For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 22, 2001
Nominations Sent to the Senate
Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, a Career
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to
be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Republic of Sierra Leone.
Richard R. Clifton, of Hawaii, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Cynthia Holcomb Hall,
retired.
Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, a Career
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to
be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the State of Kuwait.
Carolyn B. Kuhl, of California, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice James R. Browning,
retired.
Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, a Career Member of
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Republic of Ghana.
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