[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 76 (Thursday, June 16, 1994)]
[Senate]
[Page S]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               NOMINATION OF ADM. CHARLES R. LARSON, USN

  Mr. NUNN. Mr. President, the Senate Armed Services Committee today 
reported the nomination of Adm. Charles R. Larson, U.S. Navy, to retire 
in grade as a four-star admiral. Admiral Larson is presently serving as 
the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command.
  Admiral Larson's nomination to retire in grade has been pending 
before the Armed Services Committee since early May. Some questions 
arose in connection with Admiral Larson's activities in connection with 
attaining the fullest possible accounting of POW/MIA's who did not 
return from Southeast Asia. The committee submitted a series of 
questions to Admiral Larson in May and earlier this month. Admiral 
Larson provided extensive written responses to both series of 
questions.
  The Armed Services Committee met in executive session on May 24 and 
June 15 to discuss these matters. Pursuant to the committee's 
invitation, Senator John Kerry, chairman of the POW/MIA Committee, 
participated in the June 15th discussion. At the close of the June 15th 
session, the Committee voted 18 to 1 to favorably report to the Senate 
the nomination of Admiral Larson to be retired in grade.

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