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THE WHITE HOUSE

                     Office of the Press Secretary
                            (Abuja, Nigeria)
________________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                    August 26, 2000

        OFFICIAL DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT TO AFRICA
                          August 25 - 29, 2000

Official Delegation

The President
Chelsea Clinton
Charles R. Stith, U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania (TANZANIA) Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation William Richardson, Secretary of Energy (NIGERIA) John Podesta, Chief of Staff to the President Samuel Berger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Terry Edmonds, Assistant to the President and Director of Speechwriting Robert (Ben) Johnson, Assistant to the President and Director of the President's Initiative for One America (NIGERIA) Mark F. Lindsay, Assistant to the President for Management and Administration (NIGERIA)
Bruce Lindsey, Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President
Connie Mariano, Physician to the President Edward Montgomery, Deputy Secretary of Labor (NIGERIA) J. Brady Anderson, Administrator, Agency for International Development Thomas Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (NIGERIA)
James A. Harmon, Chairman, Export-Import Bank (NIGERIA) 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 (TANZANIA) Mary Mel French, Chief of Protocol
Mary Yates, U.S. Ambassador to Burundi (TANZANIA) Nancy Morgan Serpa, Charge de Affaires, A.I., American Embassy, Lagos Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Edwin (Ted) Truman, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs (NIGERIA)
Rosa Whitaker, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa (NIGERIA) Mara E. Rudman, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Sandra Thurman, Director, National AIDS Policy J. Joseph Grandmaison, Director, Trade and Development Agency (NIGERIA) Gayle E. Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of African Affairs
James Bodner, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (NIGERIA)

Traveling Staff

Edward Widmer, Senior Adviser to the President for Special Projects (NIGERIA)
Nanda Chitre, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary
Richard (Jake) Siewert, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary
Joseph L. Simmons IV, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director, White House Military Office
Cheri Stockham, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Operations
Huma Abedin, Special Assistant to the First Lady Brian Alcorn, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance
Brooke D. Anderson, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Communications, National Security Council Michele Ballantyne, Special Assistant to the President and Special Counselor to the Chief of Staff
Philip J. Crowley, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Press Secretary and Senior Director for Public Affairs, National Security Council
Julie Eddy, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Scheduling
Anne Edwards, Special Assistant to the President and Director, Press Advance
Kirk Hanlin, Special Assistant to the President and Trip Director Janis Kearney, Special Assistant to the President and Special Advisor for Presidential History
Tomasz Malinowski, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Foreign Policy Speechwriting, National Security Council Adam Rosman, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary (NIGERIA)
Rick Samans, Special Assistant to the President for International Economic Policy, National Security Council/ National Economic Policy Zina Pierre, Special Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs (NIGERIA)
Catherine Byrne, Director for African Affairs, National Security Council (NIGERIA)
Cynthia Gire, Director for Strategic Planning and Advance, National Security Council
Daniel Shapiro, Director for Legislative Affairs, National Security Council
Christine Anderson, Director of Press Pool Operations Douglas Band, The President's Aide
Betty Currie, Personal Secretary to the President Alexander Gertsen, White House Press Office Manager Marty Hoffman, Director of Communication and Events Helen Langan, Press Advance Coordinator Laura Marcus, Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff Kevin Moran, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Victoria Valentine, Assistant Press Secretary Betsy Mullins, Chief of Staff (DOE) (NIGERIA) Jerry Malone, Chief of Staff (DOT) (NIGERIA) B.A. Ruldolph, Chief of Staff (AID) (NIGERIA)

CONGRESSIONAL AND LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS

Members of Congress

Representative Charles B. Rangel
Representative Jim McDermott
Representative Donald M. Payne
Representative William J. Jefferson
Representative Spencer Bachus
Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson
Representative Chaka Fattah
Representative Sheila Jackson Lee
Representative Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick Representative Julia M. Carson
Representative Gregory W. Meeks
Representative Barbara Lee
Representative Stephanie Tubbs Jones

Locally Elected Officials

Wellington Webb (Mayor, Denver)
Dennis Archer ( Mayor, Detroit)
Marc Morial (Mayor, New Orleans)
Sarah Bost (Mayor, Irvington, NJ)
Wayne Curry (Co Executive, PG County, MD) John Stroger (President, Cook Co., IL)
Ron Kirk (Mayor, Dallas)