09/11/2004
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"to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Union of Comoros"
"to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, vice Harold Craig Manson"
"I'm excited about the future."
"It's in our national security interest that we do this, it's in economic security interest we do it, and, all at the same time, it will help us be better stewards of the environment."