[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 59 (Thursday, May 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4214-S4217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on the Judiciary:

       Joel I. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     assistant attorney general.

       By Mr. HELMS, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:

       Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary 
     of State.
       Thomas R. Pickering, of New Jersey, to be an Under 
     Secretary of State.
       Karen Shepherd, of Utah, to be U.S. director of the 
     European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, to which 
     position she was appointed during the last recess of the 
     Senate.
       Jeffrey Davidow, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, class of minister-counselor, to be a member 
     of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation, 
     for a term expiring September 20, 2002.
       Letitia Chambers, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-
     first Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Prezell R. Robinson, of North Carolina, to be an alternate 
     representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-
     first Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       James Catherwood Hormel, of California, to be an alternate 
     representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-
     first Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

       (The above nominations were reported with the 
     recommendation that they be confirmed, subject to the 
     nominees' commitment to respond to requests to appear and 
     testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.)
  Mr. HELMS. Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations, I 
also report favorably five nomination lists in the Foreign Service 
which were printed in full in the Congressional Record of February 13, 
April 8, and April 25, 1997, and ask unanimous consent, to save the 
expense of reprinting

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on the Executive Calendar, that these nominations lie at the 
Secretary's desk for the information of Senators.
  The following-named persons of the agencies indicated for appointment 
as Foreign Service Officers of the classes stated, and also for the 
other appointments indicated herewith:

       For appointment as Foreign Service Officer of Class One, 
     Consular Officer and Secretary in the Diplomatic Service of 
     the United States of America:


                          department of state

     Kathleen Therese Austin, of the District of Columbia

       For appointment as Foreign Service Officers of Class Two, 
     Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service 
     of the United States of America:


                          department of state

     John Wesley Harrison, of Virginia
     Carol R. Kalin, of New York
     Karen Eastman Klemp, of Illinois
     Ronna Sharp Pazdral, of California
     Robert Walter Pons, of New Jersey

       For appointment as Foreign Service Officers of Class Four, 
     Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service 
     of the United States of America:


                       department of agriculture

     Brian D. Goggin, of Virginia


                          department of state

     Gregory Jon Adamson, of California
     Cherrie Sarah Daniels, of Texas
     Martha J. Haas, of Texas
     Paul Horowitz, of Oregon
     John Kevin Madden, of Arkansas
     Deborah Rutledge Mennuti, of Texas
     Manish Kumar Mishra, of Pennsylvania
     William E. Moeller, III, of Florida
     William E. Shea, of Florida
     Marco Aurelio Ribeir Sims, of the District of Columbia
     Mark L. Strege, of Florida
     Joni Alicia Treviss, of Massachusetts
     David H.L. Van Cleve, of California

  The following-named Members of the Foreign Service of the Department 
of Commerce and the Department of State to be Consular Officers and/or 
Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service of the United States of America, 
as indicated:

       Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service 
     of the United States of America:

