THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release July 26, 2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES SUE BAILEY TO SERVE AS ADMINISTRATOR
FOR NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION,
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The President today announced his intent to nominate Sue Bailey to
serve as Administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration at the Department of Transportation.
Dr. Sue Bailey of Bethesda, Maryland, has been serving at the
Department of Defense as Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
since 1998. Dr. Bailey is the first woman to lead the Military Health
System, responsible for the health of 8.2 million military personnel and
the $16 billion Defense Health Program. Since taking office, Dr. Bailey
incorporated the President's Patient Bill of Rights into the practice of
military medicine and has instituted the inclusion of continuity of care,
preventative medicine and health protection in the U. S. Armed Forces. Dr.
Bailey also served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs from July 1994 to June 1995. Prior to that, she was Medical
Director of Chevy Chase Associates, Inc. from 1988 to 1993, In-patient
Program Director for the Washington Hospital Center from 1983 to 1985, and
Vice President of Medlantic Healthcare Group from 1986 to 1988.
Dr. Bailey received her B.S. from University of Maryland and graduated
from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine with her D.O. She
completed an internship at the George Washington University Hospital and
her residency at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. She has served in the
U.S. Navy Reserves, reaching the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), under the
U.S. Department of Transportation, carries out safety programs under the
National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 and the Highway
Safety Act of 1966. The NHTSA is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries
and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. This is
accomplished by setting and enforcing safety performance standards for
motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, and through grants to state and
local governments to enable them to conduct effective local highway safety
programs.
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