Appointment of Anne Newman Foreman as General Counsel of the Air Force

The President today announced his intention to appoint Anne Newman Foreman to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force.

Since 1985 Mrs. Foreman has served at the White House as Associate Director of Presidential Personnel for National Security. Before joining the White House staff, Mrs. Foreman practiced law with the Washington office of the Houston-based law firm of Bracewell and Patterson, where she specialized in international law and litigation. A former career member of the Foreign Service, Mrs. Foreman was posted as a political officer to Beirut, Lebanon, and to Tunis, Tunisia, and as an economic officer to the United States Mission to the United Nations. She was a member of the United States delegation to the 31st Session of the United Nations General Assembly and to the 60th Session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Mrs. Foreman graduated from the University of Southern California (B.A., 1969; M.A., 1975) and American University (J.D., 1980). She is articulate in French and Arabic. Mrs. Foreman was born October 16, 1947, in Hollywood, CA. She is married, has two children, and resides in Potomac, MD.