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 Home > News & Policies > June 2001

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 22, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, 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 Sierra Leone.

Richard R. Clifton, of Hawaii, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Cynthia Holcomb Hall, retired.

Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska, 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 State of Kuwait.

Carolyn B. Kuhl, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice James R. Browning, retired.

Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, 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 Ghana.

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