For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 14, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Paul Vincent Kelly, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), vice Barbara Mills Larkin.

Lynn Leibovitz, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Stephen G. Milliken, retired.

George Tracy Mehan, III, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice J. Charles Fox, resigned.

John D. Negroponte, of the District of Columbia, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, vice Richard Holbrooke.

John D. Negroponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.

Peter W. Rodman, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Edward L. Warner, III.

Brian Carlton Roseboro, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Lewis Andrew Sachs, resigned.

Allan Rutter, of Texas, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, vice Jolene Mortiz Molitoris, resigned.

Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice M. John Berry.

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