For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 3, 2002
Nominations and Designation
President Bush to Nominate 25 Individuals and Designate One to Serve in His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
25 individuals and his intention to designate one individual to serve
in his administration.
The President intends to nominate Dale Cabaniss to be a Member of
the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a five-year term expiring
July 29, 2007, and upon confirmation, designate as Chairman. Cabaniss
has served as a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority since
1997.
The President intends to nominate Scott W. Muller to be General
Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency. Muller is presently a
Managing Partner of Davis, Polk and Wardwell in Washington, D.C. From
1978 to 1982, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in the
Criminal Division of the Southern District of New York. Muller is a
graduate of Princeton University and Georgetown University Law Center.
The President intends to nominate Grover Joseph Rees to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Republic of East Timor. Rees has served as the Counsel
to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International
Relations since February 2001. From 1995 to 2001, he served as Staff
Director and Chief Counsel for the Subcommittee on International
Operations and Human Rights. Rees served as the General Counsel to the
Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1991 to 1993. From 1986 to
1991, he was an Associate Justice and then Chief Justice of the High
Court of American Samoa, and an Assistant Professor of Law at the
University of Texas Law School from 1979 to 1986. Rees is a graduate
of Yale University and Louisiana State University Law School.
The President intends to nominate the following individuals to
serve as Members of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer
Cooperative Bank:
Rafael Cuellar of New Jersey, for a three-year term, to serve as
the Proprietor of Small Business Representative
Michael Scott of North
Carolina, for a three-year term, to serve as the U.S. Department
Officer Representative
The President intends to nominate Harold Damelin to be Inspector
General of the Small Business Administration. Damelin is currently a
partner with Powers, Pyles, Sutter and Verville. From 1995 to 1997, he
served with the U.S. Senate, first as Staff Director and Chief Counsel
to the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, and then as Senior
Counsel to the Majority for the Government Affairs Committee's Special
Investigations. Damelin has also practiced law with Cadwalader,
Wickersham and Taft, and Arent, Fox, Kitner, Plotkin and Kahn in
Washington, D.C. From 1982 to 1986, he was the Deputy Chief of the
Grand Jury Section of the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District
of Columbia, and he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney from 1978 to
1991. Damelin has also served at the Department of Justice in Criminal
Division. He received both his bachelor's degree and law degree from
Boston College.
The President intends to nominate Linda M. Springer to be
Controller of the Office of Federal Financial Management in the Office
of Management and Budget. Springer been with Provident Mutual since
1992, first as an Actuary, Assistant Vice President, Vice President and
Controller and then as Senior Vice President and Controller. From 1979
to 1992, she was with Penn Mutual Life Insurance as an Actuary,
Assistant Vice President and Vice President and Product Manager.
Springer is a graduate of Ursinus College.
The President intends to nominate John F. Keane to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Paraguay. A career member of the Senior Foreign
Service, he has served as the Director of Central American Affairs, and
for seven months was the acting Deputy Assistant Secretary in the
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. Keane served as Deputy Chief of
Mission in Caracas from 1995 to 1998 and in Guatemala from 1992 to
1995. His past overseas assignments include service as a Political
Officer in Brasilia and Santiago and Labor Officer in Buenos Aires and
Lima. He is a graduate of Dartmouth University.
The President intends to nominate Philip Hogen to be Chairman of
the National Indian Gaming Commission for a three-year term. Hogen is
currently the Associate Solicitor for Indian Affairs at the Department
of the Interior. He served as a member of the National Indian Gaming
Commission from 1995 to 1999, and from 1992 to 1993, he was the
Director of the Office of American Indian Trust at the Department of
Interior. From 1981 to 1991, he was the United States Attorney for the
District of South Dakota. Hogen is a graduate of Augustana College and
the University of South Dakota School of Law.
The President intends to nominate the following individuals to
serve as Commissioners of the International Joint Commission, United
States and Canada:
Allen Olsen of Minnesota Irene Brooks of Pennsylvania
The President intends to nominate the following individuals to
serve as Members of the National Museum Services Board:
For the remainder of a five-year term expiring December 6, 2002 and
an additional five-year term expiring December 6, 2007:
Judith Ann Rapanos of Michigan, and upon confirmation, designate
Chairperson Edwin Joseph Rigaud of Ohio Margaret Scarlett of Wyoming
For the remainder of a five-year term expiring December 6, 2006:
Thomas E. Lorentzen of California Peter Marzio of Texas
For the remainder of a five-year term expiring December 6, 2005:
Nancy S. Dwight of New Hampshire
Maria Mercedes Guillemard of
Puerto Rico
Peter Hero of California
Terry L. Maple of Georgia
For the remainder of a five-year term expiring December 6, 2004:
David Donath of Vermont
A. Wilson Greene of Virginia
Elizabeth J.
Pruet of Arkansas
For the remainder of a five-year term expiring December 6, 2003:
Harry Robinson, Jr. of Texas
Beth Walkup of Arizona
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