For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 28, 2002
Nominations
President Bush to Nominate One Individual to Serve in His Administration and Two to Serve as Members of the Federal Judiciary
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one
individual to serve in his administration and two individuals to serve
as members of the federal judiciary.
The President intends to nominate Robert Patrick John Finn to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United State of
America to Afghanistan. A career member of the Senior
Foreign Service, he is currently a diplomat-in-residence and Ertegun
Professor of Turkic Studies at Princeton University. From
1998 to 2001, he served as the Ambassador to
Tajikistan. Previously, Finn was the Deputy Chief of Mission
at the American Embassies in Croatia and Azerbaijan, and he opened the
American Embassy in Baku in 1992. In 1991, he served as the
Director of the American Embassy Office in Diyarbakir, Turkey, during
the initial months of Operation Provide Comfort, and was a Deputy
Coordinator of the Kuwait Task Force during the Gulf War.
His other foreign tours include service in Lahore, Ankara, Izmir, and
Istanbul. Finn received his bachelor's degree from St.
John's University and his Master's and Ph.D. from Princeton
University.
The President intends to nominate Christopher C. Conner to be
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
The President intends to nominate John E. Jones to be United States
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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