For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 30, 2002
Nomination and Appointment
President Bush Announced His Intention to Nominate One and Appoint One Individual to Serve in His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one
individual and his intention to appoint one individual to serve in his
administration.
The President intends to nominate Phillip Merrill to be President
of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for the remainder of a
four-year term expiring January 20, 2005. He is currently the Chairman
of the Board of Capital-Gazette Communications, Inc., which produces
several local and regional publications in the Washington D.C. and
Maryland areas, and operates the Capital Investment Company. Merrill
has served in six past administrations and was Assistant
Secretary-General of NATO from 1990 to 1992. His previous government
experience includes service as a member of the Defense Policy Board,
Counselor to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Special
Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State, and Senior Intelligence
Analyst for South Asia at the Department of State. He is a U.S.
Director of the International Institute of Strategic Studies and
Vice-Chairman of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. A
former member of the U.S. Army Reserves, Merrill is a graduate of
Cornell University and the Harvard Business School's Program for
Management Development.
The President intends to appoint Fidel Alfonso Vargas of California
to be a Member of the Commission on Presidential Scholars.
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