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March 06, 2009

More picks at State - with a common thread of Clinton

President Obama announced today that he’ll nominate three more individuals with Clinton administration experience to serve at the State Department under Secretary Hillary Clinton. Melanne Verveer, who was chief of staff to first lady Clinton during Bill Clinton’s presidency and heads an international women’s leadership nonprofit, is the administration’s pick for a post of Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. The White House also said Obama has tapped Esther Brimmer as assistant secretary for international organizations. Brimmer directs research for the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Schoolof Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University and previously worked for the State Department. Phil Gordon, a senior foreign policy fellow at the Brookings Institution who served on the National Security Council under President Clinton, is the choice for assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs.

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