The President today announced his intention to nominate Laurence E. Pope II to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Joseph A. Saloom to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, and Steven E. Steiner to be U.S.. Representative to the START Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission with the rank of Ambassador. All three are career members of the U.S.. Foreign Service.
"These three individuals will be excellent representatives of the United States and its interests," said the President. "They have served their country well throughout their careers, and I have confidence that they will continue to do so."
NOTE: Biographies of the nominees were made available by the Office of the Press Secretary.
William J. Clinton, Nomination for Three Ambassadorial Posts Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/220304