THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                          June 24, 2009

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

James Legarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vice Kenneth L. Peel.

John Victor Roos, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan.

James B. Smith, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.