[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 18 (Monday, May 10, 1993)]
[Page 744]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nominations for Three Ambassadorial Posts

 May 3, 1993

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Laurence E. 
Pope II to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Joseph A. Saloom to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, and Steven E. Steiner to be U.S. 
Representative to the START Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission 
with the rank of Ambassador. All three are career members of the U.S. 
Foreign Service.
    ``These three individuals will be excellent representatives of the 
United States and its interests,'' said the President. ``They have 
served their country well throughout their careers, and I have 
confidence that they will continue to do so.''

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