*EPF201 02/25/2003
White House Report: Bush Nominations, February 25
(Eric Edelman to Turkey, Gregory Engel to Togo) (370)

President Bush February 24 announced his intention to designate the two individuals to serve as members of his administration:

The President intends to nominate Eric S. Edelman of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Ambassador Edelman has served as Principal Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs since January 2001. From 1998 until 2001, he served as Ambassador to Finland. Prior to this, he served with distinction as the Senior Policy Advisor and Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of State and as Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. His previous assignments overseas include service from 1994 until 1996, as Deputy Chief of Mission in Prague and from 1987 until 1989 as Political Officer in Moscow with the Afghanistan/Middle East brief. He began his career as a member of the West Bank/Gaza autonomy talks delegation, continued to work Middle East issues as Special Assistant to Secretary George Schultz and held the Afghanistan/Middle East portfolio on the Soviet Desk. Ambassador Edelman earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from Yale University.

The President intends to nominate Gregory W. Engle of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Togolese Republic. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. Engle, is currently the Director of the Office of Regional and Security Affairs in the Bureau of African Affairs at the Department of State. He previously served as Special Coordinator for the Africa Crisis Response Initiative. From 1999 until 2001, he served as the second Director of the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services Program. From 1996 until 1999, he served as Consul General in Johannesburg and he served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Lilongwe from 1992 until 1995. Other previous overseas assignments include service as Administrative Officer in Nicosia and Addis Ababa, General Services Officer in Munich, and Rotational Officer in Islamabad. Mr. Engle earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Colorado.

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