[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 31, Number 7 (Monday, February 20, 1995)]
[Page 258]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Announcement of Appointment for Assistant to the President and Director 
of Political Affairs

February 16, 1995

    White House Chief of Staff Leon E. Panetta announced today that the 
President has named Douglas B. Sosnik as Assistant to the President and 
Director of Political Affairs.
    ``Doug has spent his career in politics and Government at the 
national level,'' the President said. ``His combination of White House, 
congressional--both House and Senate--and political experience will 
serve the administration well.''

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