For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 22, 2001
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate two
individuals, his official nomination of one individual and his
appointment of one individual to serve in his administration.
The President intends to nominate Wendy J. Chamberlain to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. She is a career member of
the Senior Foreign Service and has served as the Principle Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of International Narcotics
and Law Enforcement Affairs since 1999. Before this
assignment, she held the post of Ambassador to Laos from 1996 to 1999,
served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Kuala Lumpur from 1993 to 1996 and
as Director of Public Affairs for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
from 1991 to 1993. Ambassador Chamberlain was Director of
Counter Terrorism Affairs in the National Security Council from 1989 to
1991 and has held various other posts both in Washington D.C., and
abroad. She is a two-time recipient of Department Superior
Honor Awards, is a graduate of Northwestern University and earned a
Master's degree from Boston University.
The President intends to nominate Lavenski R. Smith to be a Judge on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
The President has officially nominated Sharon Prost to be a Judge on
the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The President intends to appoint Charles Blahous, III, to be Executive
Director of the President's Commission to Strengthen Social
Security. He is currently serving as a member of the
National Economic Council and was previously Executive Director of the
Alliance for Worker Retirement Security. Blahous served as
Policy Director for Senator Judd Gregg from 1996 to 2000 and was a
member of former Senator Alan Simpson's legislative staff from 1990 to
1996. He is a graduate of Princeton University and received
a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.
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