President Clinton has nominated Ohio treasurer Mary Ellen Withrow to be the 40th U.S. treasurer.

The $115,700-a-year job would put Withrow in charge of coinage and currency for the government, overseeing the U.S. Mint and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and heading the U.S. Savings Bond Program.The nomination was sent to Congress Saturday along with 29 others and became public when the Congressional Record was distributed Monday.

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Withrow, 63, is well-connected in the Democratic Party and a friend of the family of Vice President Al Gore.

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