[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[March 20, 1992]
[Page 483]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Nomination of David Spears Addington To Be General Counsel of the 
Department of Defense

March 20, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate David Spears 
Addington, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Defense. He would succeed Terrence O'Donnell.
    Currently Mr. Addington serves as Special Assistant to the Secretary 
and the Deputy Secretary of Defense. Prior to this, he served as Deputy 
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs at the White House, 
1988-1989, and as a Special Assistant to the President for Legislative 
Affairs, 1987-1988. From 1986 to 1987, he served as the Republican Chief 
Counsel of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
Representatives.
    Mr. Addington graduated from Georgetown University (B.A., 1978) and 
Duke University (J.D., 1981). He was born January 22, 1957, in 
Washington, DC. Mr. Addington resides in Arlington, VA.