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President Clinton keeps to regular schedule as election imbroglio continues

Conversation with Mexico's outgoing president, upcoming trip to Nebraska all in a day's work

WASHINGTON (CNN) --While the legal wrangling continues over the unresolved presidential election, it is business as usual for the current occupant of the White House.

President Clinton received a call from Mexico's outgoing President Ernesto Zedillo on Wednesday morning, posed with about 700 U.S. Olympians and Paralympians and planned a trip to Nebraska, the only state he has not yet visited as president.

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President Clinton is helped with a jacket after he paid honor to U.S. Olympic and Paralympic athletes at the White House, Wednesday  

Clinton thanked President Zedillo for his "leadership and support," and "saluted" his work as Mexico's president, a White House spokesman said.

"He (Zedillo) leaves office with the admiration of the people of Mexico," said Jake Siewert, White House press secretary. "The president told him that he should be proud of what he has accomplished there."

A U.S. delegation -- led by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and including National Drug Policy Control Director Barry McCaffrey and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Maria Echaveste -- will travel to Mexico City to attend Friday's inauguration of President-elect Vicente Fox.

The White House also announced that Clinton would travel to Nebraska on Friday, Dec. 8 to deliver a speech on the campus of the University of Nebraska.

To mark what will be the 50th state visited by the president during his two terms, the White House put together a few facts about Nebraska.

Nebraskans, said Siewert, boast that the following items were developed in the state -- the TV dinner, KoolAid, the Reuben sandwich, Cliff Notes, the ATM machine and 911.

Finally, in keeping with his ceremonial duties, Clinton, along with the first lady and daughter Chelsea, congratulated the hundreds of athletes who participated in this year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

Olympic gold medal swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg and gold medalist Stacy Dragila in the pole vault presented the first couple with an official 2000 Olympic team jacket.

Then, Clinton was presented with an official 2000 Paralympic Team jacket by two paralympian gold medalists in track and field and cycling.

During brief remarks, the president announced the release of a new report by the Departments of Education and Health and Human Services to encourage young people to get involved in physical activity.

"More and more young people doing less and less exercise mean more and more overweight," he said. "It's going to take a team effort for us to turn this around."

The percentage of younger people who are overweight has doubled since 1980, the White House said, and the percentage of high school students enrolled in daily physical education classes has dropped 30 percent between 1991 and 1999.

"Not every young person can win an Olympic medal or even make the Olympics teams, but every young person has a body that is a gift from God that ought to be maximized in terms of health and capacity. So I ask for your help in that," Clinton said.

The White House billed the report as the first "comprehensive agenda" to promote physical activity and sports among young people, by strengthening school programs, and beefing up community and recreational programs. Clinton called for the report during a visit in June to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California.


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Wednesday, November 29, 2000

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