For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 12, 2001
President Bush Announces Seven Positions within His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
seven individuals for positions within his administration.
Richard Lee Armitage has been nominated to be Deputy Secretary of
State. Presently he is the President of Armitage
Associates. In the past he has served with the rank of
Ambassador as the Coordinator for Technical and Humanitarian Assistance
to the newly independent states of the former Soviet
Union. President George H.W. Bush appointed him as a
Presidential Special Negotiator for the Philippines Military Base
Agreement, a Special Mediator for Water in the Middle East and as a
Special Emissary to Jordan during the 1991 Gulf
War. Previously he served in the Pentagon as Assistant
Secretary of Defense and Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense. He has received the Department of Defense
Distinguished Service Medal four times, the Presidential Citizen's
Award, the Department of State Distinguished Honor Award and the
Department of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public
Service. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy and then
completed four tours of duty in Vietnam. He is now a resident of
Vienna, Virginia.
Dr. Dov Zakheim has been nominated to serve as Under Secretary of
Defense and Comptroller. He is presently the CEO of SPC
International, and in the past he has served as Deputy Under Secretary
of Defense for Planning and Resources as well as in a variety of
Defense Department positions under former President
Reagan. He was a member of the Task Force on Defense Reform
under then-Secretary of Defense William Cohen and in February of 2000
he was appointed to the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Impact
of DoD Acquisition Policies on the Health of the Defense
Industry. He has received the Department of Defense
Distinguished Public Service Medal; the Bronze Palm to the DoD
Distinguished Public Service Medal and the CBO Director's Award for
Outstanding Service. A New York native, Dr. Zakheim is a
graduate of Columbia University and has also studied at the London
School of Economics. He received his doctorate degree from
St. Anthony's College at Oxford University.
Thelma J. Askey has been nominated to be a Commissioner of the United
States International Trade Commission. Ms. Askey previously
served as a Commissioner with the International Trade Commission after
being nominated by former President Clinton, and her term expired in
December of 2000. She has also served with the Ways and
Means Trade Subcommittee. Originally from Millington,
Tennessee, she holds her B.A. from Tennessee Technological University
and has completed graduate work in international economics at American
University.
Kenneth I. Juster has been nominated to be Under Secretary of Commerce
for Export Administration. Mr. Juster is currently a Senior
Partner with the law firm of Arnold & Porter. A native of
Scarsdale, New York, he received his bachelor's degree, master's degree
in public policy and law degree from Harvard
University. During the George H.W. Bush Administration, he
served as the Counselor of the U.S. State Department as well as the
Deputy and Senior Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence
Eagleburger. In 1993, he was awarded the Secretary of
State's Distinguished Service Award and Medal.
Faryar Shirzad has been nominated to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Import Administration. Most recently he served as the International
Trade Counsel for the Senate Finance Committee. After
growing up in Bethesda, Maryland, Mr. Shirzad received his bachelor's
degree from the University of Maryland, his master's degree in public
policy from the Kennedy School at Harvard University and his law degree
from the University of Virginia.
Theodore William Kassinger has been nominated to be General Counsel of
the Department of Commerce. Mr. Kassinger is presently a
partner with Vinson & Elkins. In the past he has served as the
International Trade Counsel for the Senate Finance Committee as well as
an Advisor at the Department of State. A native of Athens,
Georgia, he received both his bachelor's and law degrees from
University of Georgia.
Scott Whitaker has been nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary of
Health and Human Services for Legislation. Presently he is a
policy advisor in the office of Assistant Senate Majority Leader Don Nickles. A native of West Palm Beach, Florida, he is a
graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic College and received his masters degree
from Johns Hopkins University.
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