For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 1, 2001
Personnel Announcements
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate two
individuals to serve in his administration.
The President intends to nominate
Lincoln P. Bloomfield to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs. Bloomfield is
presently a Partner at Armitage Associates in Arlington,
Virginia. He has served in a variety of positions within the
federal government including Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
Near Eastern Affairs from 1992-1993, and as Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs from
1988-1989. He was awarded the Secretary of Defense Medal for
Outstanding Public Service, the Secretary of Defense Medal for
Meritorious Civilian Service and the State Department Superior Honor
Award. He is a graduate of Harvard University and received his
Master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tuft's
University.
The President intends to nominate
Viet Dinh to be Assistant Attorney
General for Legal Policy. Dinh is currently a professor at
Georgetown University Law School where he is the Deputy Director of the
Asian Law and Policy Studies Program. He served as Special
Counsel to Senator Pete Domenici. A graduate of Harvard
University and Harvard Law School, he served as a Law Clerk to U.S.
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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