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News Details
March 24, 2009
President Announces Nomination for State Departmet Position to Combat Trafficking
White House Press Release:
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2009
President Obama Announces Another Key State Department Post
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to
nominate Luis C. de Baca as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons at the State Department. President
Obama said, "I’m grateful that this fine public servant has
agreed to join my administration, and I am confident that with Secretary
Clinton he will be an indispensable part of our team as we work tirelessly
to stand up for human rights and the rule of law. I am confident that
his unique experiences and proven ability will make him a strong advocate
for our values and for justice around the globe."
President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following
individual today:
Luis C. de Baca, Nominee for Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor
and Combat Trafficking in Persons, State Department
Luis C. de Baca is Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary,
on detail from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of
Justice. On the Committee, his portfolio for Chairman John Conyers,
Jr. includes national security, intelligence, immigration, civil
rights, and modern slavery issues. At the Justice Department, de Baca
served as Chief Counsel of the Civil Rights Division's Human
Trafficking Prosecution Unit. During the Clinton Administration, he
was the Department's Involuntary Servitude and Slavery Coordinator
and was instrumental in developing the United States' victim-centered
approach to combating modern slavery. He has investigated and
prosecuted human trafficking cases in which victims were held for
prostitution and other forms of sexual exploitation, farm labor,
domestic service, and factory work. De Baca received the leading
honor given by the national trafficking victim service provider c
ommunity, the Freedom Network’s Paul & Sheila Wellstone Award,
and has been named the Michigan Law School’s Distinguished Latino
Alumnus. De Baca graduated from Iowa State University and holds a J.D.
from Michigan Law School, where he was President of the Hispanic Law
Students Association and an editor of the Michigan Law Review.
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