Asian Pacific American Presidential Appointments in the Clinton Administration

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Asian Pacific American Presidential Appointments in the Clinton Administration

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President Clinton has appointed more Asian Pacific Americans than any other President. Three percent of his appointments are Asian Pacific Americans.

As Part of the President's commitment to make his Administration look like America, a record number of Asian Pacific American appointees hold positions in all appointment categories:

- 2% of the top positions requiring

- 3% of Presidential Appointments
Senate Confirmation (PA positions)

- 3% of the Schedule C positions

- 3% of the Non-career Senior Executive
Service Positions

Asian Pacific American appointees hold important non-traditional positions, Examples include:

Paul Igasaki	Vice Chair	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Donna Tanoue	Chair	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Raj Reddy	Co-Chair	President's Information Technology Advisory Committee
Nancy-Ann Min Deparle	Administrator	Health Care Finance Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Robert Wayne Gee	Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy
Phyllis Fong	Inspector General	Small Business Administration
Delmond Won	Commissioner (Designee)	Federal Maritime Administration
Jeanette Takamura	Assistant Secretary for Aging	Department of Health and Human Services
Bill Lann Lee	Acting Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights	Department of Justice
Susan Oki Mollway	Judge	District of Hawaii, U.S. District Court
Chang-Lin Tien	Member	National Science Board
Osman Siddique	U.S. Ambassador	Fiji
Ella Wong-Rusinko	Co-Chair (Designee)	Appalachian Regional Commission
Harold Hongju Koh	Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor	Department State

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