Date: 11 Dec 92 00:04:44 EST From: President-Elect's Office <75300.3115@compuserve.com> To: Clinton Economy , Clinton News , Clinton Volunteers Subject: Appointments made today by President-Elect Bill Clinton Posted by: The Office of the President-Elect December 10, 1992 SUBJECT: Appointees The following appointments were made today by President-Elect Bill Clinton. Following are descriptions of the agencies, statements from the designees and bio's of the designees. DEPARTMENT TITLE: Department of the Treasury SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Senator Lloyd Bentsen DEPUTY SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Roger C. Altman The Department of the Treasury is responsible for overseeing fiscal and financial policies of the United States government. The Treasury Department's duties include: Recommending international and domestic policy to the president; reporting government fiscal operations to the Congress; accounting for all United States government receipts, expenditures and appropriations; and the protection of the President, the Vice President and their families. The following agencies fall under the Treasury Department's jurisdiction: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Office of the Comptroller of the Currency United States Customs Service Bureau of Engraving and Printing Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Bureau of Government Financial Operations Internal Revenue Service Bureau of the Mint Bureau of the Public Debt United States Savings Bonds Division United States Secret Service Treasury ranks second among United States government Executive Departments. Founded in 1789, it was one of the original departments established. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) -30- STATEMENT OF SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY- DESIGNEE Governor Clinton has asked me to take on a new role in public service as Secretary of the Treasury, and I have accepted. It has been my privilege to serve my country and the people of Texas as U.S. Senator, and it isn't easy for me to leave the Senate. I will miss my colleagues in Congress but I am heartened that we will be working together on our top priority: jobs. We want a stronger, more competitive economy, one that is better able to create opportunity. I also welcome the chance to work with people like Roger Altman, Bob Rubin, Leon Panetta, Alice Rivlin and other members of the Clinton Administration. I know many of them. They bring the kind of first-rate intellect and experience that are needed to meet the challenges ahead. Our administration inherits twin deficits of lagging investment and unbalanced budgets. We are determined to cut both down to size in order to spur economic growth for the short run and boost prosperity over the long haul. The American people realize that these challenges didn't develop overnight and won't be fixed overnight. They are not looking for miracles, but they do expect progress and they will see it. I've known Governor Clinton for many years and we have shared views when it comes to issues like economic fairness, growth, trade, investment and deficit reduction. His election has restored hope to millions of American families and I'm honored to be asked to help him turn that hope into reality. -30- NAME: Senator Lloyd Bentsen SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Department of the Treasury EDUCATION: J.D. Univ. of Texas School of Law DOB: February 11, 1921 Senator Lloyd Bentsen is Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and the Joint Committee on Taxation. He is also a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the Joint Economic Committee. He was first elected to the Senate in 1970. In 1988, Senator Bentsen was the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States. Prior to his election to the Senate, Mr. Bentsen was a successful businessman in Houston for 16 years. By 1970, he had become President of Lincoln Consolidated, a financial holding institution. His business career followed several years of public service, first as County Judge of Hidalgo County and then as a Member of Congress. In 1954, after three successive terms in Congress, he declined to seek reelection. Mr. Bentsen served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He rose to the rank of Major as a B-24 pilot and Squadron Commander in Europe. Bentsen was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. He was promoted to Colonel in the Air Force Reserve before completing his military service. Senator Bentsen is married to the former Beryl Ann Longino, known as B.A., of Lufkin, Texas. The Bentsens have three grown children. -30- STATEMENT OF ROGER C. ALTMAN DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY - DESIGNEE First, I want to thank President-elect Clinton for honoring me with this prospective appointment. It will be a special privilege serving the President and the nation; and I hope to live up to it. I believe that Bill Clinton brings a new vision and a new energy to this country, just when we need it. Second, I am particularly looking forward to working with Senator Bentsen. He will be a strong and effective Secretary of the Treasury. The overwhelmingly positive response to reports of his designation are testimony to that. My job is to support him in every way possible, and I commit all my energies to it. Finally, the structural economic problems facing this country are deep-seated and won't be solved overnight. Only a long term plan to increase investment and productivity, and improve our human capital, will turn us around. That's what the President-elect has outlined, and our job is to put it into effect. He has chosen an economic team which can do it. -30- NAME: Roger C. Altman DEPUTY SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Department of the Treasury EDUCATION: B.A. Georgetown Univ. (1967) M.B.A. Univ. of Chicago Roger C. Altman is Vice Chairman for The Blackstone Group, a private merchant banking firm that specializes in international mergers and acquisitions, principal investing and investment management. Prior to joining Blackstone, Mr. Altman had been a Managing Director of Lehman Brothers. Mr. Altman joined Lehman Brothers in 1969 as an associate. He became a general partner in 1974, the youngest to achieve the position in the Firm's post World War II history. That same year, Institutional Investor named him one of the 10 outstanding U.S. investment bankers under 40 years of age. At the time of the mid-1984 sale of Lehman, Mr. Altman was a member of its seven- man Management Committee and of its Board of Directors. He also was one of the three managing directors responsible for the Firm's investment banking activities. From 1977 to 1980, Mr. Altman served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance. As Assistant Secretary he was responsible for: federal finance, including the Treasury's borrowing programs; corporate finance, particularly the Chrysler financing program; municipal finance, including the New York City rescue; and financial institutions policy, mainly two major banking deregulation statutes. Mr. Altman also served as non-executive Chairman of the Public Development Corporation of New York from 1985 through 1989. This is the primary economic development agency for New York City. During the 1985/1986 academic year, Mr. Altman also served, on a part time basis, as a Donald C. Dayton Distinguished Faculty Fellow at the Yale School of Organization and Management. He taught an original course, entitled "Washington as Financier," to second year graduate students. Since 1990, he has been serving as co-chairman of Mayor's Management Advisory Task Force. This group consists of several chief executives, the municipal labor leaders, and the four senior City officials. Its mission is to assist in the "downsizing" of City government. Mr. Altman is a Director of the Children's Television Workshop, Inc., the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and the Citizens Budget Commission. He also is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is Chairman of the Cities in School Program for New York City. Born in 1945, Mr. Altman was raised in Boston. He lives in Manhattan with his wife Jurate Kazickas, a documentary filmmaker, and their three young children. DEPARTMENT TITLE: Office of Management and Budget DIRECTOR DESIGNEE: Representative Leon E. Panetta (D-CA) DEPUTY DIRECTOR DESIGNEE: Alice M. Rivlin Responsible for preparing the national budget and serving as a clearinghouse for congressional spending proposals, the Office of Management and Budget is an advisory body that works to keep government spending in line with the President's plan. Among the functions of the OMB: Preparing the national budget; Supervising and controlling the administration of the budget; Ensuring government policies are implemented efficiently and economically; Assisting the President in proposing legislation; Developing regulatory reform; Assisting in the preparation of executive orders; Planning and developing information systems; Ensuring programs are meeting their objectives; Keeping the President informed of the overall activities of government. Through advisory reports, the OMB keeps the President up-to-date on how well government programs are serving their purpose and staying within allowed costs. The strength behind the office's recommendations is its authority to increase or decrease the budgets of other executive departments. The OMB is headed by a Director, who is appointed by the President with Senate approval. The Office of Management and Budget came into its own in 1939, when the former Bureau of the Budget was transferred from the Department of the Treasury to the Executive Office of the President. The office was originally inspired by the British practice of collecting, collating and correlating the spending plans of the United States government. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF REPRESENTATIVE LEON E. PANETTA DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET-DESIGNEE Bill Clinton was elected in November with a strong mandate from the American people to strengthen our nation's economy for the future and provide a better life for our children and grandchildren. I am proud and honored that he has asked me to help him fulfill that mandate. I look forward to working with him and the rest of his outstanding economic team in meeting this great and important challenge. We need, and President-elect Clinton is planning, a bold and comprehensive economic plan for this nation. That will not be easy. While there is a renewed sense of hope and confidence in the future, there remain some deep and fundamental problems in the economy: budget deficits that rob our private and public resources; inadequate growth, jobs, and investment; and weak productivity and competitiveness. It will be the responsibility of every American to face up to these problems and restore our future. This new President and the new Congress have an unprecedented opportunity to help bring about the changes that are needed. I am proud to be a part of that effort and, like the American people, anxious to begin. -30- NAME: Representative Leon E. Panetta DIRECTOR DESIGNEE FOR: Office of Management and Budget EDUCATION: B.A. Univ. of Santa Clara (1960) magna cum laude J.D. Univ. of Santa Clara Law School DOB: June 28, 1938 Representative Leon Panetta is Chairman of the House Budget Committee. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 16th (now 17th) Congressional District in 1976; elected in 1992 to ninth term; Chairman, House Budget Committee, 1989-present, member, House Budget Committee, 1979-84; member, Agriculture Committee, House Administration Committee, Select Committee on Hunger; former Chairman, Subcommittee on Domestic Marketing, Consumer Relations, and Nutrition, Subcommittee on Personnel and Police; former Vice Chairman, Caucus of Vietnam-Era Veterans in Congress; former member, President's commission on Foreign Language and International Studies. Author of measures to reduce domestic hunger, including the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (P.L. 100-435); author of Fair Employment Practices Resolution, extending civil rights protections to House employees for first time; author of numerous successful measures to protect environmentally sensitive California coastal areas from offshore oil and gas drilling; author of successful measure to create National Marine Sanctuary at Monterey Bay; key participant in 1990 Budget Summit; author of legislation which established Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement of hospice care for the terminally ill. Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senate Minority Whip Thomas H. Kuchel, CA, 1966-69; special assistant to Secretary of U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1969; Director of the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, 1969-70; Executive Assistant to the Mayor of New York City, 1970-71; attorney, law firm of Panetta, Thompson & Panatta, 1971-76. Served as 1st Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, 1964-66, received Army Commendation Medal. Married to the former Sylvia Marie Varni; three sons: Christopher (29), Carmelo (28), and James (23). -30- STATEMENT OF ALICE M. RIVLIN DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET - DESIGNEE I believe the Clinton Administration, working with the Congress and with state and local governments, has an enormous opportunity to brighten America's long run economic future. Reinvigorating the economy requires strategic investment, both public and private, in skills and technology. It requires increasing the efficiency of government, using the taxpayer's money wisely and carefully, and getting the huge federal deficit firmly on a downward track. None of this will be easy. This is a strong, experienced economic team and I am proud to be on it. I have known and admired Leon Panetta since 1969. I enjoyed working with him on Capitol Hill. I look forward to working with him at the Office of Management and Budget. -30-30-30- NAME: Alice M. Rivlin DEPUTY DIRECTOR DESIGNEE FOR: Office of Management and Budget EDUCATION: Bryn Mawr College (1952) Ph.D Econ., Radcliffe College (1958) Alice M. Rivlin is Hirst Professor of Pubic Policy at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution (on leave). Ms. Rivlin was the founding Director of the Congressional Budget Office and served in that post from 1975 to 1983. She was Director of the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution (1983-1987) and also served as Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation in the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Ms. Rivlin's most recent book, Reviving the American Dream: The Economy, the States, and the Federal Government, was published by the Brookings Institution in 1992. She is also the author of systematic Thinking for Social Action (1971), and The Role of the Federal Government in Financing Higher Education, (1961); and coauthor of numerous Brookings books including Economic Choices: 1984, Economic Choices: 1987, The Swedish Economy (1987) and Caring for the Disabled elderly: Who Will Pay? (1988). Ms. Rivlin writes a regular column for the Los Angeles Times and is a frequent contributor to other newspapers, magazines, and journals. Ms. Rivlin has been President of the American Economic Association and chaired the Commission on Budget and Financial Priorities of the District of Columbia. She is a Director of the Unisys Corporation, the Union Carbide Corporation, TJ International, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, the D.C. Service Corps, and a member of the Governing Council of the Wilderness Society. She receive a MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship (1983-88) and has been a Visiting Professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Born in Philadelphia in 1931, Ms. Rivlin grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. She is married to Sidney G. Winter and has three grown children and two grandchildren. -30- NAME: Robert E. Rubin ADMINISTRATION POST: Chairman, National Economic Council EDUCATION: A.B. Harvard College (1960) London School of Economics (1961) L.L.B. Yale Law School Mr. Rubin is a Co-Senior Partner and Co-Chairman of Goldman Sachs & Co. of New York, where he has worked in various capacities since 1966. Prior to joining Goldman Sachs & Co., he was an attorney for Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton of New York from 1964- 1966. Among his many activities are included: Partner and Member of the Board of Directors for the New York City Partnership, Inc.; Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Market Oversight and Financial Services Advisory Committee; Member, Board of Directors, New York Stock Exchange, Inc.; Member, Board of Trustees, Carnegie Corporation of New York; Member, Board of Directors, Harvard Management Co., Inc.; Member, Mayor's Council of Economic Advisors (New York City); Member, Governor's Council on Fiscal and Economic Priorities; Federal Reserve Bank of NY International Capital Markets Advisory Committee (ICMAC). Mr. Rubin was born in 1938 in New York City. He is married to Judith Oxenberg Rubin, who is the Commissioner of Protocol for the City of New York. They have two children, James and Philip. -30- STATEMENT OF ROBERT E. RUBIN I have long felt that unless the country faces its economic problems, it would run the serious risk of experiencing unsatisfactory economic conditions into the indefinite future. I felt from the very beginning of the Presidential campaign that Governor Clinton's agenda represented an effective response to those problems, and I appreciate the confidence the Governor has expressed in asking me to join the team to help implement that agenda. I have had a long career at an outstanding financial institution and leaving that institution and its people has been exceedingly difficult personally for me. However, I really believe that this country is at an historical crossroads with respect to its economy and I look forward to contributing to the team effort to achieving satisfactory long term economic conditions. The creation of a National Economic Council and the position of Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, like the National Security apparatus, is designed to demonstrate the commitment to focusing on economic issues in The White House and to facilitate more effective development and implementation of economic policy with regard to both domestic and international issues. Establishing and instituting these mechanisms for better economic policy is a major challenge and I look forward to working with the rest of the economic team to meet this challenge. -30- Posted by: The Office of the President-Elect For Immediate Release: December 11, 1992 The following appointments were released today. A statement, description the agency and biographies are attached. DEPARTMENT TITLE: The Department of Labor DIRECTOR DESIGNEE: Robert B. Reich Charged with promoting the welfare of American workers, the Department of Labor administers more than 30 labor laws relating to workers' rights, minimum wage, overtime pay, freedom of employment, unemployment compensation and discrimination in the workplace. Its responsibilities include the oversight of job training programs, tracking unemployment numbers, enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace and protecting workers' pension rights. The department is divided into seven major operating units: * Employment and Training Administration * Labor Management Services Administration * Employment Standards Administration * Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) * Mine Safety and Health Administration * Bureau of Labor Statistics * Veteran's Employment Service Since its inception in 1913, the department has expanded considerably and now extends throughout the world. One of its most important divisions, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, provides a critical check on the national economy by issuing monthly reports on unemployment figures. The Department of Labor is headed by a Secretary of Labor, who is appointed by the President with Senate approval and has cabinet rank. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) -30-30-30- ROBERT B. REICH SECRETARY OF LABOR - DESIGNEE I'm deeply honored to be selected by President-elect Clinton as Secretary of Labor. I'm excited about this job. We finally have a President who understands the importance of investing in people to achieve economic growth, someone who knows that there's no more direct way to improve the living standards of Americans than for every one of us to become more productive--gaining the skills we need, working together effectively on the job. Bill Clinton will ensure that the American workforce is second to none in the new global economy and I'm proud to be part of his team. -30- NAME: Robert B. Reich SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Department of Labor TRANSITION POST: Director of Economic Policy CAMPAIGN POST: Senior Advisor EDUCATION: Dartmouth College (undergrad) J.D. Yale Law M.Phil. Economics, Oxford Rhodes Scholar Robert B. Reich is one of America's foremost political economists. According to Fortune Magazine, "no one is better than Robert Reich at describing the challenges facing America from the emerging global economy." That's why Fortune named him among 25 individuals who are making this country more competitive. Reich's latest book, The Work of the Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism, examines the national purpose within the emerging global economy. His 1983 best-seller, The Next American Frontier, launched a national debate about America's industrial strategy. A member of the faculty of Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Reich is the author of many books on government, business, and the international economy. His articles appear regularly in the Harvard Business Review and the Atlantic. Reich is also a contributing editor of The New Republic and of World Policy; chairman of the editorial board of The American Prospect, a regular columnist for Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Japan's leading newspaper; a frequent contributor to the op-ed pages of The New York Times and other newspapers; and a regular commentator on public radio's "Marketplace" and public television's "Nightly Business Report." Reich is the host and co-author of the acclaimed PBS television series, Made in America, which was first shown in May, 1992. Before coming to Harvard, Mr. Reich has had a distinguished government career. He served as Assistant to the Solicitor General in the Ford Administration, and was the Director of Policy Planning for the Federal Trade Commission in the Carter Administration. He continues to be a leading advisor to politicians, corporations, and government agencies. -30- DEPARTMENT TITLE: Health and Human Services SECRETARY-DESIGNEE: Donna Shalala One of the largest and most far-reaching in scope of the Federal Departments, Health and Human Services (HHS) is second only to the Defense Department in number of employees and size of budget. The Secretary of Health and Human Services is responsible for the administration of the Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid programs, as well as enforcement of food and drug laws and sponsorship of vital public health research. HHS consists of six major divisions: Human Development Services Public Health Service Health Care Financing Administration Social Security Administration Child Support Enforcement Community Services The Department of Health and Human Services was created when the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split in 1979. