[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 19 (Monday, May 17, 1993)]
[Page 824]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nomination for Assistant Secretaries at the Departments of 
Transportation and the Interior

 May 11, 1993

    The President named a total of four officials at the Departments of 
Transportation and the Interior today. He expressed his intention to 
nominate Frank Kruesi to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for 
Transportation Policy and Ada Deer to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Indian Affairs. The President also approved the appointment 
of Richard Mintz to be the Director of Transportation's Office of Public 
Affairs, and Patricia Beneke to be Associate Solicitor for Energy and 
Resources at Interior.
    ``I am gratified that these individuals will be joining me in 
Washington,'' said the President. ``Frank Kruesi has been an innovative 
and successful policy adviser to Mayor Daley. Ada Deer has been a 
powerful and eloquent voice for changing national Indian policy. Both 
will be valuable parts of this administration, as will Richard Mintz and 
Patricia Beneke.''

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