    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 11 (Monday, March 22, 1993)]
    [Page 452]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Announcement of Nomination for Two Deputy United States Trade
    Representatives

     March 18, 1993

        President Clinton announced today his intention to nominate Rufus
    Yerxa and Charlene Barshefsky as Deputy U.S. Trade Representatives, and
    his approval of the appointment by Ambassador Mickey Kantor of the
    following:

        Ira Shapiro, General Counsel
        Nancy LeaMond, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional
          Affairs
        Anne Luzzatto, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public
          Affairs
        Debbie Shon, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for
          Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
        Ellen Frost, Counselor
        Howard Reed, Special Counsel for Financial and Investment Policy
        Tom Nides, Special Counsel for Congressional and Intergovernmental
          Affairs

        ``We are at a key moment in the history of American trade policy,''
    said the President. ``Rufus Yerxa, Charlene Barshefsky, and the
    outstanding team that Ambassador Kantor has put together will work hard
    to make sure that we do not miss the opportunities that lay ahead of
    us.''

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