Claim: Jon Huntsman Jr. was appointed by George H.W. Bush to be the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for the United States of America in the 1980s.
Evidence: He began his career as a White House staff assistant for Ronald Reagan , and was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce and United States Ambassador to Singapore by George H.W. Bush.
George Herbert Walker Bush -LRB- born June 12 , 1924 -RRB- is an American politician who was the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993 and the 43rd Vice President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.