[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 29, Number 28 (Monday, July 19, 1993)]
[Page 1330]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nomination for Asian Development Bank Executive Director and an 
Assistant Secretary of State

 July 12, 1993


    The President announced his intention today to nominate Linda Tsao 
Yang to be Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank and Robert 
Gelbard to be the Assistant Secretary of State for International 
Narcotics Matters.

    ``As I return from my successful trip to Asia, I am pleased to make 
these two significant foreign policy nominations,'' said the President. 
``Linda Tsao Yang will bring impressive skills in capital development 
and a strong knowledge of Asia's economy to her post at the Asian 
Development Bank. Robert Gelbard has the strength, skill, and knowledge 
to make a real difference in fighting the international drug trade. I am 
proud of both of these choices.''

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