For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 8, 2004
Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
two individuals to serve in his administration:
The President intends to nominate Charles Graves Untermeyer, of
Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United
States of America to the State of Qatar. Mr. Untermeyer currently
serves as Vice President for Government Affairs and Professor of Public
Policy at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Prior to this position, he was Director of Public Affairs for Compaq
Computer Corporation. Earlier in his career, Mr. Untermeyer served as
Director of the Voice of America and as Assistant to the President and
Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel. Prior to that, Mr.
Untermeyer served as an Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and
Reserve Affairs). He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard
College.
The President intends to nominate William T. Monroe, of Virginia,
to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States
of America to the Kingdom of Bahrain. A career member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Mr. Monroe currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission
in Pakistan. He previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission in
Kuwait. Earlier in his career, Mr. Monroe served as an economic and
political officer in Singapore and as an economic officer in China. He
received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and his
master's degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts
University.
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