For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 18, 2001
President Bush to Nominate One Individual, to Appoint One Individual and Designate One Individual to Serve in his Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one individual, announced his intention to appoint one individual and announced his intention to designate one individual to serve in his administration.
The President intends to nominate Jeffrey Shane to be Associate
Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Shane has practiced law
since 1993, first as Counsel and Partner at Wilmer, Cutler and
Pickering and then as a Partner at Hogan and Hartson where he now
serves. From 1979 to 1985, Shane served at the Department of
Transportation as Assistant General Counsel for International Law, then
as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International
Affairs. From 1985 to 1989, Shane served at the Department
of State as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation
Affairs. In 1989, he returned to the Department of
Transportation as Assistant Secretary for Policy and International
Affairs where he served until 1993. Shane is a graduate of Princeton
University and Columbia University School of Law.
The President intends to appoint Andrew S. Natsios to be Special
Coordinator for International Disaster Assistance. Natsios
currently serves as the Administrator of the U.S. Agency for
International Development.
The President intends to designate Secretary Spencer Abraham to be
the United States Representative to the 45th General Conference of the
International Atomic Energy Agency.
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