For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 30, 2003

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Cristina Beato, of New Mexico, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to the qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Eve Slater, resigned.

James Casey Kenny, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Untied States of America to Ireland.

George W. Miller, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for the term of fifteen years, vice James T. Turner, term expired.

F. Dennis Saylor IV, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, vice Robert E. Keeton, retired.

Pamela P. Willeford, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

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