For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 22, 2005

Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one individual to serve in his administration:

The President intends to nominate John C. Dugan, of Maryland, to be Comptroller of the Currency at the Department of the Treasury for a five-year term. Mr. Dugan is a partner at Covington & Burling, specializing in banking and financial institution regulation. He previously served as Assistant Secretary for Domestic Finance at the Department of the Treasury. Earlier in his career, Mr. Dugan was Republican General Counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.

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