BURNS CONFIRMED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ONDCP

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Former Iron County Attorney Scott M. Burns was
officially sworn in as Deputy Director of the White House Office of
National Drug Control Policy on Friday.

Burns has served at ONDCP as the Deputy Director for State, Local and
Tribal Affairs since 2002, where he has served as the principal
advisor to White House drug czar John P. Walters, on federal, state,
local, and tribal law enforcement matters.

He has also served as the United States representative to the World
Anti-Doping Agency, an international organization dedicated to
reducing and eliminating performance-enhancing substances from sport.

Walters said, "Scott Burns has tirelessly served the citizens of the
United States for the past five years - working to reduce the market
for illegal and harmful drugs, and ensuring that our local law
enforcement personnel have the tools and resources they need to combat
drug trafficking organizations. Scott will continue to serve this
administration with expertise, devotion and dedication. I thank him
for his public service, and I welcome him as the Deputy Director of
the Office of National Drug Control Policy."

Prior to serving in Executive Office of the President at the White
House Office of National Drug Control Policy, he served as the County
Attorney for Iron County from 1986 to 2002. There he successfully
prosecuted more than 100 felony jury trials, including rape, child
abuse, narcotics and capital murder.

Burns is a graduate of Southern Utah University, and received his J.D.
from California Western School of Law.