For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 18, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate
Samuel W. Bodman, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of

Commerce, vice Robert L. Mallett, resigned.      Michael J. Garcia, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice F. Amanda DeBusk, resigned.      Joseph E. Schmitz, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Defense, vice Eleanor Hill.      Terry L. Wooten, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, vice a new position created by Public Law 106-553, approved December 21, 2000.

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