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Directory) -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF DONNA E. SHALALA SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES-DESIGNEE I am deeply grateful to Governor Clinton for the invitation to serve on his team. I want to thank the people of Wisconsin for the opportunity to lead their great state university. Only a call to national service could pry me away from the state and the university I love. The initial challenges of HHS are to build a national consensus for affordable, quality health care; to aggressively and strategically attack the AIDS epidemic; to expand and enrich HEAD START; and to reaffirm our commitment to basic research. I also want to energize that huge HHS bureaucracy to demonstrate that government can be sensitive, caring, and accountable. Thirty years ago, I answered the call of another young president and went off to spend two years as a Peace Corps volunteer. That was also a time of great hope--in fact I remember writing on my Peace Corps application that I wanted to make the world better. I still have that dream. Finally, I would like to say something about the other Clinton, a woman of immense talent, my friend, Hillary. We have spent most of our adult lives-often together-working to get this nation to understand that our future is inextricably tied to the health, welfare, and education of our children and their families. As I join the Clinton Administration, I want her to know how proud and excited I am to have the opportunity to continue our work to ensure that no child is left behind. Thank You. -30- NAME: Dr. Donna E. Shalala SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Health and Human Services EDUCATION: Western College for Women (1962) Ph.D. Syracuse Univ. Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affairs Dr. Donna E. Shalala is professor of Political Science and Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin- Madison. The first woman to lead a Big Ten university, she came to the campus in January 1988. She leads the nation's sixth largest university and the largest public research university. During the past five years, she has launched efforts: to strengthen undergraduate education; to become more competitive in recruiting and retaining top faculty, staff and students; to upgrade research facilities; to promote diversity and increase opportunities for women and minorities on campus; to increase private support for the institution; and to strengthen the university's research programs. She was named one of the top five managers in higher education by Business Week magazine and was identified as one of the fifty most powerful women in the United States by the Ladies' Home Journal. After restructuring the UW- Madison Athletic Department, she became a leading proponent of the reform of intercollegiate athletics through her activities as a member of the Knight Commission. Prior to coming to UW- Madison, Dr. Shalala served for seven years as the president of Hunter College. She also served as professor and chair of the program in politics and education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She was assistant secretary for policy development and research in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Carter Administration. She is a member of the National Academy of Education, the National Academy of Public administration and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was the 1992 winner of the National Public Service Award, and the recipient of 17 honorary degrees. Public service has been a hallmark of her career. After college, she spent two years in the Peace Corps in Iran, teaching English and working in community development. Currently, she is chair of the board of the Children's Defense Fund and a member of the board of trustees of the Committee for Economic Development, Spelman College, The Brookings Institution, the Carnegie Foundation, the Spencer Foundation and Institute for International Economics. Dr. Shalala was born in 1941 in Cleveland, Ohio. -30- AGENCY TITLE: Council of Economic Advisors CHAIR DESIGNEE: Laura Tyson The 3-person Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) is one of the key sources of economic information for the President and the rest of the Administration. The Chair and the other Council members are responsible for: * Analyzing the national economy; * Recommending fiscal policy to the President; * Advising the President and the rest of the Administration on measures to promote economic growth; * Assisting in the preparation of the annual economic report of the President to the Congress; and * Helping the President make policies regarding inflation, unemployment, taxation, and other key issues. The CEA was established by the Employment Act of 1946. Its members are appointed by the President for indefinite terms, with the consent of the Senate. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Directory) -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF LAURA TYSON COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS CHAIR - DESIGNEE During the past fifteen years, many American economists and policy makers -- including the energetic and innovative Governor Clinton of Arkansas -- have been developing new ideas for revitalizing the American economy. It never once occurred to me that I might one day have an opportunity to help put these ideas into effect. I am both honored and thrilled that President- elect Clinton has given me this opportunity. Historically, the role of the Council of Economic Advisor has been to provide macroeconomic advice and analysis to the President. This role will continue to be of paramount importance. In recent years, however, the economics profession has begun to understand that a healthy macroeconomic environment by itself does not guarantee long-run health for the American economy. Certainly, we need sound monetary and fiscal policies to maintain stable prices, to eliminate the federal budget deficit, and to create high-wage jobs for American workers. But we also need a sustainable and fair health care system, a modern national infrastructure, a strong manufacturing base, new technologies that restore the competitiveness of our producers and protect our environment, and an open international trading system. The Council of Economic Advisors will work with the rest of the economic team to develop policies that address all of these needs. Three or four times a century, it seems to me, a presidential election signals not merely a change in government but a fundamental change in national direction. By voting for President- elect Clinton, the American people have demonstrated that they have the courage to change. Now the members of his economic team must have the courage to assure that America reverses its long-run economic decline and builds the foundations for a vibrant economic future. -30- NAME: LAURA D'ANDREA TYSON CHAIR DESIGNEE FOR: Council of Economic Advisors EDUCATION: B.A. Smith College Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laura D'Andrea Tyson is Professor of Economics and Business Administration, Director of the Institute of International Studies, and Research Director for the Berkeley Roundtable on the International Economy at the University of California at Berkeley. During the period 1990-1992, she served as a visiting scholar at the Institute for International Economics. Professor Tyson served as an economic advisor to the Clinton/ Gore '92 Committee and is a member of President- elect Clinton's economic transition team. She is a member of the Cuomo Commission on Trade and Competitiveness, the advisory board of the Economic Policy Institute Research Council, the Council on Foreign Relations, and the subcommittee on a Global Economic Strategy for the United States. She is a member of the Los Angeles Times Board of Economists. Professor Tyson has written a number of books and articles on the economics of competitiveness. Her latest book is entitled Who's Bashing Whom? Trade Conflict in High Technology Industries (Washington, D.C.: Institute for International Economics, 1992). Her other publications in this area include: American Industry in International Competition (co- edited with John Zysman), Cornell University Press, 1983; "The Economic Black Hole" (with Lester Thurow), Foreign Policy, Summer, 1987; "Competitiveness: an Analysis of the Problem and a Perspective on Future Policy", Global Competitiveness: Getting the U.S. Back on Track (edited by Martin Starr), Norton, 1988; The Dynamics of Trade and Politics and Productivity: The Real Story of How Japan Works (co-edited with Chalmers Johnson and John Zysman), Ballinger, 1989. "Managed Trade: Making the Best of the Second Best" recently appeared in An American Trade Strategy: Options for the 1990's, Robert Z. Lawrence and Charles L. Schultze Editors, the Brookings Institute, 1990. Professor Tyson has also written extensively on the economies of Eastern Europe. Her most recent publication in this area is Power, Purpose and Collective Choice: Economic Strategy in Socialist States (Co-edited with Ellen Comisso), Cornell University Press, 1986. Professor Tyson was born in Baynne, New Jersey in 1947. She resides in Berkeley with her husband Erik Tarloff and their son Elliot. -30- AGENCY TITLE: Environmental Protection Agency ADMINISTRATOR DESIGNEE: Carol M. Browner The Environmental Protection Agency - established as an independent agency in 1970 - works to coordinate government action on behalf of the environment. Chief among the agency's responsibilities is its mandate to control pollution through the development and enforcement of national standards for air and water quality. The agency also works with state and local governments to abate pollution caused by solid waste, pesticides, radiation and toxic substances. In addition to its regulatory duties, the EPA is specifically charged with publishing its determinations when it finds the proposal of another federal agency unsatisfactory from the standpoint of public health, welfare or environmental quality. Among the duties of the EPA are: * Development of national programs; * Enforcement of standards; * Development of national standards for air quality, emission standards for new stationary and mobile sources, and emission standards for hazardous pollutants; * Technical direction, support and evaluation of regional air activities. Related activities of the EPA include assistance to states and agencies having radiation protection programs and a national surveillance and inspection programs for measuring radiation levels in the environment. (Source: The Congressional Directory) -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF SECRETARY CAROL BROWNER ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY -DESIGNEE I am deeply honored to accept President-elect Clinton's appointment to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. I am thrilled with the opportunity to serve at a time when environmental protection and restoration will finally receive the attention and commitment they deserve - when we will finally move beyond the false trade off between growth and environmental protection to a sustainable economic future. Bill Clinton and Al Gore were elected with a mandate to change the future of this country for our children. I come here today with my five year old son. I hope that he and all the other children of this country will be able to enjoy this nation's many natural wonders as I did when I was a young child. I am moved to be part of an administration that will make the investment today to create a vibrant economy tomorrow and still preserve our air, land and water. I am fortunate to have been inspired by Governor Lawton Chiles' integrity and commitment to public service and encouraged by Al Gore's vision of environmental sanity and his generosity of spirit. Public service is one of the nation's highest callings. I will dedicate myself to living up to the trust that the President-elect and the American people are granting me. -30- NAME: Carol M. Browner TRANSITION POST: Director of Transition for the Vice President-Elect EDUCATION: Univ. of Florida (undergrad) J.D. Univ. of Florida Governor Lawton Chiles appointed Carol M. Browner to head the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation in January of 1991. The Department, Florida's principal environmental protection agency, has some 1,700 employees working in six major environmental program divisions and six district offices throughout the state. Secretary Browner, a Miami native, received her law degree in 1979 from the University of Florida, where she also did her undergraduate work. Having seen Florida's growth and its impact on the state's natural resources, Ms. Browner has devoted most of her public service career to the protection of the environment. As General Counsel for the Florida House of Representatives Government Operations Committee, she helped revise Florida's Conservation and Recreational Lands Program. Subsequently she was Chief Legislative Aide on environmental issues for then U.S. Senator Lawton Chiles and was involved in complex negotiations to