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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 16, 2007
Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate
Gus P. Coldebella, of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice Philip J. Perry, resigned.
Simon Charles Gros, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Roger Shane Karr, resigned.
Deborah K. Jones, of New Mexico, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Kuwait.
Patrick Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management), vice Henrietta Holsman Fore.
Joseph J. Murin, of Pennsylvania, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association, vice Robert M. Couch, resigned.
WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:
Andrew R. Cochran, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, vice Nikki Rush Tinsley, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on July 31, 2007.
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