For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 22, 2004
Nominations Sent to the Senate
NOMNATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Jonathan W. Dudas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office, vice James Edward Rogan, resigned.
Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of South Africa.
Thomas Neil Hull, III, of New Hampshire, a Career Member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Sierra Leone.
R. Niels Marquardt, of California, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Cameroon, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
Roger A. Meece, of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lauren Moriarty, of Hawaii, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during
her tenure of service as United States Senior Official to the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.
Constance Berry Newman, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary
of State (African Affairs), vice Walter H. Kansteiner, resigned.
Mitchell B. Reiss, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during
his tenure of service as Special Envoy for Northern Ireland.
WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:
Glen L. Bower, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United States Tax
Court for a term of fifteen years after he takes office, vice Carolyn
Miller Parr, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on January 7,
2003.
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