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The White House announced that the Mark R. Filip, President will welcome NATO Secretary of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the General Lord Robertson to the White House Northern District of Illinois, vice Harry D. on May 5. Leinenweber, retired. The White House announced that the President will welcome the Foreign Min- Kim R. Gibson, isters of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to the White the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice D. House on May 8. Brooks Smith, elevated. The President announced his intention to nominate Richard W. Erdman to be Ambas- Dora L. Irizarry, sador to Algeria. of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Reena Raggi, elevated. H. Brent McKnight, Nominations of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge Submitted to the Senate for the Western District of North Carolina (new position). The following list does not include promotions of Daniel P. Ryan, members of the Uniformed Services, nominations of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for to the Service Academies, or nominations of For- the Eastern District of Michigan, vice Patrick eign Service officers. J. Duggan, retired.

Submitted April 28 Gary L. Sharpe, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for Claude A. Allen, the Northern District of New York, vice of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Thomas J. McAvoy, retired. Fourth Circuit, vice Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., deceased. Lonny R. Suko, of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge for Robert C. Brack, the Eastern District of Washington, vice of New Mexico, to be U.S. District Judge Wm. Fremming Nielsen, retired. for the District of New Mexico (new posi- tion). Frank Libutti, James O. Browning, of New York, to be Under Secretary for In- of New Mexico, to be U.S. District Judge formation Analysis and Infrastructure Pro- for the District of New Mexico, vice C. tection, Department of Homeland Security LeRoy Hansen, retired. (new position). Glen E. Conrad, Paul Morgan Longsworth, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Western District of Virginia, vice James C. Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Turk, retired. Nuclear Security Administration, vice Linton F. Brooks. Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge Nicholas Gregory Mankiw, for the Western District of North Carolina of Massachusetts, to be a member of the (new position). Council of Economic Advisers, vice Robert Glenn Hubbard, resigned. Allyson K. Duncan, of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge Charles Darwin Snelling, for the Fourth Circuit, vice Samuel J. Ervin of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the III, deceased. Board of Directors of the Metropolitan

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Washington Airports Authority for the re- and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Develop- mainder of the term expiring May 30, 2006, ment for a term expiring October 18, 2004, vice Norman Y. Mineta. vice Thomas A. Thompson, term expired. Joe D. Whitley, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of Georgia, to be General Counsel, Depart- of New York, a career member of the Senior ment of Homeland Security (new position). Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- Submitted April 30 potentiary of the United States of America Robert W. Fitts, to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. of New Hampshire, a career member of the William B. Wood, Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister- of New York, a career member of the Senior Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, and Plenipotentiary of the United States of to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- America to Papua New Guinea, and to serve potentiary of the United States of America concurrently and without additional com- to the Republic of Colombia. pensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Submitted May 1 America to the Solomon Islands and Ambas- sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Roger T. Benitez, the United States of America to the Republic of California, to be U.S. District Judge for of Vanuatu. the Southern District of California (new posi- tion). John Richard Grimes, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Larry Alan Burns, Board of Trustees of the Institute of Amer- of California, to be U.S. District Judge for ican Indian and Alaska Native Culture and the Southern District of California, (new po- Arts Development for a term expiring May sition). 19, 2006, vice Jayne G. Fawcett. , John E. Herbst, of , to be U.S. District Judge for the of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Western District of Texas, (new position). Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, James I. Cohn, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the potentiary of the United States of America Southern District of Florida, (new position). to Ukraine. Marcia A. Crone, Georgianna E. Ignace, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the of Wisconsin, to be a member of the Board Eastern District of Texas, (new position). of Trustees of the Institute of American In- dian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts De- Dale S. Fischer, velopment for a term expiring October 18, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for 2004, vice Kenneth Blankenship, term ex- the Central District of California, (new posi- pired. tion). Tracey Ann Jacobson, D. Michael Fisher, of the District of Columbia, a Foreign Serv- of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for ice Officer of Class One, to be Ambassador the Third Circuit, vice Carol Los Mansmann, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the deceased. United States of America to Turkmenistan. William Q. Hayes, Lisa Genevieve Nason, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for of Alaska, to be a member of the Board of the Southern District of California, (new po- Trustees of the Institute of American Indian sition).

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John A. Houston, Checklist of California, to be U.S. District Judge for of White House Press Releases the Southern District of California, (new po- sition). The following list contains releases of the Office George A. Krol, of the Press Secretary that are neither printed as items nor covered by entries in the Digest of of New Jersey, a career member of the Sen- Other White House Announcements. ior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary of the United States of America Released April 26 to the Republic of Belarus. Statement by the Press Secretary on disaster assistance to Alaska , of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Released April 28 Western District of Texas, (new position). Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Sec- retary Ari Fleischer Thomas W. O’Connell, Announcement of nominations for U.S. Cir- of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of cuit Judges for the Third Circuit Defense, vice Brian E. Sheridan. Released April 29 R. David Proctor, Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the retary Ari Fleischer Northern District of Alabama, (new posi- tion). Announcement of nomination for U.S. Attor- ney for the Western District of North Caro- lina Xavier Rodriguez, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Released April 30 Western District of Texas, vice Edward C. Transcript of a press briefing by Press Sec- Prado. retary Ari Fleischer Statement by the Press Secretary: Prime Dana Makoto Sabraw, Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik of Norway of California, to be U.S. District Judge for To Visit Washington the Southern District of California, (new po- sition). Statement by the Press Secretary announcing that the President signed H.R. 1770

Gretchen C. F. Shappert, Released May 1 of North Carolina, to be U.S. Attorney for Transcript of a press gaggle by Press Sec- the Western District of North Carolina for retary Ari Fleischer the term of 4 years, vice Robert J. Conrad, Jr. Fact sheet: We the People Forum on Amer- ican History, Civics, and Service

Earl Leroy Yeakel III, Excerpts of the President’s address to the Nation of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, vice James R. Advance text of the President’s address to Nowlin, retired. the Nation

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