For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 18, 2005

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Michael Jackson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, vice James M. Loy, resigned.

Jonathan Brian Perlin, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a term of four years, vice Robert H. Roswell, resigned.

Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, vice J. Steven Griles, resigned.

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