expand Big Cypress Natural Preserve, as well as a temporary moratorium on oil drilling off the Florida Keys. Browner also helped create one of the largest protected federal land areas east of the Mississippi by gaining federal funding for the federal acquisition of the Pinhook Swamp Area, the land connecting the Osceola National Forest in the northern part of the state near Jacksonville and the Okeefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in southern Georgia. Prior to her appointment as DER Secretary, Ms. Browner was Legislative Director for U.S. Senator Al Gore, considered one of the most active federal policymakers on environmental issues. She managed Senator Gore's legislative staff and implemented his environmental agenda, including amendments to the Clean Air Act and other major federal environmental legislation. Secretary Browner lives in Tallahassee with her husband, Michael Podhorzer, and son Zachary, 5. -30- Posted by: The Office of the President-elect Date: December 17, 1992 DEPARTMENT TITLE: Dept. of Housing and Urban Development SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Henry Cisneros The Department of Housing and Urban Development is the chief federal agency responsible for addressing the problems of urban decay. By offering public housing assistance, urban renewal financial grants and government-guaranteed home purchase loans, the agency seeks to rebuild communities rundown by poverty, crime or unemployment. The agency also administers mortgage insurance programs, rental subsidies for low-income people, anti-discrimination laws in housing, and neighborhood rehabilitation programs. Among the other programs HUD has launched: housing for the elderly and handicapped, inner city open space, college housing, demonstration housing, the development of urban public facilities and community renewal. The main operating units of the department are: Housing Production and Mortgage Credit Federal Housing Commission Federal Insurance Administration Community Development Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity and Equal Opportunity The department was established in 1965 to provide incentives for private homebuilding and encourage the solution of housing problems through local initiative. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) -30-30-30- Following is the statement of Henry Cisneros, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development designee: Thank you President-elect Clinton for giving me the opportunity to serve your administration and your goals, to serve our country, and to serve the ideals that have been for so long a part of my own life. I experienced a sense of urgency about our nation's challenges in 1992 -- first in the civil disturbances in Los Angeles last Spring and then in the experiences along the campaign trail this Fall, where I saw the desperate straits of so many Americans, but also the hope in their faces as they worked for Bill Clinton. They seemed to say life in America can be more than the crime, youth gangs, older people locked up in their own apartments, unsafe schools, declining industries, and tired cities and towns that so many Americans live in today. I sense that we have limited time for America, that we cannot talk about the economy and not talk about our cities and towns, our poor of all races, and that we must use the best of technology and the best of our talents to pull it all together to create quality of life settings together with people all across America. It breaks my heart every time I am in a meeting and hear people talk about writing off neighborhoods, or entire cities, or worst of all a generation of our youth. I am glad to join President-elect Clinton in his quest for inclusiveness in decisionmaking. I am obviously proud of my Hispanic heritage and understand the diversity that is America as it manifests itself in our society. We must take our cues from his civics of participation and his new citizen democracy of patient dialouge, real listening, and respect for people. I have signed on to do what I can do for our country. I want to thank President-elect Clinton and my family. NAME: Henry Cisneros SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Housing and Urban Development TRANSITION POST: Transition Board Member CAMPAIGN POST: Senior Advisor EDUCATION: B.A./M.A. Urban & Regional Planning, Texas A&M Univ. M.A. Public Administration, Harvard Ph.D. Public Adm., George Washington Univ. Mr. Cisneros began his career in government working as administrative assistant in the San Antonio City Manager's office. In 1971, he became a White House Fellow and served as an assistant to the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare in Washington. Henry Cisneros was elected to the San Antonio City Council in 1975. He served as a Councilman until 1981, when he was elected Mayor of San Antonio, the nation's tenth-largest city. Henry Cisneros is Chairman of Cisneros Asset Management Company, a national fixed-income asset management firm for tax- exempt institutions and Cisneros Benefit Group. He hosts Texans, a one-hour television show produced quarterly in Texas and Adelante, a national daily Spanish-language radio commentary. Mr. Cisneros was recently elected Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He is also co-chair of the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, an organization committed to defining the common policy interests of the nation's Hispanic population. He is a member of the Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees, Chairman of the advisory committee on the construction of San Antonio's Alamodome and Chairman of the National Civic League. Cisneros also served on the President's Bi-Partisan Commission on Central America, on the Bilateral Commission on the Future of United States-Mexican Relations and in 1986 was President of the National League of Cities. In 1984, Henry Cisneros was interviewed by the Democratic Presidential Nominee as a potential Vice Presidential candidate. During the 1987 Presidential Summit Meeting with Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, then Vice President George Bush asked Cisneros to Assist him in briefing Mr. Gorbachev. DEPARTMENT TITLE: Department of Veterans Affairs SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Jesse Brown DEPUTY SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Hershel Gober The Department of Veterans Affairs is responsible for the administration of various laws providing benefits for veterans and their dependents. Some of its many duties include: * Payment of compensation for disability or death related to military service * Deciding pensions based on financial need for totally disabled veterans * Providing assistance for education, rehabilitation, home loans and burial * Administering a comprehensive medical program involving 1,700 hospitals and medical centers, nursing homes and clinics * Dispensing college benefits to veterans * Maintaining loan guarantee programs that provide credit assistance to veterans and active duty service personnel for home building * Operating an insurance program for veterans and administering the National Cemetery system More than half the American people are concerned directly or indirectly by programs administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. STATEMENT OF JESSE BROWN SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS-DESIGNEE President-elect Clinton, with pride I accept your nomination. Reflecting your genuine and deep concern for veterans and their families, I will be a Secretary for Veteran Affairs, not a Secretary of Veteran Affairs. We will move forward in an aggressive manner on the issues that are of vital concern to you and to the veterans of this nation. Issues such as health care reform, quality health care and an efficient and effective benefits delivery system. We will be innovative. We will be proactive, not reactive, in our efforts. This is my pledge to President-elect, this is my pledge to the American people, this is my pledge to this nation's 27 million veterans. NAME: Jesse Brown SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Department of Veterans Affairs EDUCATION: Chicago City College Jesse Brown, 48, is a combat-disabled Vietnam veteran who presently serves as Executive Director of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) National Service and Legislative Headquarters in Washington. In that capacity, he directed the 1.3 million member organization's advocacy and lobbying efforts before the Congress and the Executive Branch and provides policy guidance in the shaping of federal law, agency regulations and national issues that directly affect the lives of this nation's disabled veterans, their families and survivors. In addition, he supervised the organization's national programs of Service, Legislation, Employment and Voluntary Services, involving a staff of more than 400 employees in 70 offices nationwide. Brown has been an advocate for disabled veterans for more than Q25 years and an employee of the DAV since 1967. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1963 and was wounded in 1965 while on patrol near Danang. Serious gunshot wounds to his right arm have left that limb partially paralyzed. Brown has held a variety of supervisory and executive-level positions with the DAV throughout his career. He is the principal author of the DAV's extensive, continuing training program for DAV National Service Officers. Mr. Brown joined the DAV's professional staff in 1967 as an NSO trainee in Chicago. He moved to Washington in 1973 to supervise the DAV's National Service Office there. In 1976, he was promoted to supervisor of the DAV National Appeals Staff. In 1981, he moved to the DAV's National Service and Legislative Headquarters in Washington as Chief of Claims. In 1983, he was named Deputy National Service Director. Brown is a life member of DAV Chapter 6 in Chicago and has served as vice president of the Vietnam Civic Council, as well as a member of the White House Conference on Handicapped Individuals and the Chicago Mayor's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped. He is married to Sylvia L. Brown. They have one son, Scott and one daughter, Carmen. STATEMENT OF HERSHEL GOBER DEPUTY SECRETARY OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS-DESIGNEE President-elect Clinton, Vice President-elect Gore, ladies and gentlemen, and a special recognition to my wife Olivia, my family and my friends. I am deeply touched by this honor and I know that without the support of Arkansas veterans I would not be here. Over the past year as Governor Clinton traveled the Country he spoke of the issues facing all Americans and on numerous occasions he addressed the special issues facing America's 27 million veterans and their families. As Governor of Arkansas, Governor Clinton worked closely with the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs and the various veterans organizations and was very sensitive to the issues facing Arkansas' veterans. With his selection of Jesse Brown as the Secretary of Veterans Affairs he has shown he is sensitive to the issues facing America's veterans. Just as President Clinton and Vice President Gore will be a team, my friend Jesse Brown and I will be a team to ensure that the voices of America's veterans are heard. Thank you. NAME: HERSHEL W. GOBER DEPUTY SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS Hershel W. Gober, a veteran of both the Marines and the Army, was appointed by Bill Clinton as Directer of the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs on January 1, 1988. Gober served 17 years as an Army officer and a 3 year enlisted tour in the Marines, as well as serving in the Army Reserve. He served two tours of duty in Vietnam, and retired with the rank of Major. For this service he has received countless military decorations including the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, service and commendation medals, numerous Vietnam awards and medals, and the Combat Infantryman and Parachutist Badges. He is a member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the Marine Corps League, among other veterans organizations. As Director of Arkansas' Department of Veterans' Affairs, he has been a strong advocate of preserving veterans' benefits and of