For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 9, 2001

President Bush to Nominate Four Individuals to Serve in His Administration

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate four individuals to serve in his administration.

The President intends to nominate Tony Armendariz to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Armendariz completed a term as a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority in 1997 after being appointed by former President George H. W. Bush. He served as General Counsel to the University System of South Texas from 1978 to 1989 and has served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Texas Attorney General’s Office and as a District Counsel for the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission in Houston, Texas. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he is a graduate of Trinity University and received his law degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio.

The President intends to nominate Sarah V. Hart to be the Director of the National Institute of Justice at the Department of Justice. She is currently the Chief Counsel in the Pennsylvania Governor’s Office of General Counsel for the Department of Corrections where she has served since 1995. Hart served in the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office as Assistant District Attorney for the Appeals Unit from 1979 to 1986 and as Chief of the Civil Litigation Unit from 1986 to 1995. A Philadelphia resident, she is a graduate of the University of Delaware and Rutgers Camden School of Law.

The President intends to nominate Shirin Raziuddin Tahir-Kheli to be the Representative of the United States of America on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. She is currently the Director of the South Asia Program at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She was appointed by former President Bush to the National Advisory Council on the Public Service in 1992 and she served as an Alternate U.S. Representative for Special Political Affairs from 1990 to 1993. Tahir-Kheli served with the National Security Council from 1984 to 1989 and was a member of the Policy Planning Staff at the Department of State from 1982 to 1986. A Pennsylvania resident, she is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and received both a Master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

The President intends to nominate Gordon H. Mansfield to be Assistant Secretary of Veteran’s Affairs for Congressional Affairs. He is currently the Executive Director of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, a position he has held since 1993. From 1989 to 1993, Mansfield was the Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. A highly decorated veteran of the U.S. Army, he is a graduate of Villanova University and the University of Miami Law School.

###

Printer-Friendly Version   Email this page to a friend

• Afghanistan
• Africa
• Budget Management
• Defense
• Economy
• Education
• Energy
• Environment
• Global Diplomacy
• Health Care
• Homeland Security
• Immigration
• International Trade
• Iraq
• Judicial Nominations
• Middle East
• National Security
• Veterans

more issues

News

• Current News
• Press Briefings
• Proclamations
• Executive Orders
• Radio
• Setting the Record Straight

more news

March 2007   |   February 2007

News by Date

•   |   February 2007
•   |   January 2007
•   |   December 2006
•   |   November 2006
•   |   October 2006
•   |   September 2006
•   |   August 2006
•   |   July 2006
•   |   June 2006
•   |   May 2006
•   |   April 2006
•   |   March 2006
•   |   February 2006
•   |   January 2006
•   |   December 2005
•   |   November 2005
•   |   October 2005
•   |   September 2005
•   |   August 2005
•   |   July 2005
•   |   June 2005
•   |   May 2005
•   |   April 2005
•   |   March 2005
•   |   February 2005
•   |   January 2005
•   |   December 2004
•   |   November 2004
•   |   October 2004
•   |   September 2004
•   |   August 2004
•   |   July 2004
•   |   June 2004
•   |   May 2004
•   |   April 2004
•   |   March 2004
•   |   February 2004
•   |   January 2004
•   |   December 2003
•   |   November 2003
•   |   October 2003
•   |   September 2003
•   |   August 2003
•   |   July 2003
•   |   June 2003
•   |   May 2003
•   |   April 2003
•   |   March 2003
•   |   February 2003
•   |   January 2003
•   |   December 2002
•   |   November 2002
•   |   October 2002
•   |   September 2002
•   |   August 2002
•   |   July 2002
•   |   June 2002
•   |   May 2002
•   |   April 2002
•   |   March 2002
•   |   February 2002
•   |   January 2002
•   |   December 2001
•   |   November 2001
•   |   October 2001
•   |   September 2001
•   |   August 2001
•   |   July 2001
•   |   June 2001
•   |   May 2001
•   |   April 2001
•   |   March 2001
•   |   February 2001
•   |   January 2001

Appointments

• Nominations

Federal Facts

•   |   Federal Statistics

West Wing

•   |   History