PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 23, 2009

 

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

 

Victor M. Mendez, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, vice Thomas J. Madison, resigned.

 

Stephen Alan Owens, of Arizona, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice James B. Gulliford, resigned.

 

Rajiv J. Shah, of Washington, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, vice Gale A. Buchanan, resigned.

 

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