For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 25, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

James A. McDevitt, of Washington, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington for the term of four years, vice James Patrick Connelly, resigned.

Earl Norfleet Phillips, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni-potentiary of the United States of America to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

Johnny Keane Sutton, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas for the term of four years, vice James William Blagg, resigned.

Richard S. Thompson, of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia for the term of four years, vice Harry Donival Dixon, Jr., resigned.

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

Michelle Van Cleave, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Brian E. Sheridan, which was sent to the Senate on September 21, 2001.

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