[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 4, 1996)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5779-S5780]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DOLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations en bloc, on today's Executive Calendar: Calendar Nos. 482, 
521 through 528, 530, 554 and 555.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en 
bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table en bloc, that 
any statements relating to the nominations appear at the appropriate 
place in the Record, the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action, the Senate then return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                          department of labor

       Pascal D. Forgione, Jr., of Delaware, to be Commissioner of 
     Education Statistics for a term expiring June 21, 1999.


                          department of state

       Lawrence Neal Benedict, of California, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Cape Verde.
       The following-named Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
     Service, Class of Career Minister, for the personal rank of 
     Career Ambassador in recognition of especially distinguished 
     service over a sustained period:
     J. Stapleton Roy, of Pennsylvania

       Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Mauritius and to serve 
     concurrently and without additional compensation as 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Federal and Islamic Republic of The 
     Comoros.
       Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of the Congo.
       Robert Krueger, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Republic of Botswana.
       David H. Shinn, of Washington, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Ethiopia.


                     african development foundation

       Ernest G. Green, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Board of Directors

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     of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
     September 22, 2001. (Reappointment)


           u.s. international development cooperation agency

       Lottie Lee Shackelford, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 1998. 
     (Reappointment)


                     african development foundation

       Henry McKoy, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term 
     expiring February 9, 2002.


           national foundation on the arts and the humanities

       Ronnie Feuerstein Heyman, of New York, to be a Member of 
     the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring 
     September 3, 2000.
       Terry Evans, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National 
     Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2000.

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