imroving the state's various programs for veteran's, particularly the Arkansas Veterans Home, the County Veteran Service Office system, and the Veterans Assistance Program. Through these programs, Gober has ensured that Arkansas veterans receive all of the respect and service which they have earned. He has also vigorously supported such activities as a Flag Education Program for 5th-grade students which has been copied by other states, and was co-chairman of Arkansas' Operation Welcome Home celebration, the largest such event the state has ever had. Gober is a resident of Monticello, Arkansas, where he was born in 1936. He and his wife, Olivia, have six children. -30- Posted by: The Office of the President-elect Date: December 21, 1992 DEPARTMENT TITLE: Department of Education SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Richard W. Riley The Department of Education seeks to unify administration of federal activities in the field of education and coordinate educational assistance programs. The department's responsibilities include: * Maintaining ten regional offices to disseminate information and provide technical assistance to state and local educational institutions, agencies and individuals * Providing financial and technical assistance towards the elimination of racial segregation and discrimination * Providing support for programs for bilingual populations * Offering grants for the education of neglected and delinquent students * Ensuring that programs and activities receiving financial assistance and employers holding federal contracts comply with federal laws and guidelines The department oversees four federally aided corporations: the American House for the Blind, Gallaudet College, Howard University and the National Institute for the Blind. Education is the newest of the thirteen executive departments of the United States government. Formerly a part of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now Health and Human Services), the Department of Education was established as a separate major agency in 1979 by President Jimmy Carter. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) Statement of Governor Richard Riley Secretary of Education - Designee December 21, 1992 I am honored to be part of the Clinton/Gore team. The proven leadership of Bill and Hillary Clinton on education and children's issues makes this new assignment very exciting. All of us in America have a tremendous challenge before us. We need a new approach to education in America at all levels: pre-school, K-12, and higher education. We must help every student achieve high, rigorous standards and continue to work for achieving the National Education Goals . . . and we must do it together. Just think about what could be accomplished with teachers, professors, parents, students, education administrators and boards, business people, working people, retired folks -- local communities, states and the federal government -- all working together. Just think about what could be accomplished. Our team will build partnerships with those in local communities and states working on comprehensive systemic educational improvement. We will attempt to reduce the fragmentation that plagues federal education programs and reduce the isolation between preschool, elementary, secondary and higher education. And we will try to build links between the myriad of federal programs that serve children and youth -- be they health, the arts, social services, or job training. The Clinton/Gore education agenda is extraordinarily challenging and important to America's future. It is an agenda of opportunity and responsibility -- one that will give every child a fair chance at the very best this nation has to offer, one that will offer training to high school students who must compete for the jobs of the future, one that will give young people a chance to serve their nation in return for help with their higher education. There is no magic bullet to solve our educational problems. We need to continue our effort to restructure -- to bring about fundamental change -- but do it in a positive way. We need to work differently in education, work harder and work together -- always focusing on improved teaching and learning. This became even more clear to me yesterday when I received a message from Terry Dozier, a former National Teacher of the Year. She put it this way: "Children aren't born smart. They get smart. All of us in America must send the same message to our young people in word and deed. A message about the importance of education to all of our futures. It will require some fundamental changes in our attitudes and our approach to education. That's our challenge." Finally, as we enter this Holiday Season, I would like to send best wishes to every child in America (especially the 43 million children in school, public and private) . . . to their teachers, principals and parents . . . to every person in business or labor who believes in the power of education. Get ready for an exciting venture together. Bill Clinton, Al Gore and Dick Riley will join you in making this, not A Nation At Risk, but a Nation On The Move. NAME: Richard W. Riley SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Department of Education TRANSITION POST: Director of Personnel EDUCATION: B.A. Political Science, Furman Univ. J.D. Univ. of South Carolina School of Law Richard Wilson Riley was the 81st Governor of South Carolina, serving from January 10, 1979 until January 15, 1987. As Governor of South Carolina, Dick Riley was a nationally recognized leader in the areas of public education reform, nuclear waste disposal and preventative health care. His administration was marked by conservative fiscal management of government and remarkable progress in job development, quality education, aggressive protection of the environment and improved health care for all people. Among the significant legislation initiated by Governor Riley during his administration was the Education Improvement Act, judged the most comprehensive educational reform measure in the country by a RAND Corporation study; the Medically Indigent Assistance Act, the first statewide program in the nation dealing with the medically indigent; the Employment Revitalization Act, aimed at coordinaing occupational training statewide; the Omnibus Crime Bill, which strengthened punishments for violent crimes while dealing responsibly with prison overcrowding; Public Service Commission Merit Selection; and the Radioactive Waste Management Act, the nation's first legislation dealing with the disposal of low level nuclear waste. Governor Riley is now a senior partner with the law firm of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, one of the oldest and largest firms in South Carolina, having been established in 1870. The firm specializes in litigation, corporate, finance, taxation and real estate law and now represents clients from across the United States and a number of foreign countries. Governor Riley is married to the former Ann Osteen Yarborough of Florence and they have four children. DEPARTMENT TITLE: Department of Energy SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Hazel Rollins O'Leary The Department of Energy was formed during the energy crisis of the 1970s with the mission of creating a comprehensive energy plan and unifying energy-related policies and activities from divergent parts of the Federal government. Among the Department's responsibilities are: * Coordination of long-term, high risk research and development of new energy sources and technology; * Protecting human health and the environment; * Promoting competition in the environment; * Marketing Federal power; * Promotion of consumer interest in energy conservation; * Development and regulation of nuclear power; and * Collection and analysis of energy-related research data. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) NAME: Hazel Rollins O'Leary SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Department of Energy EDUCATION: B.A., Fisk College J.D., Rutgers University School of Law Hazel O'Leary, a senior energy policy official in the Ford and Carter Administrations, is the Executive Vice President of Northern States Power Company in Minneapolis, MN. Prior to joining Northern States in 1989, Mrs. O'Leary was Vice President and General Counsel for O'Leary Associates, an international energy economics and strategic planning firm. She served in the U.S. Department of Energy after its formation by President Carter, and in the Federal Energy Administration during the Ford Administration. During that period, she played a key role in regulation of the oil, gas, and electrical industries, and in implimentation of environmental and conservation policies. Since leaving the government, she has remained active in public service. She currently chairs the U.S. Department of Energy's State Energy Advisory Board, and served on the Governor of Minnesota's Commission on Long Term Financial Planning and Management. She is a trustee of the William Mitchell College of Law and the St. Paul Minnesota Chamber Orchestra, a member of the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs Advisory Committee, and is on the boards of the Greater Minneapolis Red Cross, the Minneapolis Red Cross, the Minneapolis Foundation, and the Northwest Area Foundation. In addition, she is a board member of the Executive Leadership Council, a leadership forum for black corporate executives, and a member of the Committee of 200, an international organization of leading businesswomen. O'Leary was formerly a partner at Coopers and Lybrand, Assistant Attorney General of the State of New Jersey, Assistant Prosecutor of Essex County, New Jersey, and General Counsel of the U.S. Community Services Administration. Statement of Hazel O'Leary Secretary of Energy - Designee December 21, 1992 Thank you very much. I am delighted to accept President-elect Clinton's nomination to be Secretary of Energy. In many ways, I feel as though I've been in training for this job for the past twenty years. In the public sector, I have regulated. In the private sector I have lived with regulation and have learned that command and control regulations do not always work. Like President-elect Clinton, I believe we need change in the Department of Energy. Change is necessary because the same tried and true strategies do not work. Our energy policy decisions are essential to creating jobs, to maintaining the health of our nation's economy and to sustain the quality of our environment. Experience has taught me that balance is essential to effective energy policy. We must utilize a range of demand and supply options to ensure adequate supplies of energy at reasonable cost. This is underscored by the recently ratified treaty, signed in Rio this past June concerning Global Climate Change. We need to address this challenge to the global environment and to our nation. To rise to this challenge we need more creativity and innovation in technology development. As President-elect Clinton has advocated, the nation needs to use energy more efficiently and conserve our natural resources. Increasing efficiency and conservation will enhance our economic competitiveness and reduce our reliance on foreign supplies of oil. Plus, it will reduce pollution. There was a time when serving our government was a noble calling. People used to believe that we each could make a difference to improve each other's lives and our country. In more recent years, people have not wanted to serve because they have felt that they no longer can make that difference. The election of Bill Clinton has renewed hope and dedication to public service through a policy of inclusion for Americans with diverse ideas and experiences. Inclusion will make us stronger as we benefit from diversity of ideas and experiences. I am humbled and honored to be called upon to serve in this effort. This is a great challenge and challenges never come without risk. I accept this risk because without it there cannot be change and I believe that change can bring opportunities for our country. -30- Posted by: Office of the President-elect Released: December 22, 1992 Posted: January 3, 1993 DEPARTMENT TITLE: State Department SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Warren Christopher DEPUTY SECRETARY