Clinton spoke on school violence and announced a directing of an initiative "to produce for the first time an annual report card on school violence" during his radio address. December 7 – President Clinton delivered an address at the Metropolitan Baptist Church during the morning and gave a speech at the reception for the Kennedy Center Honors during the afternoon. December 9 – President Clinton issued statements on the death of Jeanette E. Rockefeller and the fortieth anniversary of the Justice Civil Rights Division Department. President Clinton delivered an address commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the Jewish Heritage Museum during the evening. December 10 – President Clinton delivered an address at the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club in New York City during the morning. President Clinton gave a speech at a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Dinner in the Empire Room at the Waldorf Astoria and a Democratic National Committee Hispanic Dinner in the Rainbow Room during the evening. December 11 – President Clinton delivered an address on the sea at the U.S. Coast Guard Station in Miami, Florida , during the morning. December 12 – President Clinton issued a statement on that day's International Financial Services Agreement. December 13 – President Clinton spoke on Medicare reform and his dedication to seeing it through during a radio address from the Oval Office. President Clinton delivers an address at the Arkansas Democratic National Committee Dinner during the evening. December 14 – President Clinton delivered an address on Christmas at the National Building Museum during the afternoon. December 15 – President Clinton and Prime Minister of Ireland Bertie Ahern held a joint news conference in the Northwest Portfolio at the White House during the morning. President Clinton announces the appointment of Bill Lann Lee as Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Oval Office at the White House during the afternoon. December 19 – President Clinton delivered an address at the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Awards at the Sheraton Washington Hotel in the morning. President Clinton participated in a Race Initiative Outreach Meeting in the Oval Office of the White House during the afternoon. December 20 – President Clinton spoke on the efforts by the government to assist children with evading drug usage during his radio address in a recording made the previous day and aired during the morning. December 23 – President