
			    THE WHITE HOUSE

		     Office of the Press Secretary

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For Immediate Release                                     April 12, 1994


	PRESIDENT CLINTON NOMINATES GREGORY MONETA SLEET AS THE 
	       U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE


     The President today nominated Gregory Moneta Sleet as the United
States Attorney for the District of Delaware.

     "Gregory Moneta Sleet's extensive legal background and experience
in the State of Delaware make him an excellent choice for this most
important judicial position," the President said.

     Mr. Sleet is currently the In-House Counsel to Hercules
Incorporated, handling a wide variety of general commercial law issues.
Prior to taking that position, he was the Deputy Attorney General at
the Department of Justice for the State of Delaware.  He had also been
an Associate with the firm Harper and Paul and a partner in the law
firm of Sleet and Farrell.

     Mr. Sleet graduated cum laude with a B.A. in Political Science
from Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia in 1973 and received a
J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law in 1976.




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