For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 31, 2004

Personnel Announcement

March 31, 2004

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate three individuals to serve in his administration:

The President intends to nominate Michael W. Marine, of Vermont, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. Marine currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China. He previously served in the same capacity in Nairobi, Kenya. Earlier in his career, Mr. Marine served as Minister-Counselor for Consular Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, Russia and Bonn, Germany. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

The President intends to nominate the following individuals to be Members of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, for the remainder of a six-year term expiring June 20, 2009:

Otis Webb Brawley, Jr. of Georgia

Vinicio E. Madrigal of Louisiana

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