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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 17, 2005

Personnel Announcement

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Joseph H. Boardman, of New York, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, vice Allan Rutter, resigned.

John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations.

John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations.

Stephen L. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Michael O. Leavitt.

John D. Negroponte, of New York, to be Director of National Intelligence. (New Position)

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