For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 21, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Harris L. Hartz, of New Mexico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, vice Bobby Ray Baldock, retired.

Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Susan G. Esserman, resigned.

Hilda Gay Legg, of Kentucky, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture, vice Christopher A. McLean, resigned.

Michael Minoru Fawn Liu, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Harold Lucas, resigned.

Robert Pasternack, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, vice Judith Heumann, resigned.

Mark Edward Rey, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, vice James R. Lyons.

Mary Ellen Coster Williams, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice Sarah L. Wilson.

Joanne M. Wilson, of Louisiana, to be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration, Department of Education, vice Frederic K. Schroeder, resigned.

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