PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 20, 2009

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Roger W. Baker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology), vice Robert T. Howard, resigned.

Rand Beers, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, vice Robert D. Jamison, resigned.

Raphael William Bostic, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Darlene F. Williams, resigned.

Michael L. Connor, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, vice Robert W. Johnson.

Philip J. Crowley, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Public Affairs), vice Sean Ian McCormack, resigned.

John Q. Easton, of Illinois, to be Director of the Institute of Education Science, Department of Education for a term of six years, vice Grover J. Whitehurst, term expired.

Larry J. Echo Hawk, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Carl Joseph Artman, resigned.

Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice C. David Welch, resigned.

Gabriella Cecilia Gomez, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education, vice Holly A. Kuzmich, resigned.

Wallace C. Gregson, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice James Shinn.

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