For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 23, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Edward C. Aldridge, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology, vice Jacques Gansler.

Peter F. Allgeier, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Richard W. Fisher, resigned.

Bruce Marshall Carnes, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy, vice Michael Telson, resigned.

Maureen Patricia Cragin, of Maine, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs), vice John T. Hanson, resigned.

Viet D. Dinh, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Eleanor Acheson, resigned.

Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2000. (Reappointment)

William D. Hansen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, vice Frank S. Holleman III, resigned.

William J. Haynes II, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense, vice Douglas A. Dworkin.

Robert Glenn Hubbard, of New York, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Martin Neil Baily, resigned.

A. Elizabeth Jones, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European Affairs), vice James F. Dobbins.

Powell A. Moore, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice John K. Veroneau.

Timothy J. Muris, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of seven years from September 26, 2001, vice Robert Pitofsky, term expiring.

Angela Styles, of Virginia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, vice Deidre A. Lee, resigned.

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