    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [May 11, 1993]
    [Page 628]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination for Posts at the Interior and Transportation Departments
    May 11, 1993

        The President named a total of four officials at the Departments of
    Transportation and the Interior today. He expressed his intention to
    nominate Frank Kruesi to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for
    Transportation Policy and Ada Deer to be Assistant Secretary of the
    Interior for Indian Affairs. The President also approved the appointment
    of Richard Mintz to be the Director of Transportation's Office of Public
    Affairs, and Patricia Beneke to be Associate Solicitor for Energy and
    Resources at Interior.
        ``I am gratified that these individuals will be joining me in
    Washington,'' said the President. ``Frank Kruesi has been an innovative
    and successful policy adviser to Mayor Daley. Ada Deer has been a
    powerful and eloquent voice for changing national Indian policy. Both
    will be valuable parts of this administration, as will Richard Mintz and
    Patricia Beneke.''

    Note: Biographies of the nominees were made available by the Office of
    the Press Secretary.