On the recordJune 11, 2003
I do not know whether it is in the Administration's kind of spot light, if you will, to elevate this position as Director to perhaps an Assistant Secretary level, but perhaps you would be the first so named.
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Senator Murkowski suggests elevating the Director position to Assistant Secretary level.
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