     James Robert Addison, of Virginia
     Amy Marie Allen, of Arizona
     Emily Jane Allt, of Connecticut
     Gregory R. Alston, of Virginia
     Margaret Jane Armstrong, of Virginia
     William H. Avery, of Florida
     Charles R. Banks, of Virginia
     Stephen B. Banks, of Virginia
     Stephen A. Barneby, of Nevada
     William G. Basil, of Maryland
     Stephan Berwick, of Virginia
     Mark W. Blair, of Virginia
     Joshua Blau, of California
     Christopher J. Bort, of Maryland
     Bridget A. Brink, of Michigan
     Jennifer Chintana Bullock, of Pennsylvania
     David W. Carey, of Virginia
     Paul M. Carter, Jr., of Maryland
     Joseph F. Chernesky, of Virginia
     Rachel M. Coll, of Virginia
     Colin Thomas Robert Crosby, of Ohio
     Robert Clinton DeWitt, of Texas
     Ali Diba, of Virginia
     Joseph A. Dogonniuck, of Virginia
     Fred D. Enochs, of Florida
     Naomi Catherine Fellows, of California
     Barbara J. Fleshman, of Virginia
     Mary Anne Flauta Francisco, of Virginia
     Robert R. Gabor, of California
     Jeffrey E. Galvin, of Colorado
     Katherine Gamboa, of Virginia
     Roger Z. George, of Virginia
     Lisa M. Grasso, of Virginia
     Gregory S. Groth, of California
     Edward G. Grulich, of Texas
     Douglas E. Haas, of Virginia
     Mark W. Jackson, of Virginia
     Kipling Van Kahler, of Texas
     Craig K. Kakuda, of Virginia
     Yuri Kim, of Guam
     Jennifer A. Koella, of Virginia
     Henry P. Kohn, Jr., of Virginia
     Paula J. Labuda, of Virginia
     John T. Lancia, of Pennsylvania
     Jennifer M. Lee, of Virginia
     Glenn A. Little, of Virginia
     Gregory Michael Marchese, of California
     William M. Marshall III, of Virginia
     Robert B. Mooney, of California
     Kevin L. O'Donovan, of Virginia
     Ann A. Omerzo, of Pennsylvania
     Robert Anthony Pitre, of Washington
     Jennifer L. Savage, of Virginia
     Brandon P. Scheid, of Virginia
     Carmen A. Seltzer, of Virginia
     Russell Schiebel, of Texas
     Micaela A. Schweitzer, of the District of Columbia
     Stefano G. J. Serafini, of the District of Columbia
     Robert E. Setlow, of Washington
     Andrew Shaw, of New York
     Scott A. Shaw, of Illinois
     David William Simons, of Colorado
     James Douglas Smith III, of Virginia
     Matthew Alexander Spivak, of California
     Daisy D. Springs, of Virginia
     Cheryl S. Steele, of Massachusetts
     Hector J. Tavera, of the District of Columbia
     Martina Anna Tkadlec, of Texas
     Bonnie J. Toeper, of Virginia
     Bryant P. Trick, of California
     Mark E. Twambly, of Virginia
     Patrick Timothy Wall, of Alabama
     Mark A. Weaver, of Washington
     Michael Edward Widener, of Virginia
     Christine Williams, of Virginia
     Thomas A. Witecki, of Virginia
     William H. S. Wright, of Virginia
     Ronda S. Zander, of Maryland

       The following-named career members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service of the United States Information Agency for promotion 
     in the Senior Foreign Service to the classes indicated:

       Career member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Career Minister:

     Kenton W. Keith, of California

       Career members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Minister-Counselor:

     George Frederic Beasley, of Maryland
     John P. Dwyer, of Connecticut
     Harriet Lee Elam, of Maryland
     Mary Eleanor Gawronski, of New York
     David P. Good, of New York
     Terrence H. Kneebone, of Utah
     John K. Menzies, of California

       The following-named career members of the Foreign Service 
     of the United States Information Agency for promotion into 
     the Senior Foreign Service as indicated:

       Career members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Counselor:

     John H. Brown, of the District of Columbia
     Guy Burton, of New Jersey
     Helena Kane Finn, of New York
     Stedman D. Howard, of Florida
     Gerald E. Huchel, of Virginia
     Mark B. Krischik, of Florida
     Nicholas Robertson, of California
     Charles N. Silver, of Virginia
     Marcelle M. Wahba, of California
     Laurence D. Wohlers, of Washington
     Mary Carlin Yates, of the District of Columbia

       The following-named career member of the Foreign Service 
     for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, and for 
     appointment as Consular Officer and Secretary in the 
     Diplomatic Service, as indicated:

       Career member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Counselor:

     Terrence W. Sullivan, of New York

       The following-named career members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service of the Department of Agriculture for the promotion in 
     the Senior Foreign Service to the classes indicated:

       Career member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Career Minister.

