For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 22, 2001
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
three individuals to serve in his administration and announced two
individuals to serve as members of the Federal Judiciary.
The President intends to nominate Edward William Gnehm, Jr. to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. A career member
of the Senior Foreign Service, he has served as Ambassador to Australia
since June 2000. He held the post of Director General of the Foreign
Service and Assistant Secretary for Personnel from 1997 to 2000, and
was Deputy to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Permanent
Representative from 1994 to 1997. He has held a variety of
overseas posts, including Ambassador to Kuwait immediately following
the Gulf War, and served as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of
Near Eastern Affairs. Ambassador Gnehm is originally from
Georgia and earned a B.A. and M.A. from George Washington University.
The President intends to nominate Larry C. Napper to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Kazakhstan. A career member of the Foreign
Service, he has served as the Director of S.E.E.D., Support for Eastern
European Democracy, since 1998, and before that held the post of
Ambassador to Latvia. Napper was the Director of the Soviet
Desk at the Department of State from 1991 to 1994. He has
held numerous posts overseas including Deputy Chief of Mission in
Bucharest and Political and Consular Officer in Moscow. He
is the recipient of several Department awards including an award for
valor in 1990. Originally from Texas, he is a graduate of
Texas A&M; University and received a Master's Degree from the University
of Virginia.
The President intends to nominate Frank Huddle, Jr. to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Tajikistan. A career member of the Senior
Foreign Service, he has held the post of Principal Officer in Toronto
since 1999 and was Principal Officer in Mumbai from 1996 to
1999. He served in Washington, D.C. as the Director of the
Office of Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs from 1994
to 1996 and was Charge d'Affaris in Rangoon from 1990 to
1994. He has completed a variety of assignments overseas and
at the Department of State including Principal Officer in Cebu and
Songkhla and as a political analyst for South Asia in the Bureau of
Intelligence and Research. Originally from California he is a graduate
of Brown University and received a Master's Degree from Harvard
University.
The President will nominate Richard R. Clifton to be a United States
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
The President will nominate Carolyn B. Kuhl to be a United States
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.
|