For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 7, 2007
Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE on Friday, September 7, 2007:
Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. (New Position)
Walter Lukken, of Indiana, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, vice Reuben Jeffery III. Vincent Obsitnik, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Slovak Republic.
Todd J. Zinser, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Commerce, vice Johnnie E. Frazier, resigned.
WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE on Friday, September 7, 2007:
Vincent Obsitnik, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Slovenia, which was sent to the Senate on July 25, 2007.
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