For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 8, 2004

Nominations Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Catherine Todd Bailey, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Latvia.

Raymond F. DuBois, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, vice Diane K. Morales, resigned.

Howard J. Krongard, of New Jersey, to be Inspector General, Department of State, vice Clark Kent Ervin.

Douglas Menarchik, of Texas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Patrick M. Cronin, resigned.

Thomas V. Skinner, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice John Peter Suarez, resigned.

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