    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [November 24, 1993]
    [Pages 2069-2070]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Nomination for Commander in Chief of the United States
    Southern Command
    November 24, 1993

        I am pleased to announce that I have nominated Lt. Gen. Barry R.
    McCaffrey to succeed Gen. George A. Joulwan as Commander in Chief of
    U.S. Southern Command and for promotion to the rank of General, United
    States Army.
        Lieutenant General McCaffrey has had a long and brilliant career
    spanning nearly three decades. He has served our Nation proudly in four
    combat tours and in seven foreign nations. As commanding general of the
    24th Infantry Division, he deployed the division to Saudi Arabia and led
    it on combat missions essential to the success of Operation Desert
    Storm. In addition, his performance in sensitive and demanding staff
    positions in Washington, including his current role as Director for
    Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Staff, has distinguished him as one of
    our Nation's foremost military analysts and strategists. He has fully
    demonstrated both the military expertise and political acumen needed to
    fill one of our most strategically important postings.
        I have asked Lieutenant General McCaffrey to apply his considerable
    talents to enhancing the important security relationships we have de-

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    veloped with our neighbors in the region, to refining the role of the
    U.S. Southern Command in hemispheric affairs, and to continuing the
    outstanding work done by General Joulwan. I have the utmost trust and
    confidence in his ability to do so.