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

Nominations Sent to the Senate on November 1

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE ON NOVEMBER 1, 2001:

Frederick R. Heebe, of Louisiana, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana for the term of four years, vice Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., resigned.

Kenneth P. Moorefield, of Florida, 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 Gabonese Republic.

John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Norway.

Richard S. Williamson, of Illinois, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

Richard S. Williamson, of Illinois, to be an 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 Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations.

David Preston York, of Alabama, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama for the term of four years, vice J. Don Foster, resigned.

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