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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 4, 2003

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Linton F. Brooks, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy, vice General John A. Gordon, USAF, resigned.

Stephen A. Cambone, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence. (New Position)

Eric S. Dreiband, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term of four years, vice Clifford Gregory Stewart.

Peter Joseph Elliott, of Ohio, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio for the term of four years, vice David William Troutman.

Joseph LeBaron, of Oregon, 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 Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

Richard W. Moore, of Alabama, to be Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Authority. (New Position)

Ross Owen Swimmer, of Oklahoma, to be Special Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior, vice Thomas N. Slonaker, resigned.

Mary Costa, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2006, vice Luis Valdez, term expired.

Makoto Fujimura, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2008, vice Marsha Mason, term expired.

Jerry Pinkney, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2008, vice Joy Harjo, term expired.

Karen Lias Wolff, of Michigan, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2008, vice Joan Specter, term expired.

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