[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 29 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[Pages 1412-1413]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nominations Submitted to the Senate

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The following list does not include promotions of members of the 
Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations 
of Foreign Service officers.

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Submitted July 14

Bill Richardson,

of New Mexico, to be Secretary of Energy, vice Federico Pena, resigned.
Submitted July 15

Charles R. Rawls,

of North Carolina, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Agriculture, vice James S. Gilliland, resigned.

George McDade Staples,

of Kentucky, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of 
Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Republic of Rwanda.

Robert M. Walker,

of Tennessee, to be Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, vice Harvey G. Ryland, resigned.
Submitted July 16

John D. Hawke, Jr.,

of the District of Columbia, to be Comptroller of the Currency for a 
term of 5 years, vice Eugene Allan Ludwig, resigned.

John Melvin Yates,

of Washington, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
of the United States of America to the Republic of Cameroon.

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Submitted July 17

Romulo L. Diaz, Jr.,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, vice Jonathan Z. Cannon, resigned.

J. Charles Fox,

of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, vice Mary Delores Nichols.

Paul Steven Miller,

of California, to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission for the remainder of the term expiring July 1, 1999, vice 
Gilbert F. Casellas, resigned.

John J. Pikarski, Jr.,

of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring 
December 17, 1998, vice Gerald S. McGowan.

John J. Pikarski, Jr.,

of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2001 
(reappointment).