     Daniel B. Conable, of New York

       Career members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Career Minister-Counselor:

     William L. Brant II, of Oklahoma
     Warren J. Child, of Maryland
     Mattie R. Sharpless of the District of Columbia

       The following-named career members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service of the Department of Agriculture for the promotion in 
     the Senior Foreign Service to the class indicated:

       Career members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America. Class of Counselor:

     Norval E. Francis, of Virginia
     Francis J. Tarrant, of Virginia

       The following-named career members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service of the Department of Commerce for promotion in the 
     Senior Foreign Service to the classes indicated:

       Career member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Career Minister:

     Kenneth P. Moorefield of Maryland

       Career members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Minister-Counselor:

     Jonathan M. Bensky, of Washington
     John Peters, of Florida

       The following-named career members of the Foreign Service 
     for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, as indicated:

       Career members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Counselor:

     Thomas Lee Boam, of Utah
     Stephen K. Craven, of Florida
     Lawrence I. Eisenberg, of Florida
     Edgar D. Fulton, of Virginia
     Samuel H. Kidder, of Washington
     Bobette K. Orr, of Arizona
     James Wilson, of Pennsylvania

       The following-named career members of the Foreign Service 
     of the United States Information Agency for promotion into 
     the Senior Foreign Service to the class indicated, and for 
     appointment as Consular Officer and Secretary in the 
     Diplomatic Service, as indicated:

       Career member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Counselor:

     Susan B. Aramayo, of Maryland
     Joy Boss, of Texas
     Robert S. Morris, of California

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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  (The nominations ordered to lie on the Secretary's desk were printed 
in the Records of February 13, April 8, and April 25, 1997, at the end 
of the Senate proceedings.)

       By Mr. Thurmond, from the Committee on Armed Services:

       The following-named officers for promotion in the Regular 
     Air Force of The United States to the grade indicated under 
     title 10, United States Code, section 624:

                        To be brigadier general

     Col. Gary A. Ambrose, 0000.
     Col. Frank J. Anderson, Jr., 0000.
     Col. Thomas L. Baptiste, 0000.
     Col. Barry W. Barksdale, 0000.
     Col. Leroy Barnidge, Jr., 0000.
     Col. Randall K. Bigum, 0000.
     Col. Richard B. Bundy, 0000.
     Col. Sharla J. Cook, 0000.
     Col. Tommy F. Crawford, 0000.
     Col. Charles E. Croom, Jr., 0000.
     Col. Richard W. Davis, 0000.
     Col. Robert R. Dierker, 0000.
     Col. Jerry M. Drennen, 0000.
     Col. Carol C. Elliot, 0000.
     Col. Paul W. Essex, 0000.
     Col. Michael N. Farage, 0000.
     Col. Randall C. Gelwix, 0000.
     Col. James A. Hawkins, 0000.
     Col. Gary W. Heckman, 0000.
     Col. Hiram L. Jones, 0000.
     Col. Joseph E. Kelley, 0000.
     Col. Christopher A. Kelly, 0000.
     Col. Jeffrey B. Kohler, 0000.
     Col. Edward L. LaFountaine, 0000.
     Col. William J. Lake, 0000.
     Col. Dan L. Locker, 0000.
     Col. Teddie M. McFarland, 0000.
     Col. Michael C. McMahan, 0000.
     Col. Duncan J. McNabb, 0000.
     Col. Richard A. Mentemeyer, 0000.
     Col. James W. Morehouse, 0000.
     Col. Paul D. Nielsen, 0000.
     Col. Thomas A. Oriordan, 0000.
     Col. Bentley B. Rayburn, 0000.
     Col. Regner C. Rider, 0000.
     Col. Gary L. Salisbury, 0000.
     Col. Klaus O. Schafer, 0000.
     Col. Charles N. Simpson, 0000.
     Col. Andrew W. Smoak, 0000.
     Col. John M. Speigel, 0000.
     Col. Randall F. Starbuck, 0000.
     Col. Scott P. Van Cleef, 0000.
     Col. Glenn C. Waltman, 0000.
     Col. Craig P. Weston, 0000.
     Col. Michael P. Wiedemer, 0000.
     Col. Michael W. Wooley, 0000.
     Col. Bruce A. Wright, 0000.