DESIGNEE: Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. The State Department is the cabinet-level agency that advises the president in the formulation and execution of American foreign policy. Its primary objective is to promote the long-range security and well-being of the United States. The department maintains embassies and consulates in almost all the nations of the world. It represents the United States in more than fifty international organizations and more than 800 international conferences annually. Its duties also include negotiating treaties with foreign governments, issuing passports to Americans and granting visas to foreigners to visit the United States. Five regional bureaus are responsible for the various regions of the world: the Bureaus of African Affairs; European Affairs; East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Inter-American affairs; and Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. These bureaus help devise policy as well as supervise its implementation and are assisted by "country desks" headed by some fifty country directors. The department also has eleven functional bureaus and offices. They are: * Economic and Business Affairs * Intelligence and Research * International Organization Affairs * Legal Adviser * Public Affairs * Consular Affairs * Politico-Military Affairs * Oceans and International Environment and Scientific Affairs * Protocol * Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs * Refugee Programs December 22, 1992 STATEMENT OF WARREN CHRISTOPHER Today I want to thank Governor Clinton for making a dream come true. In my law school days, I was inspired to public service by the examples of General George Marshall and Dean Acheson, but it was beyond imagining that I would someday be asked to serve in the office they held. Marshall and Acheson were present at the creation of the cold war era. Then we were being challenged by a formidable adversary, and an alien ideology. America measured its success by how well it contained Soviet expansion and halted the spread of communism. Today we face a new and more complicated era. As Governor Clinton said, we are "the inheritors of a new world." That world is still a dangerous place. While the risk of nuclear war has diminished, the new era has produced a new set of dangers -- ethnic and religious conflicts threaten to ignite widespread hostilities in Central and Eastern Europe; weapons of mass destruction may reach the hands of untested and unstable powers; new threats spring from old rivalries in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. At the same time, we face a world where borders matter less and less; a world that demands we join other nations to face challenges that range from overpopulation to AIDS to the very destruction of our planet's life support system. In this new era, the Clinton/Gore Administration will be confronted again and again by whether and how to use U.S. power and U.S. resources. We will need bold new thinking to guide us in this new era. In contrast to the well-understood goals of the Cold War era, it will be difficult to measure success as we deal with these new challenges. No doubt our surest test will be the well being of the American people and their unfailing concern for others. In confronting these challenges we must remain cognizant that a great power requires not only military might but a powerful economy at home -- an economy prepared for global competition. In today's world, that means that foreign policy and domestic policy must be addressed simultaneously, not sequentially -- or else neither will be successful for very long. Every four years the voters have an opportunity to reset our course in foreign policy. This year they embraced Governor Clinton's concept that the strength of our economy is the foundation of our foreign policy, that our force structure needs to be revamped, and that democracy must be promoted on a world-wide basis. But his administration will pursue these goals with an appreciation of history, both recent and ancient. American foreign policy is a continuum. It is at its best when it reflects a bipartisan consensus as with the Marshall Plan or the quest for arms control. Politics may not stop at the water's edge but its intensity should yield to the national interest. Nothing could be more wasteful than for a new administration to abandon constructive initiatives like the Middle East peace talks or relief efforts in Somalia. Last February, at a time of uncertainty in the campaign, I introduced Governor Clinton by saying he had the kind of character that is essential for a President. That judgment, guided then more by intuition than by knowledge, has been confirmed one hundred fold as he asked me to help him in the process of selecting his Vice President and now his Cabinet. I am honored to serve with the national security team he has chosen, and I am particularly pleased that Cliff Wharton, a great American, and I will be working together at State. I hope I can help President-elect Clinton achieve the success that his talents and ideals warrant. If I may close on a personal note -- I am grateful to many, but most of all to my wife Marie for her willingness, one day after our 36th anniversary, to leave our beloved California and join me in yet another adventure. In 1981, when all 52 hostages came out of Iran alive and relatively well, I was so thankful that I resolved not to impose again by asking for divine assistance in my national endeavors. Evidently God had other plans. So I humbly ask for the strength and vision to carry out the new task that Governor Clinton has so generously given me. NAME: Warren Christopher SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Secretary of State TRANSITION POST: Transition Board Member EDUCATION: Univ. of Southern California (1945) Stanford Law School (1949) Mr. Christopher was born in Scranton, North Dakota, on October 27, 1925. From July 1943 to September 1946, he served in the Naval reserve, with active duty as an Ensign in the Pacific Theater. From October 1949 to September 1950, Mr. Christopher served as law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas of the United States Supreme Court. He then Practiced law with the firm of O'Melveny & Myers from October 1950 to June 1967, becoming a partner in 1958. Mr. Christopher served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States from June 1967 until January 20, 1969, after which he rejoined O'Melveny & Myers. Mr. Christopher was sworn in on February 26, 1977 as the Deputy Secretary of State of the United States and served in that position until January 20, 1981. President Carter awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, on January 16, 1981. He rejoined O'Melveny & Myers in February 1981 and is now the firm's Chairman. Mr. Christopher's professional activities have included service as President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association (1974-75); Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary of the American Bar Association (1975-76); Chairman of the Standing Committee on Aeronautical Law of the ABA (1966-77); member of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California (1975-76); and Special Counsel to California Governor Edmund G. Brown in 1959. His civic activities have included: Member of the Board of Trustees of Stanford University (1971-77, 1981-91, 1992-present) (President, 1985-88); Director, Southern California Edison Company (1971-77, 1981-present); Director, First Interstate Bancorp (1981- present); Director, Lockheed Corporation (1987-present); Chairman, Carnegie Corporation of New York Board of Trustees (1990); Director and Vice-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations (1982-91); Director, Los Angeles World Affairs Council (1987-present); Vice Chairman of Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots (1965- 66); member of the Trilateral Commission (1975-77, 1981-88); Special Consultant to Under Secretary George W. Ball on Foreign Economic Problems (1961-65); President, Coordinating Council for Higher Education in the State of California (1963-65); Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1988-present); member of the Executive Committee of the America Agenda (1988). Mr. Christopher is married to the former Marie Wyllis. They have three children: Scott, Thomas and Kristen. Mr. Christopher also has a daughter, Lynn. STATEMENT OF DR. CLIFTON R. WHARTON, JR. DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE-DESIGNEE I am privileged to be asked to join President-elect Clinton and his designated Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, in their determined efforts to form a foreign policy that is responsive to world needs for peace and progress as well as guaranteeing the strength of the United States. President-elect Clinton has been given an unprecedented opportunity to forge a new foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. As the child of a career foreign service officer, I understand what this opportunity means for our country and for the world. I hope that my experience in foreign economic development, agriculture, and international education will help to define that mission. We have a formidable challenge ahead of us. I look forward to working with Secretary of State-designee Christopher -- and with the President-elect -- in meeting this challenge during the months and years ahead. NAME: Clifton R. Wharton, Jr. DEPUTY SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Department of State EDUCATION: B.A. Harvard University M.A. International Studies, John's Hopkins University Ph.D. Economics, University of Chicago Dr. Wharton began his career in 1948 as a foundation official assisting developing nations in Latin America and then in Southeast Asia. He is a recipient of the Joseph Wilson Award and the Presidential Freedom from Hunger Award. Dr. Wharton was also a trustee and then Chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation, the first African-American to chair the board of a major U.S. foundation. In 1970, Dr. Wharton was elected President of Michigan State University, thereby becoming the first Black to head a predominately white university in the United States. Upon leaving MSU in 1978, he became the Chancellor of the State University of New York System, the largest university system in the country with 64 campuses and 380,000 students. In 1987, Wharton was chosen to be Chairman and CEO of Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and the College Retirement Equities Fund. With assets of $112 billion, TIAA-CREF is the largest private pension fund in the world and the third largest insurance company in the U.S. Once again Wharton pioneered as the first Black to head a Fortune 100 company. Dr. Wharton serves as a director of the Ford Motor Company, the New York Stock Exchange, and the Council on Foreign Relations. He has held presidential appointments under four presidents, among them he served as the first chairman of the Board for International Food and Agricultural Development, AID, U.S. Department of State. He has also been a consultant to various UN agencies and foreign governments. Dr. Wharton, the first African-American to receive a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago, holds 48 honorary degrees. He is the son of the late Clifton R. Wharton, Sr., the first Black career Ambassador who was a U.S. Foreign Service Officer for 40 years. DEPARTMENT TITLE: National Security Council NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: Anthony Lake DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR: Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger The National Security Advisor is director of the National Security Council, the major advising body to the president on matters of domestic, foreign and military policy as they relate to national security. On the Council are the President, Vice President, secretaries of state and defense and others. Formed to coordinate policy and intelligence-gathering efforts after the United States emerged as a superpower at the end of World War II, the NSC oversees the president's Situation Room, assesses risks to national security and makes recommendations on actions to be taken in time of emergency. