[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 8 (Monday, February 28, 1994)]
[Page 367]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nomination for Ambassador to Kuwait

February 24, 1994

    The President today announced his intention to nominate Ryan Clark 
Crocker, a career member of the Foreign Service and formerly Director of 
the Iraq-Kuwait Task Force, to be Ambassador to Kuwait.
    ``Ryan Clark Crocker has led a distinguished career in the foreign 
service and has a keen understanding of the issues facing Kuwait and the 
rest of the Middle East,'' the President said. ``He is well-qualified to 
serve as our country's Ambassador to Kuwait, and I am pleased he has 
agreed to accept this new assignment.''

Note: A biography of the nominee was made available by the Office of the 
Press Secretary.