But look where it led: President Clinton recently nominated him as Assistant Commerce Secretary and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.

President Reagan, as he came to office in 1981, nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights a man who did not believe in his job.

President Bush nominated Jacobs as Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs and she was sworn into this office on June 10, 2008.

In 1986, Mr. Reagan nominated her as Assistant Secretary.

The third-ranking diplomat, Karl Inderfurth, has been nominated as Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia.

Mr. Demery was married, had two children, and resided in Birmingham when he was nominated as Assistant Secretary.

In early 1945, Roosevelt nominated him as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Hensel held that office from January 30, 1945, to February 28, 1946.

President Bush nominated him as Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Canada in June 1989.

President Lyndon Johnson in 1968 nominated Re as Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs.

The White House nominated him as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development in late 1985 and then withdrew his name without explanation in early 1986.