Nomination of Francis Anthony Keating II To Be an Associate Attorney General

The President today nominated Francis Anthony Keating II to be Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice. He would succeed Stephen S. Trott.

Mr. Keating is currently serving as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Enforcement), a position he has held since 1985. Prior to this Mr. Keating served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 1981-1985. He was a member of the Oklahoma Senate, 1974-1981, and he was elected a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in 1972. From 1971 to 1972, Mr. Keating was State prosecutor for Oklahoma. He also served as a Special Agent for the FBI, 1969-1971.

Mr. Keating graduated from Georgetown University (B.A., 1966) and the University of Oklahoma Law School (J.D., 1969). He was born in Tulsa, OK, is married, and has three children.