It's always easier to do things when no one is looking
President Announces Appointees Over Recess
Associated Press
Saturday, July 31, 2004; Page A06
President Bush announced his intention to make 20 appointments during the congressional recess, including the naming of a new chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, a manufacturing czar and three ambassadors.
For FTC commissioner, Bush will appoint Deborah Majoras of Virginia to replace Timothy J. Muris, who is stepping down after three years. Majoras, a former deputy assistant attorney general, was one of the lead attorneys in the government's antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft Corp.
Bush plans to appoint Albert Frink Jr. of California as assistant secretary of commerce for manufacturing and services. Bush's first pick for the manufacturing post, Nebraska business executive Anthony F. Raimondo, was criticized for cutting U.S. jobs and shifting work to China.
