For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 26, 2006

Nominations Sent to the Senate

William Anderson, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Nelson F. Gibbs.

Israel Hernandez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, vice Rhonda Keenum.

Philip D. Morrison, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Pamela F. Olson, resigned.

Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Randal Quarles, of Utah, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Brian Carlton Roseboro.

Richard A. Raymond, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, vice Elsa A. Murano, resigned.

Gregory L. Schulte, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador.

Gregory L. Schulte, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

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