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Asian Pacific American Presidential Appointments in the Clinton Administration
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