For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 13, 2006

Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush on December 12, 2006 recess appointed three individuals:

President George W. Bush recess appointed Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission.

President George W. Bush recess appointed Beryl A. Howell, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission.

President George W. Bush recess appointed John R. Steer, of Virginia, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission and designated him Vice Chair.

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