For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 14, 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
Larry D. Thompson to be Deputy
Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. He is
currently a partner with the law firm of King & Spalding in Atlanta,
Georgia. He served under former President Ronald Reagan as
the United States Attorney for the Northern District of
Georgia. He is a graduate of Culver-Stockton College,
received his master's degree from Michigan State University and he
received his J.D. from the University of Michigan.
The President intends to nominate
Theodore B. Olson to be Solicitor
General of the United States. He is presently a partner with
the law firm of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and served as Assistant Attorney
General in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of Justice
under former President Ronald Reagan. Mr. Olson received his
bachelor's degree from the University of the Pacific and his law degree
from the Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at
Berkeley.
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