For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 4, 2005

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Rudolph E. Boschwitz, of Minnesota, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

David Garman, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Robert Gordon Card, resigned.

Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), vice James Andrew Kelly, resigned.

Anthony Joseph Principi, of California, to be a Member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. (New Position)

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