    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book I)]
    [March 8, 1993]
    [Page 256]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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    Nomination for Posts at the Housing and Urban Development, Commerce, and
    Agriculture Departments and the United Nations
    March 8, 1993

        The President continued the process of filling the sub-Cabinet
    today, expressing his intent to nominate eight senior officials at the
    Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, and Housing and Urban Development
    and at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. Named today were:

        Michael Stegman, Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and
            Research, Department of Housing and Urban Development
        Everett Ehrlich, Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Department of
            Commerce
        Eugene Moos, Under Secretary for International Affairs and Commodity
            Programs, Department of Agriculture
        Richard Rominger, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
        Wardell Townsend, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Administration,
            Department of Agriculture
        Francis Vacca, Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations,
            Department of Agriculture
        Victor Marrero, U.S. Representative to the Economic and Security
            Council, United Nations
        Karl F. (Rick) Inderfurth, U.S. Alternate Representative for Special
            Political Affairs, United Nations

        ``The people I am asking to serve in my administration today combine
    academic achievement with real world experience,'' said the President.
    ``I am particularly pleased to be naming two family farmers to help run
    the Department of Agriculture.''

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