For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 20, 2002

Nominations
Nominations Sent to the Senate

Charles S. Abell, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness. (New Position)

Claude A. Allen, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 2003, vice John F. Hicks, Sr., term expired.

Kathleen M. Harrington, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Susan Robinson King.

Walter H. Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2003, vice George Edward Moose, term expired.

Thomas Mallon, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2004, vice Donald L. Fixico.

Kathie L. Olsen, of Oregon, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, vice Kerri-Ann Jones.

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