*EPF416 09/13/01
Text: White House Sends Eight Foreign Affairs Nominations to Senate
(Several U.S. Ambassadors-designate are included in the list) (300)

The White House late September 12 sent nine new foreign affairs nominations to the Senate for advice and consent.

Following is the White House text:

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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
September 12, 2001

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Ralph Leo Boyce, Jr., of Virginia, 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 Indonesia.

Kenneth C. Brill, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

Jose A. Fourquet, of New Jersey, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of three years, vice Lawrence Harrington, resigned.

J. Edward Fox, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Joseph R. Crapa, resigned.

Robert W. Jordan, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plentipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Kevin E. Moley, of Arizona, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, vice George Edward Moose.

E. Anne Peterson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Barry Edward Carter.

Robert V. Royall, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Republic of Tanzania.

(end White House text)

(Distributed by the Office of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)
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