April  19, 1995
     
     JOHN NAKAHATA NAMED 
                     SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO CHAIRMAN HUNDT
                                       
                                       
                                                                      John Nakahata will take Merill Spiegel's position as special assistant to
     Chairman Reed Hundt.  Prior to coming to the FCC, Mr. Nakahata was the staff
     director for the  Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) on the Subcommittee on
     Government Information & Regulations, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.
     
         Mr. Nakahata has worked closely with the issues of video game violence,
     global warming, airline competition, ozone depletion, the adequacy of sunscreen and
     sunglass SPF ratings and whether radar guns pose a health risk to police officers.
     
         Prior to his position on the Subcommittee, Mr. Nakahata was an associate at
     the law firm of Jenner & Block in Washington D.C.  Prior to that, he worked as a
     law clerk for Judge John Pratt, U.S. District Court for D.C.
     
         John Nakahat holds a B.A. form Weleyan University and a J.D. from Harvard
     University.
     
     
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