    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1991, Book I)]
    [April 12, 1991]
    [Page 364]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Appointment of Stephen T. Hart as Deputy Assistant to the President and
    Director of the Office of Legislative Affairs
    April 12, 1991

        The President today announced his intention to appoint Stephen T.
    Hart, of Virginia, to be Deputy Assistant to the President and Director
    of the Office of Legislative Affairs at the White House. He would
    succeed Robert J. Portman, who is returning to Cincinnati, OH, to rejoin
    the law firm of Graydon, Head & Ritchey.
        Since 1989 Mr. Hart has served as Special Assistant to the President
    and Deputy Press Secretary at the White House. Mr. Hart served with the
    White House in several capacities including: Assistant to the Vice
    President for Press Relations, 1987-1989; Special Assistant to the Vice
    President and Assistant Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1985-1987;
    Director of Press Advance in the Office of Presidential Advance, 1984-
    1985; and staff assistant to the President for Presidential Advance,
    1983-1984. In 1983 Mr. Hart served as special assistant to the deputy
    director for press for the 1983 summit of industrialized nations in
    Williamsburg, VA. He has also served as a technical assistant for NBC
    News, 1981; and assistant director for entertainment scheduling at the
    Presidential inaugural committee 1981 in Washington, DC.
        Mr. Hart graduated from George Washington University (B.A., 1982).
    He was born September 22, 1957, in Pasadena, CA. Mr. Hart resides in
    Arlington, VA.