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

Nominations Sent to the Senate

R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, vice Alexander R. Vershbow.

Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, vice Kathleen M. Karpan.

Robert S. Mueller, III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for the term of ten years, vice Louis J. Freeh, resigned.

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