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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

For Immediate Release February 2, 2000

             PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES KARL WILLIAM HOFMANN 
                      AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO TOGO

     The President announced today his intent to nominate Karl William

Hofmann to be U.S. Ambassador to the Togolese Republic.

Mr. Karl William Hofmann, of Redwood City, California, is a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor. He joined the Foreign Service in l983 and has served in Jamaica, Rwanda, Morocco and Lesotho, as well as Washington, at the Department of State and at the National Security Council.

Mr. Hofmann is a graduate of Georgetown University and the National War College.

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