For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 20, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Paul S. Atkins, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2003, vice Arthur Levitt, Jr., resigned.

Dan Gregory Blair, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management, vice John U. Sepulveda, resigned.

Nancy Southard Bryson, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, vice Charles R. Rawls, resigned.

Linda Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency, vice Sallyanne Harper.

Cynthia A. Glassman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2006, vice Laura S. Unger, term expired.

William Leidinger, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Management, Department of Education, vice Rodney A. McCowan, resigned.

Matthew D. Orwig, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas for the term of four years, vice John Michael Bradford, resigned.

Eve Slater, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice David Satcher, resigned.

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