative Vito Fossella
Representative Carolyn McCarthy
Maria Echaveste, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the President
Samuel Berger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Michael McCurry, Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary
Doug Sosnik, Counselor to the President Melanne Verveer, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Kitty Higgins, Deputy Secretary of Labor Mary Mel French, Chief of Protocol
Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, Alternate U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs to the United Nations James Lyons, Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Economic Initiatives Marc Grossman, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs
Kris Balderston, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Cabinet Secretary
Marsha Berry, Deputy Assistant to the President and

Director of Communications for the First Lady Charles Brain, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Joe Lockhart, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary
James Steinberg, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Antony Blinken, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Strategic Planning Anne Edwards, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Press Advance
Kirk Hanlin, Special Assistant to the President and Trip Director
Broderick Johnson, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Laura Schiller, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter
Chris Wayne, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Presidential Advance Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Director, Legislative Affairs, National Security Council
Lawrence Butler, Director, European Affairs, National Security Council
P.J. Crowley, Director, Public Affairs, National Security Council Nicole Elkon, Director for Planning, National Security Council David Halperin, Director, Speechwriting, National Security Council David Leavy, Director of Communications, National Security Council Ted Widmer, Director, Speechwriting, National Security Council Betty Currie, Personal Secretary to the President Kris Engskov, The President's Aide
Nanda Chitre, Assistant Press Secretary Kara Gerhardt, Assistant Press Secretary Michael Teague, Press Assistant
Lori Anderson, Assistant to the Press Secretary Laura Graham, Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling Nina Hachigian, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Christine Stanek, Associate Director for Public Liaison Whitney Williams, Trip Director for the First Lady

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