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September 7, 1999

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ADMIRAL JOSEPH W. PRUEHER AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PEOPLE?S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

                              THE WHITE HOUSE
                       Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release                                September 7, 1999
           PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES ADMIRAL JOSEPH W. PRUEHER AS
             U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PEOPLE?S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
     The President today announced his intent to nominate Admiral Joseph W.
Prueher to be U.S. Ambassador to the People?s Republic of China.
     Admiral Joseph W. Prueher, of Nashville, Tennessee, is a retired Navy
admiral and former Commander in Chief of U.S. Pacific Command, from which
he stepped down in February 1999.  For over three years, Admiral Prueher
served as the senior U.S. military commander in the Pacific and Indian
Oceans and their littoral areas, where he led the largest U.S. Unified
Command, directing Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine operations.  He
reported to the President and Secretary of Defense through the Chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was accountable for U.S. collective defense
arrangements in the Asia-Pacific region.  In this capacity, he worked with
Asia-Pacific civil and military leaders to promote security and cooperation
in the region.  On May 1, 1999, Admiral Prueher completed a thirty-five
year career in the Navy.  Currently, Admiral Prueher is a consulting
Professor and Senior Advisor for the Stanford-Harvard Preventive Defense
Project.
     Admiral Prueher received an M.S. in International Relations from the
George Washington University and a B.S. in Naval Science from the U.S.
Naval Academy.  He has published numerous articles on leadership, military
readiness, and Pacific region security issues, and has received multiple
military awards for combat flying as well as Naval and Joint Service.
Additionally, he has been decorated by the Governments of Singapore,
Thailand, Japan, Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, and Indonesia, and
is an Honorary Officer in the Military Division of the Order of Australia.
Admiral Prueher and his wife, Suzanne, currently reside in Alexandria,
Virginia.
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