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff serves as the military advisor to the Council and the director of the Central Intelligence Agency serves as its intelligence advisor. The president is Council chairman. Both the CIA and National Security Agency are attached to the Council. The NSC was formed under the National Security Act of 1947, but since that time its role has expanded to the point that today the National Security Advisor is one of the most important counselors to the president on security matters. The advisor is appointed by the President and does not require Senate approval. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF ANTHONY LAKE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR This is what I am grateful for: For the opportunity to serve this President in such exciting times. I share the confidence in him -- the great sense of hope -- that so many millions of Americans have expressed. For the opportunity also to work with the Vice President and the team of skilled colleagues here today. For the chance to continue to work with my Deputy, Sandy Berger, as we did during the campaign. And for a family that encouraged me to do this. And this is what I look forward to: To helping this President define American national security policy in an extraordinary new world of turbulent dangers and enormous opportunity. Our daily headlines suggest that not since 1968 has a new Administration faced more difficult foreign problems. But I am convinced that out of these nettles we can pluck progress and greater security. I look forward to making sure, as best I can, that the President gets the wide array of alternatives, the concise information, and the broad range of advice that he requires -- and that his decisions are carried out with dispatch. And I hope to see a year from now, and beyond, a group of senior national security officials who are as collegial and amicable as they are today. There is an immense amount of work to be done.I cannot wait. -30-30-30- NAME: Anthony Lake ADMINISTRATION POST: National Security Advisor EDUCATION: A.B. Harvard College, magna cum laude (1961) Ph.D. Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University (1974) Mr. Lake currently divides his time between the farm he and his wife manage in western Massachusetts and Mount Holyoke College, where he has been Five College Professor of International Relations since 1981. He also served as a Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to the Clinton/Gore campaign. In 1961, Mr. Lake received an A.B. degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard College. He then read international economics at Trinity College, Cambridge, and went on to receive his Ph.D. from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University in 1974. Mr. Lake joined the State Department in 1962, where he served until 1970 as a Foreign Service Officer. His distinguished State Department career included assignments as U.S. Vice Consul in Saigon, Vietnam (1963), U.S. Vice Consul in Hue, Vietnam (1964-1965), and Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (1969-1970). After work with the Muskie campaign, the Carnegie Endowment and International Voluntary Services, Mr. Lake returned to the State Department in 1977 to serve as Director of Policy Planning for President Carter, a position he held until 1981. Mr. Lake is the author of several books including Somoza Falling (1989), Our Own Worst Enemy: The Unmaking of American Foreign Policy (co-author) (1984) and The "Tar Baby" Option: American Policy Toward Southern Rhodesia (1976). In addition, he edited After the Wars (1990) and was a contributing editor to Legacy of Vietnam: The War, American Society, and the Future of U.S. Foreign Policy (1976). He is married and has three children. -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF SAMUEL R. "SANDY" BERGER DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR Over the past year, I have had the sometimes exhausting privilege of travelling across America with Governor Clinton and Senator Gore as they campaigned for the Presidency. I have seen the faces of Americans change from cynicism to hope . . . from serious doubt to genuine excitement about the possibilities of the future. That is where foreign policy begins -- with the interests, the aspirations and the values of the American people. I firmly believe that our nation this year has elected two leaders -- Bill Clinton and Al Gore -- who will summon the very best that is in all of us as Americans . . . who will strengthen America, at home and abroad. I am grateful for the opportunity to help them achieve their vision for America . . . to serve as Deputy to my friend Tony Lake . . . and to be a part of the team of people on this platform for whom I have such great respect. Thank you. -30-30-30- NAME: Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger ADMINISTRATION POST: Deputy National Security Advisor TRANSITION POST: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor CAMPAIGN POST: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor EDUCATION: B.A., Cornell (1967) J.D. Harvard (1971) Mr. Berger has varied experience in government, having served as Special Assistant to former New York City Mayor John Lindsay; Legislative Assistant for former U.S. Senator Harold Hughes (Iowa) and Congressman Joseph Resnick (NY); and Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff, U.S. Department of State, 1977-1980. During his tenure at the State Department, Mr. Berger served under Secretaries of State Cyrus Vance and Edmund Muskie and was involved in a wide variety of international economic, security and foreign policy matters. Mr. Berger has also been active Democratic Party affairs, serving as advisor and speechwriter to Democratic Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates and advising Senators and Members of Congress. Mr. Berger has written on political and international affairs, including articles in The New York Times. He is also on the board of the International Human Rights Law Group and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of Dollar Harvest, a book on American rural politics. Mr. Berger is on leave from the Washington law firm of Hogan & Hartson, where he is a partner. -30-30-30- DEPARTMENT TITLE: Central Intelligence Agency DIRECTOR DESIGNEE: James Woolsey Established under the National Security Act of 1947, the Central Intelligence Agency collects and analyzes foreign intelligence and carries out clandestine operations abroad. With the information it gathers, the CIA makes national security recommendations to the National Security Council and the President. While the CIA is charged with worldwide intelligence gathering and counterintelligence activities, it is prohibited from carrying out espionage activities within the United States. The CIA is a secret independent agency with an undisclosed budget and is not subject to traditional congressional expenditure audits. The CIA Director, appointed by the President with Senate approval, is a member of the Cabinet. (Source: The Presidential-Congressional Political Dictionary) -30-30-30- STATEMENT OF R. JAMES WOOLSEY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE-DESIGNATE Governor, I want to thank you for the confidence you have shown in me by indicating your attention to nominate me to be Director of Central Intelligence,. The problem posed by one enemy with a world-wide reach has gone with the end of the cold war. But the problems posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorisim, drugs, ethnic and national hatreds, ecological damage, and tough economic competition all give American intelligence a full agenda. In a number of ways it is a more complex and difficult agenda even than that which existed before. We have to do some things differently. If confirmed, I will work hard with you and the rest of your foreign policy team, with the professionals in the intelligence community, and with the Congress to ensure that we meet these new challenges. -30-30-30- NAME: R. James Woolsey SECRETARY DESIGNEE FOR: Central Inelligence Agency EDUCATION: B.A. Stanford Univ. (1963) M.A. St. John's College, Oxford (1965) Rhodes Scholarship LL.B Yale Law School (1968) DOE: September 21, 1941 (Tulsa, OK) James Woolsey is presently a partner in the law firm of Shea & Gardner in Washington, DC. His other positions include: Ambassador and U.S. Representative to the Negotiation on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), Vienna (1989-91); Partner, Shea & Gardner (1979-89); Under Secretary of the Navy, 1977-79); Associate, Shea & Gardner (1973-73); General Counsel to U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services (1970-73); Advisor, U.S. Delegation to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I), Helsinki and Vienna; Program Analyst, Office of the Secretary of Defense and National Security Council Staff; Captain, United States Army (1968-70). Woolsey served on several Presidential Commissions, including: President's Commission on Federal Ethics Law Reform, President's Blue Ribbon Commission on Defense Management and the President's Commission on Strategic Forces. He was also a Delegate at Large to U.S.- Soviet Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) and Nuclear and Space Arms Talks in Geneva (1983-86). His other activities include: Regent: Smithsonian Institution (1989-present) Trustee: Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) (1989-present) The Aerospace Corporation (1982-89) Stanford Universtiy (1972-74) He is married to Suzanne Haley Woolsey. They have three children: Robert, Daniel and Benjamin. STATEMENT OF MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT President-elect Clinton, Vice President-elect Gore, thank you so very much for offering me the position of the United States ambassador to the United Nations. During the campaign Governor Clinton made quite clear that he understood the significance of winning the Presidency in 1992. It would be his duty to fashion the role the United States would take in the international community into the 21st century. As a tough-minded internationalist, he has spoken of the need to work with other countries and international organizations in a search for peace and security with the United States not as policeman but the first among equals in a partnership, setting the course and sharing the burden. When we spoke about this position, he said he wanted to see the United Nations not only as peacekeeper but also as peacemaker; not only helping to resolve disputes but also preventing them. It would be an honor for any American to represent the United States at the United Nations when the President says he will support a policy that will make a difference. It is a special personal honor for this American to be asked to serve. I was born in Czechoslovakia and came to this country with my family in 1948 after the Communist coup. My father, Joseph Korbel, was asked to represent his country as chairman of a special United Nations commission. When he completed his work, he asked the United States government for political asylum. As a result of the generous spirit of the American people, our family had the privilege of growing up as free Americans. You can, therefore, understand how proud I will be to sit at the United Nations behind the nameplate of the United States of America. My daughters Anne, Alice, and Katie have been with me through bad times and good times. Today, has got to be the best. I want to thank them for moving heaven and earth to get here with their husbands, Jeff and Greg. Governor Clinton, thank you very much for letting me help to make a difference. -30-30-30- NAME: Madeleine Korbel Albright ADMINISTRATION POST: U.N. Ambassador EDUCATION: B.A. Wellesley College (1959) School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University (1962-63) M.A. and Ph.D. Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government For the past three years, Ms. Albright has combined her work as president of the Washington, DC-based public policy organization, the Center for National Policy with her role as Research Professor of International Affairs and Director of Women in Foreign Service at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, where she has been a faculty member since 1982. To both of these positions, Ms. Albright has brought extensive foreign policy experience. A native of Czechoslovakia, she speaks four languages: French, Czech, Russian and Polish. In addition to her other degrees, she earned a Certificate in Russian Studies from Columbia's Russian Institute. In 1976, Ms. Albright joined the staff of Senator Edmund S. Muskie as his Chief Legislative Assistant. Two years later, in 1978, she moved from Capitol Hill to the White House where she served on the National Security Council staff and was responsible for national security legislation. It was following fellowships at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (1981) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars at the Smithsonian Institution (1981- 1982) that she joined the faculty at Georgetown. Prior to her work as an informal advisor to the Clinton/Gore campaign, Ms. Albright served in senior foreign policy positions in both the Mondale/Ferraro and Dukakis/Bentsen campaigns. She is a member of a number of professional organizations including the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Political Science Association and she currently sits on the boards of the National Endowment for Democracy, the International Media Fund, the Atlantic Council of the United States, and the Black Student Fund. Her writings include Poland, the Role of the Press in Political Change (1983) and The Role of the Press in Political Change: Czechoslovakia 1968 (Ph.D. Dissertation) (1976). Title 3 The President President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board Executive Order 12331 of October 20, 1981 46 FR 51705 October 22, 1981 TEXT -1: By virtue of the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, and in order to enhance the security of the United States by improving the quality and effectiveness of intelligence available to the United States, it is ordered as follows: Sec. 1. - There is hereby established within the White House Office, Executive Office of the President, the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (the "Board"). Members of the Board shall serve at the pleasure of the President and shall be appointed by the President from among trustworthy and distinguished citizens outside the Government who are qualified on the basis of achievement, experience and independence. The President shall designate a Chairman and Vice Chairman from among the members. The Board shall utilize full-time staff and consultants as authorized by the President. Such staff shall be headed by an Executive Director, appointed by the President. Sec. 2. The Board shall assess the quality, quantity and adequacy of intelligence collection, of analysis and estimates, of counterintelligence, and other intelligence activities. The Board shall have the authority to continually review the performance of all agencies of the Government that are engaged in the collection, evaluation, or production of intelligence or the execution of intelligence policy. The Board shall further be authorized to assess the adequacy of management, personnel and organization in the intelligence agencies. Sec. 3. The Board shall report directly to the President and advise him concerning the objectives, conduct, management, and coordination of the various activities of the agencies of the intelligence community. The Board shall report periodically, but at least semi-annually, concerning findings and appraisals and shall make appropriate recommendations for actions to improve and enhance the performance of the intelligence efforts of the United States. Sec. 4 The Board shall receive, consider, and take appropriate action with respect to matters, identified to the Board by the Director of Central Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, -2- or other Government agencies engaged in intelligence or related activities, in which the support of the Board will further the effectiveness of the national intelligence effort. With respect to matters deemed appropriate by the President, the Board shall advise and make recommendations to the Director of Central Intelligence, the Central Intelligence Agency, and other Government agencies engaged in intelligence and related activities, concerning ways to achieve increase effectiveness in meeting national intelligence needs. Sec. 5 The Board shall have access to the full extent permitted by applicable law to all information necessary to carry out its duties in the possession of any agency of the Government. Information made available to the Board shall be given all necessary security protection in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Each member of the Board, each member of the Board's staff, and each of the Board's consultants shall execute an agreement never to reveal any classified information obtained by virtue of his or her service with the Board except to the President or to such persons as the President may designate. Sec. 6 Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, but may receive transportation, expense, and per diem allowances as authorized by law. Staff and consultants to the Board shall receive pay and allowances as authorized by the President. /S/Ronald Reagan THE WHITE HOUSE October 20, 1981. -30- STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. CROWE JR., USN (RET.) I have been honored to serve my country in uniform for almost five decades and am happy to continue that service as Chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. During the presidential campaign, it was a privilege for me to advise Governor Clinton on issues involving national security and foreign policy. I look forward to continuing to advise him as he assumes his great responsibilities as President of the United States. NAME: William J. Crowe, Jr. ADMINISTRATION POST: Chair, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board EDUCATION: University of Oklahoma U.S. Naval Academy (1947) Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. (USN Ret.) is the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the 1960's and early '70's, Crowe served in policy positions on both the Secretary of Defense and Navy staffs. He was the deputy director of an inter-agency Micronesian Status Negotiations Team and he was the senior adviser to the South Vietnamese Navy Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta. After promotion to flag rank, he became the Commander of the U.S. Middle East Force in the Persian Gulf, based in Bahrain. Admiral Crowe returned to Washington in 1977 as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Plans, Policy and Operations. In 1980, he was promoted to 4-star rank and assigned as the Commander in Chief of NATO forces in Southern Europe, headquartered in Naples, Italy. He was concurrently the Commander in Chief of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe. In 1983, Admiral Crowe was transferred to Hawaii as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, the largest geographical command in the American military structure. In 1985, President Reagan named him the 11th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a position he held for four years until his retirement in October 1989. Admiral Crowe is currently a Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. He is the University Professor of Geopolitics at the University of Oklahoma and speaks extensively on military and national security issues to audiences throughout the country. Admiral Crowe and his wife, Shirley, live in Alexandria, Virginia. DEPARTMENT TITLE: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY DESIGNATE: Congressman Les Aspin The Department of Defense has primary responsibility for maintaining defenses capable of deterring agression and protecting American interests around the world. It coordinates logistics and the general administration of the armed forces, supervises the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and awards military contracts. The Secretary of Defense oversees a department that is by far tghe largest in the federal government. Indeed, with over 1 million civilian employees and 2 million active duty uniformed personnel, the DoD is the largest employer in the Western world. In addition to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines, the Defense Department includes the International Security Affairs Agency, the Defense Intelligence Agency, and the Nathional Security Agency. STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN LES ASPIN SECRETARY OF DEFENSE-DESIGNATE I'm honored to accept this nomination. President-elect Clinton has provided us with a new, broader vision of national security and prosperity for America in this new era, and I'm very proud to have been selected as part of the team to realize that vision. I also want to say here this afternoon that it has been an honor to represent the people of Wisconsin's 1st Congressional District for 22 years. I hope I can count on their support in this new role as I have in the past as a Member of Congress. The President-elect has also included two sets of big challenges with the nomination. The first set involves maintaining the superb quality of our forces and our high tech edge as we go about the inevitable downsizing of our forces. We know the men and women in uniform today comprise the finest military force in the world. And we know that the American technological know-how we saw in the Gulf War will mean fewer casualties all around if and when we must use force again. As President-elect Clinton has repeatedly said, our high quality, high technology force must be maintained. The second set of challenges involves meeting the demands of the new post-Cold War, post-Soviet world. In this new world, the definition of national security has changed and broadened. It not only included threats from regional powers, it includes the new nuclear danger of proliferation and the possibility of the reversal for reforms in the former Soviet world with untold consequences. It even includes threats from regional powers, it includes the reversal of reforms in the former Soviet world with untold consequences. It even includes economics. The President-elect has set us the overall task of reviving our economic security at home. The Defense Department can contribute there, too. There are, indeed, enormous challenges, but they are commensurate with President-elect Clinton's vision. The Clinton team faces a big job with a big payoff for America and I'm proud to be part of it. Thank you. -30-30-30- NAME: CONGRESSMAN LES ASPIN SECRETARY-DESIGNATE FOR: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EDUCATION: B.A., Yale University M.Phil., Oxford University PhD, M.I.T. A respected defense intellectual who served in the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations, Congressman Les Aspin has been Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee since 1985. A Milwaukee, WI native, Aspin began his career on the staff of his homestate's Senator William Proxmire, before moving on to the Kennedy White House as an assistant to the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. In 1966-68 he served at the Pentagon under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. Following that, he returned home to Milwaukee to teach economics at Marquette University. In 1970, he was elected to Congress and appointed to the Armed Services Committee, on which he quickly established himself as one of the House's leading experts on defense issues. Since his election as Chairman in 1985, Aspin has emerged as a leading voice on Defense issues in the Congress and in the Democratic Party. He has been frequently credited with restoring prestige to his committee and with helping to establish a more mainstream Democratic position on national security issues. Aspin's role was particularly noteworthy in the months leading up to the Persian Gulf War. He held numerous hearings on the situation and issued a series of white papers analyzing their results. His analysis helped to frame the debate and his leadership helped to forge a consensus in support of the use of force. According o the 1992 Almanac of American Politics, "Aspin showed far better judgement of how the armed forces could perform in the Persian Gulf than did most of the House and Senate Democrats. This left him clearly a stronger figure in the House, quite possibly the strongest figure on military issues in Congress." -30-30-30-