For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 6, 2001
President Bush Announces Three Nominations for the Department of State
President George W. Bush announced today his intention to nominate
Richard N. Haass for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of
service as Director of Policy Planning at the Department of State;
Ambassador Marc Grossman for the position of Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs; and Grant S. Green for the position of Under
Secretary of State for Management.
Haass is currently the Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy
Studies at the Brookings Institute, where he also holds the Sydney
Stein, Jr., Chair in International Security. In the past he
served as Director of National Security Programs and Senior Fellow at
the Council on Foreign Relations as well as Special Assistant to
President George H.W. Bush and Senior Director for Near East and South
Asian Affairs on the staff of the National Security
Council. He is the recipient of the President's Citizen's
Medal in 1991 and is the author or editor of nine books on American
foreign policy.
Haass is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and received his bachelor's
degree from Oberlin College. A Rhodes Scholar, he earned
both his master's degree and doctorate degree from Oxford
University. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his
wife and two children.
Ambassador Marc Grossman has been a career Foreign Service Officer
since 1976, and is presently the Director General of the Foreign
Service and Director of Human Resources at the Department of
State. He served as Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs from 1997-2000 and as Ambassador to Turkey from 1994-1997.
Ambassador Grossman has received a variety of
awards of distinction during his service at the State
Department. He is a native of Los Angeles, California, and
received his B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara
and an M.S. from the London School of Economics. He is
married with one child.
Grant Green is currently the Chairman and President of GMD Solutions,
Inc., a global marketing and consulting company. His prior
government experience includes serving as Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Force Management and Personnel and as Special Assistant to
President Ronald Reagan for National Security Affairs and Executive
Secretary of the National Security Council. He is a 22 year veteran of
the U.S. Army and received his undergraduate degree from the University
of Arkansas and his master's degree at George Washington
University. He was awarded the Department of Defense Medal
for Distinguished Public Service. He was born in Seattle,
Washington, and is married with three children.
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