President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate seven
                 individuals for positions within his administration.

                 Richard Lee Armitage has been nominated to be Deputy Secretary of State.
                 Presently he is the President of Armitage Associates.  In the past he has served
                 with the rank of Ambassador as the Coordinator for Technical and Humanitarian
                 Assistance to the newly independent states of the former Soviet
                 Union.  President George H.W. Bush appointed him as a Presidential Special
                 Negotiator for the Philippines Military Base Agreement, a Special Mediator for
                 Water in the Middle East and as a Special Emissary to Jordan during the 1991
                 Gulf War.  Previously he served in the Pentagon as Assistant Secretary of
                 Defense and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense.  He has received the
                 Department of Defense Distinguished Service Medal four times, the Presidential
                 Citizen's Award, the Department of State Distinguished Honor Award and the
                 Department of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service.  He attended the
                 U.S. Naval Academy and then completed four tours of duty in Vietnam. He is
                 now a resident of Vienna, Virginia.

                 Dr. Dov Zakheim has been nominated to serve as Under Secretary of Defense
                 and Comptroller.  He is presently the CEO of SPC International, and in the past
                 he has served as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Planning and
                 Resources as well as in a variety of Defense Department positions under former
                 President Reagan.  He was a member of the Task Force on Defense Reform
                 under then-Secretary of Defense William Cohen and in February of 2000 he
                 was appointed to the Defense Science Board Task Force on the Impact of DoD
                 Acquisition Policies on the Health of the Defense Industry.  He has received the
                 Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal; the Bronze Palm to
                 the DoD Distinguished Public Service Medal and the CBO Director's Award for
                 Outstanding Service.  A New York native, Dr. Zakheim is a graduate of
                 Columbia University and has also studied at the London School of
                 Economics.  He received his doctorate degree from St. Anthony's College at
                 Oxford University.

                 Thelma J. Askey has been nominated to be a Commissioner of the United States
                 International Trade Commission.  Ms. Askey previously served as a
                 Commissioner with the International Trade Commission after being nominated by
                 former President Clinton, and her term expired in December of 2000.  She has
                 also served with the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee.  Originally from
                 Millington, Tennessee, she holds her B.A. from Tennessee Technological
                 University and has completed graduate work in international economics at
                 American University.

                 Kenneth I. Juster has been nominated to be Under Secretary of Commerce for
                 Export Administration.  Mr. Juster is currently a Senior Partner with the law firm
                 of Arnold & Porter.   A native of Scarsdale, New York, he received his
                 bachelor's degree, master's degree in public policy and law degree from Harvard
                 University.  During the George H.W. Bush Administration, he served as the
                 Counselor of the U.S. State Department as well as the Deputy and Senior
                 Advisor to Deputy Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger.  In 1993, he was
                 awarded the Secretary of State's Distinguished Service Award and Medal.

                 Faryar Shirzad has been nominated to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
                 Import Administration. Most recently he served as the International Trade
                 Counsel for the Senate Finance Committee.   After growing up in Bethesda,
                 Maryland, Mr. Shirzad received his bachelor's degree from the University of
                 Maryland, his master's degree in public policy from the Kennedy School at
                 Harvard University and his law degree from the University of Virginia.

                 Theodore William Kassinger has been nominated to be General Counsel of the
                 Department of Commerce.  Mr. Kassinger is presently a partner with Vinson &
                 Elkins. In the past he has served as the International Trade Counsel for the
                 Senate Finance Committee as well as an Advisor at the Department of State.  A
                 native of Athens, Georgia, he received both his bachelor's and law degrees from
                 University of Georgia.

                 Scott Whitaker has been nominated to serve as Assistant Secretary of Health
                 and Human Services for Legislation.  Presently he is a policy advisor in the office
                 of Assistant Senate Majority Leader Don Nickles.  A native of West Palm
                 Beach, Florida, he is a graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic College and received his
                 masters degree from Johns Hopkins University.