For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 10, 2003

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2004. (Reapointment)

Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of four years. (Reappointment)

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