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CLINTON: STATE DEPARTMENT APPOINTMENTS
SUMMARY
1. CLINTON ANNOUNCES STATE DEPARTMENT NOMINATIONS.
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2. CLINTON AND WARREN CHRISTOPHER TODAY ANNOUNCED THEIR NOMINATIONS FOR SENIOR STATE DEPARTMENT POSTS.
3. PETER TARNOFF IS TO BECOME UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS (TAKING OVER FROM ARNIE KANTER). TARNOFF WAS A PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER WHO BECAME CHIEF OF STAFF TO CYRUS VANCE IN THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION. HE LEFT THE FOREIGN SERVICE IN 1981 AND FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS HAS BEEN PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF FOREIGN RELATIONS IN NEW YORK. HE IS CLOSE TO WARREN CHRISTOPHER. AS AN ACADEMIC HIS RECORD IS CHEQUERED: HE OPPOSED THE GULF WAR AND PROPOSED THE CREATION OF A TRILATERAL DIRECTORATE CONSISTING OF THE U.S., JAPAN AND GERMANY. HE IS NONETHELESS WELL DISPOSED TO THE UK AND WELL KNOWN TO THE EMBASSY.
4. JOAN SPERO IS TO BECOME UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AND AGRICULTURAL AFFAIRS. SPERO HAS BEEN A VICE PRESIDENT AT AMERICAN EXPRESS IN NEW YORK SINCE 1981. SHE WAS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO ECOSOC BRIEFLY AT THE END OF THE CARTER ADMINISTRATION. SHE HAS PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF WORKS ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES.
5. LYNN DAVIS IS TO BE UNDER SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS. SHE IS VICE PRESIDENT OF RAND RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMY RESEARCH PROJECTS. SHE SERVED IN THE NSC UNDER FORD AND THE PENTAGON UNDER CARTER. SHE SPENT FIVE YEARS AT IISS AND KINGS
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