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Trip to Turkey, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria
For Immediate Release November 13, 1999


OFFICIAL DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT TO EUROPE
November 14 - November 24, 1999

Official Delegation

The President
The First Lady
Mark Parris, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey
David Johnson, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador to Greece
Thomas Foglietta, U.S. Ambassador to Italy
Richard Miles, U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria
Michael Einik, U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia
Madeleine Albright, Secretary of State
William Richardson, Secretary of Energy (Istanbul, Turkey)
John Podesta, Chief of Staff to the President
Senator Paul Sarbanes (Greece)
Senator Robert Torricelli (Greece)
Representative Peter Deutsch
Representative Jack Kingston
Representative Carolyn Maloney
Samuel Berger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Gene Sperling, Assistant to the President for Economic Policy
Sidney Blumenthal, Assistant to the President (Italy/Bulgaria/Kosovo)
Bruce Lindsey, Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President
Joseph Lockhart, Assistant to the President and Press Secretary
Sean Maloney, Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary
Doug Sosnik, Senior Advisor to the President for Policy and Strategy
Melanne Verveer, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady (Turkey/Greece/Italy)
Elaine Shocas, Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State
Stephen Sestanovich, Ambassador at Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for New Independent States (Istanbul, Turkey)
Mary Mel French, Chief of Protocol
James Dobbins, Special Adviser to the President and Secretary of State on the Balkans (Italy/Bulgaria/Kosovo)
Marc Grossman, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Turkey/Greece/Italy)
David Goldwyn, Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs (Istanbul, Turkey)
Michael Copps, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development (Turkey)
Marsha Berry, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the First Lady (Turkey/Greece/Italy)
Kelly Craighead, Deputy Assistant to the President and Trip Director (Turkey/Greece/Italy)
Nancy Hernreich, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Oval Office Operations
Jennifer Palmieri, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Operations
James Steinberg, Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Barry Toiv, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary
Frank C. Urbancic, Jr., Consul General, Istanbul, Turkey
Hilarion A. Martinez, Consul General, Florence, Italy
Lawrence Rossin, Chief of Mission, Pristina, Kosovo
Lieutenant General Donald Kerrick, USA, Senior Military Advisor to the Secretary of State
Antony Blinken, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European Affairs, National Security Council
Christopher Hill, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Southeast European Affairs, National Security Council (Italy/Bulgaria/Kosovo)
James Foley, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Deputy Spokesman, Department of State
Ronald Asmus, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs (Istanbul, Turkey)
James Swigert, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs (Italy/Bulgaria/Kosovo)

Travelling Staff

Brian Alcorn, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance
Nanda Chitre, Special Assistant to the President and Assistant Press Secretary
Anne Edwards, Special Assistant to the President and Director, Press Advance
Paul Glastris, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Presidential Speechwriter
Laura Graham, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling
Kirk Hanlin, Special Assistant to the President and Trip Director
Lisa Kountoupes, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs (Greece/Italy/Bulgaria/Kosovo)
David Leavy, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Press Secretary and Senior Director for Press and Communications, National Security Council
Aviva Steinberg-Rosenthal, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling
Tomasz Malinowski, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Foreign Policy Speechwriting, National Security Council
Carlos Pascual, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Affairs, National Security Council (Istanbul, Turkey)
Miriam Sapiro, Special Assistant to the President and Counselor for Southeast European Stabilization and Reconstruction, National Security Council
Robert Wescott, Special Assistant to the President for International Finance, National Economic Council (Turkey/Italy)
Stephen D. Mull, Deputy Executive Secretary, Department of State
Charles Duncan, Director, Office of White House Liaison, Department of State
Cynthia Gire, Director for Strategic Planning and Advance, National Security Council
Philip H.Gordon, Director for European Affairs, National Security Council (Turkey/Greece)
Valerie Guarnieri, Director, Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs, National Security Council (Turkey)
Michael Hammer, Assistant Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs and Director for Public Affairs, National Security Council
Nicholas Kass, Director for European Affairs, National Security Council (Turkey)
Edward Widmer, Director for Speechwriting, National Security Council
Anne Witkowsky, Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control, National Security Council (Istanbul, Turkey)
Karen Burchard, Deputy Director of Press Advance
Sheba Crocker, Executive Assistant to the Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Kris Engskov, President’s Aide
Sarah Gegenheimer, Assistant Press Secretary
Suzanne George, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary of State
Toby Graff, Deputy Press Secretary for the First Lady (Turkey/Greece/Italy)
Lindsey Huff, Associate Director for Communications, National Security Council
Laura Marcus, Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff
Jason Schechter, Special Assistant to the Press Secretary
Richard Shinnick, Executive Director, Department of State
Alejandro Wolff, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State


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