For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 2, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

     Lyons Brown, Jr., of Kentucky, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Austria.

     Charles Curie, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Nelba R. Chavez, resigned.

     David R. Dugas, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana for the term of four years, vice Lezin Joseph Hymel, Jr., resigned.

     Cameron R. Hume, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of South Africa.

     Eric M. Javits, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament.

     Patrick Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Alternate 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 for U.N. Management and Reform.

     David E. O'Meilia, of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma for the term of four years, vice Stephen Charles Lewis, resigned.

     Michael Smith, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy), vice Robert Wayne Gee.

     Clifford M. Sobel, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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