For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 1, 2001
President Bush to Nominate Three Individuals and Appoint Eight Individuals to Serve in his Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate three
individuals and his intention to appoint eight individuals to serve in his
administration.
The President intends to nominate Sichan Siv to be Representative
of the United States of America to the Economic and Social Council of
the United Nations with the rank of Ambassador. Mr. Siv is
Senior Adviser to the International Republican Institute. He
was a delegate to the 57th U.N. Commission on Human
Rights. During the Administration of George H. W. Bush, he
served as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Liaison and
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian
Affairs. In 1976, Mr. Siv escaped to Thailand from Cambodia
after having been in the Khmer Rouge forced labor camps for one
year. On June 4, he was resettled as a refugee in
Wallingford, Connecticut. A graduate of the University of
Phnom Penh, he holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia
University.
The President intends to nominate David Dugas to be United States
Attorney for the Middle District of Louisiana. Dugas is
currently a Partner with the law firm of Caffery, Oubre, Dugas and
Campbell in Lafayette, Louisiana, where he has practiced since
1981. In 1980, he was an Associate with Caffery, Oubre,
Gibbons and Blackwell in New Iberia, Louisiana, and from 1978 to 1980,
Dugas was an Associate with Sanders, Downing, Kean and Cazedussus in
Baton Rouge. He received both an undergraduate and Law
degree from Louisiana State University.
The President intends to nominate David O'Meilia to be United
States Attorney for the Northern District of
Oklahoma. O'Meilia is presently a Partner with the law firm
of Lyons, Clark, Danielson and O'Meilia in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and from
1996 to 1999, he practiced with Nichols, Wolfe, Stamper, Nally, Fallis
and Robertson. From 1986 to 1996, he served with the U.S.
Attorney's Office in Tulsa, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, the lead
attorney for the Northern Oklahoma Organized Crime Drug Enforcement
Task Force and then Senior Litigation. From 1980 to 1984,
O'Meilia practiced with the Tulsa County District Attorney's
Office. He is a graduate of Oklahoma State University and
the University of Tulsa College of Law.
The President intends to appoint the following individuals to serve
as Members of the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center:
Neal McCaleb of Maine for the remainder of a term expiring June 1,
2004. Maureen Patricia Cragin of Maine for the remainder of a term
expiring June 1, 2004. Sonya E. Medina of Texas for the remainder of a
term expiring June 1, 2004. Frances P. Mainella of Florida for a term
expiring June, 1, 2006.
The President intends to appoint the following individuals as
Members of the Board of Directors of the Presidio Trust for a term of
four years expiring May 4, 2005:
Donald G. Fisher of California. Tony Rosenblatt of California.
Mary G. Murphy of California.
The President intends to appoint Robert R. Reilly to be Director of
the Voice of America. Reilly has hosted the weekly foreign
policy talk show, "On The Line," on Voice of America and Worldnet TV
since 1990. From 1988 to 1989, Reilly was President of the
Intercollegiate Studies Institute in Bryn Mawr,
Pennsylvania. He was Senior Advisor for Public Diplomacy at
the U.S. Embassy in Bern, Switzerland from 1985 to 1988, and from 1983
to 1985, Reilly served in the White House in the Office of Public
Liaison handling foreign policy and national defense issues. Reilly
was Director of Private Sector Programs at the U.S. Information Agency
from 1981 to 1983. He received an undergraduate degree from
Georgetown University and a Master's degree from Claremont Graduate
School.
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