RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - President Obama has announced the following appointments to key positions in his administration.

Full profiles of the appointees can be found at whitehouse.gov, under Statements and Releases.

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Brad R. Carson – Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense  
Peter William Bodde – Ambassador to Libya, Department of State

Catherine Ebert-Gray – Ambassador to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and the Republic of Vanuatu, Department of State

Dennis B. Hankins – Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, Department of State

Elisabeth I. Millard – Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, Department of State