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The President announced his intention to Nominations nominate Mark Kimmitt to be Assistant Sec- Submitted to the Senate retary of State (Political-Military Affairs). The President announced his intention to nominate John S. Bresland to be a member The following list does not include promotions of and chairperson of the Chemical Safety and members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- Hazard Investigation Board. eign Service officers. The President announced his intention to nominate Charles Russell Horner Shearer to be a member of the Chemical Safety and Submitted July 11 Hazard Investigation Board. John S. Bresland, The President announced his intention to of New Jersey, to be a member of the Chem- nominate Thomas C. Gilliland, William H. ical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Graves, and Susan Richardson Williams to for a term of 5 years (reappointment). be members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. John S. Bresland, The President announced his intention to of New Jersey, to be chairperson of the appoint Kyle E. McSlarrow, Ivan Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Seidenberg, and Mike Zafirovski as members Board for a term of 5 years, vice Carolyn of the President’s National Security Tele- W. Merritt, term expiring. communications Advisory Committee. Gene Allan Cretz, The President announced that he has des- of New York, a career member of the Senior ignated David Longly Bernhardt as Acting Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be U.S. Commissioner of the Part of the United Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- States on the International Boundary Com- potentiary of the United States of America mission (U.S. and Canada). to Libya.

July 12 Thomas C. Gilliland, In the morning, the President had an intel- of Georgia, to be a member of the Board ligence briefing. of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Author- ity for the remainder of the term expiring The White House announced that the May 18, 2011, vice William Baxter, resigned. President will meet with United Nations Sec- retary-General Ban Ki-moon at the White William H. Graves, House on July 17. of Tennessee, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Author- July 13 ity for a term expiring May 18, 2012 (re- appointment). In the morning, the President had an intel- ligence briefing. Daniel D. Heath, In the afternoon, in the Roosevelt Room, of New Hampshire, to be U.S. Alternate Ex- the President participated in an interview ecutive Director of the International Mone- with Fred Barnes, Stephen F. Hayes, and tary Fund for a term of 2 years, vice William Kristol of the Weekly Standard; Mi- Margrethe Lundsager, term expired. chael Barone of U.S. News & World Report; Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Donald M. Kerr, Post; Larry Kudlow, Rich Lowry, and Kate of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Director O’Beirne of the National Review; and syn- of National Intelligence, vice General Mi- dicated columnist Kathleen Parker. chael V. Hayden, U.S. Air Force, resigned.

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Mark Kimmitt, Released July 9 of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- State (Political-Military Affairs), vice John retary Tony Snow Hillen, resigned. Fact sheet: White House Conference on the Diane D. Rath, Americas of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Text: Letter from Counsel to the President Services, vice Wade F. Horn, resigned. Fred F. Fielding to Senator Patrick J. Leahy and Representative John Conyers, Jr. Robin Renee Sanders, of New York, a career member of the Senior Released July 10 Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Transcript of a press gaggle by Deputy Press potentiary of the United States of America Secretary Scott M. Stanzel to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Fact sheet: A Day in Cleveland: President Bush Calls on Congress To Act To Fund Vital Charles Russell Horner Shearer, Priorities of Delaware, to be a member of the Chem- ical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Released July 11 for a term of 5 years, vice Carolyn W. Mer- ritt, term expiring. Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- retary Tony Snow Susan Richardson Williams, of Tennessee, to be a member of the Board Transcript of a press briefing by Office of of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Author- Management and Budget Director Robert J. ity for a term expiring May 18, 2012 (re- Portman on the Federal budget appointment). Fact sheet: Growing Economy and Fiscal Submitted July 12 Discipline Working To Reduce Budget Def- icit Thomas P. O’Brien, Fact sheet: The 2007 Renovation of the of California, to be U.S. Attorney for the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room Central District of California for the term of 4 years, vice Debra W. Yang, resigned. Released July 12 Edward Meacham Yarbrough, Statement by the Press Secretary: Visit by of Tennessee, to be U.S. Attorney for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Middle District of Tennessee for the term Ki-moon of 4 years vice James K. Vines, resigned. Released July 13 Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- retary Tony Snow Checklist of White House Press Releases Statement by the Press Secretary: Mozam- bique Signs $507 Million Millennium Chal- lenge Compact The following list contains releases of the Office of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as Statement by the Press Secretary announcing items nor covered by entries in the Digest of that the President signed S. 277 Other White House Announcements. Fact sheet: Expanded Provincial Reconstruc- tion Teams Speed the Transition to Self-Reli- Released July 7 ance Statement by the Press Secretary on disaster Text: Interview with National Security Ad- assistance to Oklahoma viser Stephen J. Hadley by NPR

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