Subject: Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

January 18, 2018

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Thomas E. Ayres, of Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, vice Gordon O. Tanner.

Kenneth Steven Barbic, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Todd A. Batta, resigned.

Francis R. Fannon, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Energy Resources), vice John Stern Wolf.

Johnathan Miller, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Linda I. Etim.

John F. Ring, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of five years expiring December 16, 2022, vice Philip Andrew Miscimarra, term expired.

James N. Stewart, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Todd A. Weiler.

Michael Stoker, of California, to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director, vice Allison Beck, resigned.

Jackie Wolcott, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador.

Jackie Wolcott, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

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