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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
May 11, 2011
Presidential Nomination Sent to the Senate, 5/11/2011
NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE:
William J. Burns, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service with the Personal Rank of Career Ambassador, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice James Braidy Steinberg.