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                  PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES TERRENCE J. BROWN 
                  AS ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR FOR MANAGEMENT 
               AT THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

President Clinton today announced his intent to nominate Terrence J. Brown to be Assistant Administrator for Management at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Mr. Brown, of Arlington, Virginia, is currently the Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Asia and the Near East (ANE). He joined the Foreign Service in 1971. His overseas assignments have included: Nicaragua, El Salvador, Bolivia, Barbados and Guatemala. Prior to serving as the Deputy Assistant Administrator for ANE, he was the Assistant to the Administrator for Policy, Programming and Planning. Mr. Brown holds a B.A. from Kalamazoo College and an M.A.L.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.

The Assistant Administrator for Management is the principal advisor to the Deputy Administrator of USAID in policy planning, policy making and policy coordination of the Agency's international economic issues. The incumbent also assists with the day-to-day management of the Agency's resources, particularly personnel and financial. The incumbent will establish relative program priorities of budgetary purposes and supervises the use of appropriated funds in accordance with congressional limitations, program objectives, and policies of the Administrator.

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