For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 12, 2004

Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

James Ballinger, of Arizona, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2010, vice Cleo Parker Robinson, term expiring.

Ruben Castillo, of Illinois, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2009. (Reappointment)

George Perdue, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring November 5, 2006, vice Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., term expired.

Terence Alan Teachout, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2010, vice Gordon Davidson, term expiring.

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

James M. Strock, of California, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2006, vice Penne Percy Korth, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on November 21, 2003.

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