President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate eight
                 individuals to serve in his administration.

                 The President intends to nominate Cynthia Shepard Perry to be United States
                 Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years.  She has
                 served since 1996 as the Director of International Investment Advisory
                 Services for FCA Corp, in Houston, Texas and also serves as Honorary
                 Consul General of Senegal.  A former member of the Foreign Service, Perry
                 served as the Ambassador to Burundi from 1990 to 1993, Ambassador to
                 Sierra Leone from 1986 to 1989 and was the Chief of Education and Human
                 Resources in the Africa Bureau of U.S. A. I. D. from 1982 to 1986.  She is a
                 graduate of Indiana State University and received an Ed.D. from the University
                 of Massachusetts.

                 The President intends to nominate Steven A. Williams to be Director of the
                 United States Fish and Wildlife Service.  He is presently the Secretary of the
                 Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks after being appointed by Governor
                 Bill Graves in 1995.  From 1992 to 1995, he served as Deputy Executive
                 Director of the Pennsylvania Game Commission.  Williams served with the
                 Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife from 1985 to 1992, first as a
                 Wildlife Biologist and then as Assistant Director for Wildlife.  He is a graduate
                 of Pennsylvania State University, received a Master's degree from the
                 University of North Dakota and a Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University in
                 Forest Resources.

                 The President intends to nominate James B. Lockhart III to be Deputy
                 Commissioner of Social Security.  He is the Co-Founder and Managing
                 Director of NetRisk, which provides risk management software and advice to
                 major financial institutions worldwide.  In 1996 he served as Senior Vice
                 President of National Re, a reinsurance company  and from 1993 to 1995, he
                 served as Managing Director of Smith Barney where he was the head of the
                 Private Finance Group and a Partner in the Insurance Banking Group. Lockhart
                 was Executive Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation from
                 1989 to 1993 and was the Director of the Association of Private Pensions and
                 Welfare Plans from 1993 to 1995.  A resident of Connecticut, he is a graduate
                 of Yale University and received and M. B. A. from Harvard University.

                 The President intends to nominate Harold Craig Manson to be Assistant
                 Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife.  He has served as a Judge on the
                 Superior Court of California for the County of Sacramento since being
                 appointed by Governor Pete Wilson in 1998.  From 1993 to 1998, he was
                 General Counsel in the California Department of Fish and Game, and he was an
                 Attorney with Downey, Brand, Seymour and Rohwer from 1989 to 1993.
                 Manson was a member of the U.S. Air Force from 1976 to 1989 and is a
                 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and the University of the Pacific Law
                 School.

                 The President intends to nominate Jeffrey D. Jarrett to be Director of the Office
                 of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement at the Department of
                 Interior.  He is presently the Deputy Secretary for Mineral Resource
                 Management in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and
                 was previously the Director of the Bureau of District Mining Operations. From
                 1987 to 1994 Jarrett was the Deputy Assistant Director of the Office of
                 Surface Mining at the Department of the Interior.  He served with Cravat Coal
                 Company and Affiliates from 1975 to 1987 excluding one year with the
                 Drummond Company.  From 1985 to 1987 he was Director of Planning and
                 Evaluation for Cravat Coal Company; from 1979 to 1985 he was General
                 Manager of the Company's Bluegrass Mining Division, and from 1975 to 1978
                 he was the Director of Reclamation.  He received an Associate Degree in Land
                 Stabilization and Reclamation from Belmont Technical College and received a
                 B.S. from Geneva College.

                 The President intends to nominate Joseph M. Clapp to be Administrator of the
                 Federal Motor Safety Administration at the Department of
                 Transportation.  Most recently he served as the Chairman of Roadway
                 Services, Inc.  Mr. Clapp joined Roadway Express in 1967 and became
                 district sales manager in the Carolinas and was then named Vice President of
                 Roadway Express.  In 1985 he became Senior Vice President of the parent
                 company, Roadway Services, then became Vice Chairman of Corporate
                 Services in 1985.  He was named Vice Chairman and President in 1986 and in
                 1987 he became Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.  Clapp served as
                 chairman of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of
                 Sciences, was a member of the Federal Highway Research Coordinating
                 Committee, and was chairman of the regular Common Carrier Conference of
                 the American Trucking Association Foundation.  He is a tree time recipient of
                 the Wall Street Transcript CEO Gold Award for the trucking industry.  A
                 North Carolina native, he is a graduate of the University of North Carolina.

                 The President intends to nominate Mark W. Everson to be Controller of the
                 Office of Federal Financial Management in the Office of Management and
                 Budget.  He is presently the Vice President for Finance and Controller for LSG
                 Sky Chefs in Arlington, Texas.  From 1988 to 1998, he held several positions
                 with the Pechiney Group including Senior Vice President and Controller in
                 Paris, France.  From 1982 to 1988, Everson served as Executive
                 Commissioner and then Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and
                 Naturalization Service and previously served at the Department of Justice and
                 the U.S. Information Agency.  He is a graduate of Yale University and received
                 a Master's degree in accounting from New York University.

                 The President intends to nominate John F. Wolf to be Assistant Secretary of
                 State for Non-Proliferation.  A member of the Senior Foreign Service, he is an
                 Examiner on the Board of Examiners at the Department of State and was a
                 Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State for Caspian Basin
                 Energy Diplomacy.  From 1996 to 1999, he was the Ambassador for Asia
                 Pacific Economic Cooperation and in 1995 he was Coordinator for the
                 Strategic Management Initiative.  He served as Ambassador to Malaysia from
                 1992 to 1995 and as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
                 International Organization Affairs from 1989 to 1992.  He has held a variety of
                 other positions both in Washington and overseas and has earned several
                 awards for his service.  Wolf is a graduate of Dartmouth College.

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