For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 10, 2006

Personnel Announcement

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

The President intends to nominate Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Australia. Mr. McCallum currently serves as Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice. Prior to this, he served as the Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division. Earlier in his career, he was a Partner at Alston & Bird. Mr. McCallum received his bachelor's degree and JD from Yale University. He also received a master's degree from Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.

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