    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1993, Book II)]
    [October 18, 1993]
    [Page 1772]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    [[Page 1772]]

    Nomination for an Assistant Secretary of Commerce
    October 18, 1993

        The President announced today that he intends to nominate GTE
    executive Graham R. Mitchell to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
    Technology Policy.
        ``I have called on the Commerce Department to take the lead in
    giving our country the technological capability to win in a competitive
    world marketplace,'' said the President. ``With his years of high-tech
    management experience, Graham Mitchell has the know-how that effort
    requires.''

    Note: A biography of the nominee was made available by the Office of the
    Press Secretary.