From @lex-luthor.ai.mit.edu:hes@REAGAN.AI.MIT.EDU  Fri May 28 13:37:02 1993
Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 09:57-0400
From: The White House <75300.3115@compuserve.com>
To: Clinton-News-Distribution@campaign92.org,
Subject: Blanchard Named to be Ambassador to Canada    5.27.93

                         THE WHITE HOUSE

                  Office of the Press Secretary

                                                                  
For Immediate Release                             May 27, 1993

          PRESIDENT NAMES BLANCHARD AMBASSADOR TO CANADA

(Washington, DC)    President Clinton announced his intention 
today to nominate former Michigan Governor Jim Blanchard to be 
the U.S. Ambassador to Canada.

     "Our relationship with Canada is absolutely vital," said the 
President.  "They are our largest trading partner and one of our 
closest neighbors.  That's why I am nominating an Ambassador in 
whom I place such a high degree of trust -- my good friend Jim 
Blanchard.  With a voice that will be clearly heard in both 
Ottawa and Washington, he will ensure that this important 
relationship continues to be productive for both countries."

     Blanchard, currently a partner in the law firm of Verner, 
Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, was Governor of Michigan 
from 1983-90.  In addition to leading his state's economic 
recovery and implementing a variety of innovative education and 
training programs, he worked closely with the Prime Minister of 
Canada and Premier of Ontario to improve trade relationships and 
address common environmental problems.  He was awarded the 
International Freedom Festival's Freedom Award in recognition of 
his leadership in U.S.-Canada affairs.

     Before his election to the governorship, Blanchard served 
four terms as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.  As 
Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization, he 
authored and steered to passage the Chrysler Loan Guarantee Act, 
which rescued that company from bankruptcy.   He had previously 
been an Assistant Attorney General in Michigan, and a lawyer in 
private practice.  He holds a B.A. and M.B.A. from Michigan State 
University and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota.

     Blanchard, 50, is married to Janet Blanchard, the White 
House's Assistant Director of Presidential Personnel.  His son, 
Jay, is a recent graduate of Michigan State University.

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