[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 14 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S1118]
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                              CONFIRMATION

  Executive Nomination Confirmed by the Senate February 6, 1997:


                      department of transportation

       Rodney E. Slater, of Arkansas, to be Secretary of 
     Transportation.

       The above nomination was approved subject to the nominee's 
     commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify 
     before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.


                          Department of State

       Madeleine May Kunin, of Vermont, to serve concurrently and 
     without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Principality of Liechtenstein.
       Genta Hawkins Holmes, of California, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, as 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Australia.
       Anne W. Patterson, 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 El Salvador.
       Arma Jane Karaer, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and 
     without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
     Solomon Islands, and as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Republic of Vanuatu.
       Dennis K. Hays, of Florida, 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 Suriname.
       John Francis Maisto, of Pennsylvania, 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 Venezuela.
       John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of 
     Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Coordinator 
     for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC).
       Madeleine Korbel Albright, of the District of Columbia, to 
     be a Representative of the United States of America to the 
     51st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Edward William Gneham, Jr., of Georgia, to be a 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 51st 
     Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of North Carolina, to be an 
     Alternate Representative of the United States of America to 
     the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United 
     Nations.
       Victor Marrero, of New York, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 51st 
     Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.


                            Foreign Service

       Foreign Service nominations beginning Paul Albert Bisek, 
     and ending John Weeks, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on January 
     21, 1997.
       Foreign Service nominations beginning Larry Corbett, and 
     ending Robin Lane White, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     January 21, 1997.
       Foreign Service nomination of Marilyn Mc Afee, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on January 21, 1997.
       Foreign Service nominations beginning John C. Kornblum, and 
     ending William L. Young, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     January 28, 1997.