President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts:

• John G. Stratton – Member, President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
• David Ullrich – Commissioner, United States Section of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission
• Ryan Wulff – Deputy United States Commissioner, International Whaling Commission

President Obama said, “I am confident that these outstanding individuals will greatly serve the American people in their new roles and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.”

President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts:

John G. Stratton, Appointee for Member, President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
John G. Stratton is President of Verizon Enterprise Solutions, a branch of Verizon Communications Inc.  Mr. Stratton has worked for Verizon and its predecessor, Bell Atlantic Mobile, for over 18 years.  He has held a number of executive level positions in the company, including Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Verizon Wireless from 2010 to 2012, and Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Verizon Wireless from 2009 to 2010.  He joined Bell Atlantic Mobile in 1993 as Director of Retail Sales and Operations. 

David Ullrich, Appointee for Commissioner, United States Section of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission
David Ullrich is currently Executive Director of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a position he has held since 2003.  From 1973 to 2003, Mr. Ullrich served at the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes regional office in various capacities, including Acting Regional Administrator and Deputy Regional Administrator.  Mr. Ullrich has served on the Water Quality Board for the International Joint Commission since 1997, and was U.S. Chair from 1997 to 2003.  He also serves on the Board of the Great Lakes Observing System, is a member of the Great Lakes Regional Water Program Advisory Group, and was a founding member of the Midwest Natural Resources Group, where he served as Chair from 1998 to 1999. From 2006 to February 2012, he was a Commissioner of the U.S. Section of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Mr. Ullrich received a B.A. from Dartmouth College and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Ryan Wulff, Appointee for Deputy United States Commissioner, International Whaling Commission
Ryan Wulff is a senior policy advisor at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for the Southwest Region, and is an Alternate United States Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission. From 2009 to 2012, Mr. Wulff served as the senior policy advisor to the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere on domestic and international protected resource and fisheries issues. From 2008 to 2009, Mr. Wulff was a foreign affairs specialist at NOAA Fisheries Service where he was a member of United States delegations to the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Mr. Wulff received a B.A. from Brown University and an M.A.S. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.

Letter from the President regarding Designation of Funds for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism

Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

In accordance with section 115(c) of the Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013, I hereby designate for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism all funding so designated by the Congress in section 115(a) pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, as outlined in the enclosed list of accounts.

The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed letter from the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget.

Sincerely,
BARACK OBAMA

Statement by the Press Secretary on H.J. Res. 117, S. 3245 and S. 3552

On Friday, September 28, 2012, the President signed into law:

H.J. Res. 117, which provides fiscal year 2013 appropriations for continuing projects and activities of the Federal Government through Wednesday, March 27, 2013;

S. 3245, which extends to September 30, 2015, the expiration dates of key requirements of four immigration programs administered by the Department of Homeland Security:  the EB-5 Regional Center Program; the E-Verify Program; the Special Immigrant Non-Minister Religious Worker Program; and the Conrad State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver Program; and

S. 3552, the "Pesticide Registration Improvement Extension Act of 2012," which reauthorizes and modifies fee collection provisions and related authorities in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
 

Letter from the President Regarding Implementation Plan for the Whole-of-Government Vision Prescribed in the 2010 National Security Strategy

TEXT OF A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
TO SELECTED CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP

September 27, 2012

Dear Mr. Chairman: (Dear Madam Chairman:) (Dear Senator:)
(Dear Representative:)

Pursuant to section 1072 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (Public Law 112-81), I hereby submit the enclosed implementation plan for the whole-of-government vision prescribed in the 2010 National Security Strategy.

Sincerely,

BARACK OBAMA