For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 19, 2004

Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Michael D. Gallagher, of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, vice Nancy Victory, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Floyd Hall, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of five years, vice Amy M. Rosen, term expired, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Theodore William Kassinger, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, vice Samuel W. Bodman, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Daniel R. Levinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Janet Rehnquist, resigned.

Jack Edwin McGregor, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, vice Vincent J. Sorrentino, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

B. Lynn Pascoe, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Indonesia.

Brigadier General Don T. Riley, United States Army, to be a Member and President of the Mississippi River Commission, under the provisions of Section 2 of an Act of Congress, approved June 1879 (21 Stat. 37)(33 U.S.C. 642)

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

Albert Casey, of Texas, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2009, vice Tirso del Junco, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on January 21, 2004.

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