    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [December 28, 1993]
    [Page 2206]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Statement on the Nomination of Strobe Talbott To Be Deputy Secretary of
    State
    December 28, 1993

        I am delighted by the decision of Secretary of State Warren
    Christopher to nominate Ambassador Strobe Talbott to become Deputy
    Secretary of State. I have known and respected Ambassador Talbott for
    over 25 years and have always found him to be a man of great ability,
    intellect, and vision. He has performed superbly in his current role as
    Ambassador at Large for the former Soviet Republics, and I have full
    confidence in his ability to perform equally well in this new capacity
    at the Department of State.