For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 29, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Charles S. Abell, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Alphonso Maldon, Jr.

Grant D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, vice Robert S. LaRussa.

Brenda L. Becker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Deborah K. Kilmer, resigned.

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