    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [October 22, 1993]
    [Page 1809]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Nomination for United States District Court Judges
    October 22, 1993

        The President announced the nomination today of his choices for four
    U.S. District Court vacancies: Donetta Ambrose and Gary Lancaster, both
    for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Wilkie D. Ferguson for the
    Southern District of Florida; and Charles A. Shaw for the Eastern
    District of Missouri.
        ``I am committed to giving the American people a Federal judiciary
    marked by excellence, by diversity, and by a concern for the personal
    security and civil rights of all Americans,'' said the President. ``With
    these nominations today, we are giving just that to the people of
    Pennsylvania, Florida, and Missouri.''

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