For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 8, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Ralph R. Beistline, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, vice H. Russel Holland, retired.

Claude M. Bolton, Jr., of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Paul J. Hoeper.

David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Richard F. Suhrheinrich, retired.

Susan Bieke Neilson, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Cornelia G. Kennedy, retired.

Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice James L. Ryan, retired.

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