and local governments to protect our Nation's children from the deadly onslaught of infectious diseases." April 1 – President Clinton announces the nomination of June Gibbs Brown for Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. April 2 – President Clinton attends the opening of the Forest Conference at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. April 2 – President Clinton delivers remarks concluding the first discussion of the Forest Conference at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. April 19 – The Branch Davidian Compound burns to the ground in the Waco siege, ending a morning-long assault by federal officials. Leader David Koresh and 75 other people die in the fire. In a statement, Attorney General Janet Reno takes the blame for both ordering the assault and for everybody that died in the fire. May June June 14 – President Clinton nominates Ruth Bader Ginsburg to be a justice on the Supreme Court. June 29 – President Clinton holds his eighteenth news conference with President of Argentina Carlos Saul Menem in the East Room. President Clinton begins with an address about the democratic process in Argentina and the two leaders answer questions on Iraq, terrorism, disarmament and military action, trade agreements between United States and Latin America, Cuba, and pharmaceutical patents and farm subsidies. June 29 – In a message to the Senate, President Clinton transmits "the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explosives for the Purpose of Detection with Technical Annex, done at Montreal on March 1, 1991." June 29 – President Clinton issues a statement on the observance of Independence Day. June 29 – In a statement, President Clinton states his concern with the flooding in the Midwest and has "directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency to keep me fully informed of their activities on behalf of the affected States." June 29 – President Clinton announces the nomination of Reed E. Hundt for membership on the Federal Communications Commission. June 30 – President Clinton answers questions from reporters on nuclear testing, and the national and international economy in the Cabinet Room. June 30 – President Clinton transmits a report on further sanctions against Haiti in a message to Congress. June 30 – In a message to Congress, President Clinton transmits a "report on the Nation's achievements in aeronautics and space during fiscal year 1992, as required under section 206 of the National Aeronautics and Space Act