    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [June 30, 1993]
    [Page 964]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Nomination for Agency for International Development and
    Ambassadorial Posts
    June 30, 1993

        The President announced today that he intends to nominate Richard
    Holbrooke to be his Ambassador to Germany and Tom Niles as his
    Ambassador to Greece. In addition, the President announced that he has
    nominated Robert Houdek to be Ambassador to Eritrea and that he intends
    to nominate Larry Byrne to be the Associate Administrator for Finance
    and Administration at the Agency for International Development, U.S.
    International Development Cooperation Agency.
        ``The people we are adding to our foreign policy team today are men
    of tremendous achievement and character,'' said the President. ``I am
    particularly glad that Richard Holbrooke will be serving our country as
    Ambassador to Germany. Throughout his years in Government and more
    recently as a leader in the private sector, he has demonstrated the
    talents that are needed for an important position such as this one.''

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