[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 18 (Monday, May 10, 1993)]
[Pages 773-774]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nominations for Posts at the Department of State

 May 6, 1993

    The President named two experienced environmental leaders to Senior 
Executive Service positions at the State Department

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today. Rafe Pomerance will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the 
Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, and Jessica Tuchman Mathews 
will serve as Deputy Under Secretary for Global Affairs.
    ``The global environment is one of the most serious issues facing 
our Nation,'' said the President. ``These two nominees have a lifetime 
of experience and knowledge in working on this critical issue. I look 
forward to working with them to attack the pressing problems of global 
pollution.''

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