Announcement of the Continuation of Foreign Service Officers in Three State Department Posts

The President announced today that three career Foreign Service officers will continue serving in State Department positions that they currently hold. The three are Genta Hawkins Holmes, Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel, Robert Gallucci, Assistant Secretary for Politico-Military Affairs, and Anthony Quainton, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Diplomatic Security.

"I am very pleased with the team that Secretary Christopher and I are assembling at the Department of State," said the President. "I am particularly gratified that we have been able to put a number of people into senior positions who have devoted their careers to the Foreign Service."