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U.S. Marshal Nominees - 111th Congress

District of North Dakota

Paul Ward: Nominee for U.S. Marshal, District of North Dakota

Paul Ward is a Senior Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Inspector General, a position he has held since 1989.   From 1986 to 1989, he was a Special Agent with the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigations.   Mr. Ward served as a Police Officer for the City of Nashua, New Hampshire, from 1985 to 1986, and as a Detective Lieutenant with the Ward County Sheriff’s Department in Minot, North Dakota from 1979 to 1985.  Prior to that, he was a Police Officer in Minot, and served with the U.S. Air Force Security Police.   Mr. Ward was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree from Minot State University in 1983.