IP: FCC White House Announces Nominations to Defense, State, Other

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>THE WHITE HOUSE
>Office of the Press Secretary
>April 6, 2001
>
>President George W. Bush today announced his intention to
>nominate six individuals to serve in his administration.
>
>The President intends to nominate Kevin J. Martin to be
>Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission for a
>five-year term expiring June 30, 2006.  He is currently Special
>Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and was Deputy
>General Counsel for Bush for President.  Martin served at the
>FCC as Legal Advisor to Commissioner Furchtgott-Roth from 1997
>to 1999.  He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina,
>received a Master's in Public Policy from Duke University, and
>earned his law degree from Harvard University.
>
>The President intends to nominate Kathleen Q. Abernathy to be a
>Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission for the
>remainder of a five-year term expiring June 30, 2005.  She is
>Vice President for Public Policy of BroadBand Office
>Communications, Inc., and was formerly the Vice President of Air
>Touch Communications from 1993 to 1998.  She served at the FCC
>from 1992 to 1993 as legal advisor to Commissioner Sherry
>Marshall and as legal advisor to Chairman James Quello.  She has
>served as an Adjunct Professor at Catholic University Law School
>and Georgetown University Law Center and is a graduate of
>Marquette University and Catholic University Law School.
>
>The President intends to nominate Michael J. Copps to be a
>Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission for the
>remainder of a five-year term expiring June 30, 2004. He most
>recently served as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade
>Development from 1998 to 2001 and as Deputy Assistant Secretary
>of Commerce for Basic Industries from 1993 to 1998. From 1989 to
>1993, he held the position of Senior Vice President of the
>American Meat Institute and from 1985 to 1989 he was Director of
>Government Affairs for Collins and Aikman Corporation.  Copps
>served for 15 years in the Office of Senator Fritz Hollings in
>several positions including Chief of Staff.  He is a graduate of
>Wofford College and earned a Ph.D. from the University of North
>Carolina.



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