For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
April 19, 2006

Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today recess appointed four individuals to serve in his Administration:

The President recess appointed the following individuals to be Members of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund; and to be Members of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; and to be Members of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund:

John L. Palmer of New York

Thomas R. Saving of Texas

The President recess appointed Bertha K. Madras, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director for Demand Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

The President recess appointed James F. X. O'Gara of, Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction at the Office of National Drug Control Policy.

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