THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Abuja, Nigeria)
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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)
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