For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 15, 2004

Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Arden Bement, Jr., of Indiana, to be Director of the National Science Foundation for a term of six years, vice Rita R. Colwell, resigned.

Michael J. Harrison, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Lou Gallegos, resigned.

Francis J. Harvey, of California, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Thomas E. White, resigned.

Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Romolo A. Bernardi.

J. Michael Seabright, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice Alan C. Kay, retired.

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

Francis J. Harvey, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice John P. Stenbit, which was sent to the Senate on November 6, 2003.

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