For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 1, 2001
President Bush to Nominate Three Individuals to Serve in His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
three individuals to serve in his administration.
The President intends to nominate Juan Carlos Benitez to be Special
Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment
Practices. He is currently Of Counsel at Long, Aldridge and
Norman in Washington, D.C. From 1995 to 1999 he served with
the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration as Legislative Director,
Associate General Counsel and Legal Counsel. From 1993 to
1995, he was a Labor Associate with the law firm of Fiddler, Gonzalez
and Rodriguez. Originally from Puerto Rico, he is a graduate
of Sacred Heart University and received his law degree from
Inter-American University of Puerto Rico School of Law.
The President intends to nominate Janet Rehnquist to be Inspector
General of the Department of Health and Human Services. She
is currently an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of
Virginia and was an Associate Counsel to the President from 1990 to
1993. She served as Counsel to the U.S. Senate Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations. She is a graduate of the
University of Virginia and University of Virginia Law School.
The President intends to nominate Carole L. Brookins to be United
States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development for a term of two years. She is presently
the Chairman and CEO of World Perspectives, Inc., where she has served
since 1980. She is a current member of the U.S. State
Department Advisory Committee on International Economic Policy and
served on the President's Export Council from 1990 to 1992. Brookins
was chairwoman of the Advisory Committee to the U.S. State Department
on Food, Hunger and Agriculture in Developing Countries from 1984 to
1988. Originally from Indiana, she is graduate of the
University of Oklahoma.
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