       The following U.S. Army Reserve officers for promotion in 
     the Reserve of the Army to the grades indicated under title 
     10, United States Code, sections 14101, 14315 and 12203(a):

                          To be major general

     Brig. Gen. William F. Allen, 0000.
     Brig. Gen. Craig Bambrough, 0000.
     Brig. Gen. Peter A. Gannon, 0000.
     Brig. Gen. Francis R. Jordan, Jr., 0000.

                        To be brigadier general

     Col. James P. Collins, 0000.
     Col. William S. Crupe, 0000.
     Col. Alan V. Davis, 0000.
     Col. John F. Depue, 0000.
     Col. Bertie S. Dueitt, 0000.
     Col. Calvin D. Jaeger, 0000.
     Col. John S. Kasper, 0000.
     Col. Richard M. O'Meara, 0000.
     Col. James C. Price, 0000.
     Col. Richard O. Wightman, 0000.

       The following-named officer for appointment in the U.S. 
     Army to the grade indicated under title 10, United States 
     Code, section 624:

                          To be major general

     Brig. Gen. Gregory A. Rountree, 9047.

       (The above nominations were reported with the 
     recommendation that they be confirmed.)

  Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, for the Committee on Armed Services, I 
report favorably one nomination list in the Navy which was printed in 
full in the Congressional Record of February 25, 1997, and ask 
unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive 
Calendar, that this nomination lie at the Secretary's desk for the 
information of Senators:
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The nominations ordered to lie on the Secretary's desk were printed 
in the Record of February 25, 1997, at the end of the Senate 
proceedings.)

       The following-named officers for regular appointment to the 
     grades indicated in the U.S. Navy under title 10, United 
     States Code, section 531:

                             To be captain

     Michael J Bailey, 0000
     Jeffrey F Brookman, 0000
     James L Buck, 0000
     Dana C Covey, 0000
     David W Ferguson, 0000
     David Leivers, 0000

                            To be commander

     Daniel C Alder, 0000
     Monte L Bible, 0000
     John T Biddulph, 0000
     Jeffrey M Bikle, 0000
     David A Bradshaw, 0000
     Harpreet S Brar, 0000
     Frank J Carlson, 0000
     John R Carney, 0000
     Ronald F Centner, 0000
     Gerald A Cohen, 0000
     Walter J Coyle, 0000
     James M Craven, 0000
     Michael J Curren, 0000
     David L Daugherty, 0000
     Marlene Demaio, 0000
     Raymond J Emanuel, 0000
     Wesley W Emmons, 0000
     William Erndehazy, 0000
     Andrew L Findley, 0000
     Scott D Flinn, 0000
     Frederick O Foote, 0000
     Michael J Francis, 0000
     Michael W Gallagher, 0000
     John H Greinwald, Jr, 0000
     Thomas M Gudewicz, 0000
     Albert S Hammond, III, 0000
     Terry A Harrison, 0000
     John P Heffernan, 0000
     Byron Hendrick, 0000
     Robert E Hersh, 0000
     Hal E Hill, 0000
     Walter R Holloway, 0000
     Mark J Integlia, 0000
     Jerome C Kienzle, 0000
     Kerry J King, 0000
     Kenneth D Klions, 0000
     Eric R Lovell, 0000
     John D Lund, 0000
     Andrew T Maher, 0000
     Randall C Mapes, 0000
     Robert D Matthews, 0000
     Martin McCaffrey, 0000
     Francis X McGuigan, 0000
     James J Melley, 0000
     Vernon D Morgan, 0000
     Gary L Munn, 0000
     James D Murray, 0000
     Meenakshi A Nandedkar, 0000
     William F Nelson, 0000
     Patrick T Noonan, 0000
     Joseph R Notaro, 0000
     Lachlan D Noyes, 0000
     Paul J OBrien, 0000
     Christopher A Ohl, 0000
     John C Olsen, 0000
     Howard A Oriba, 0000
     Jennifer B Ota, 0000
     Robert K Parkinson, 0000
     John S Parrish, 0000
     Paul Pearigen, 0000
     Peter J Peff, 0000
     Wendell S Phillips, 0000
     David N Rickey, 0000
     Eric H Schindler, 0000
     James M Sheehy, 0000
     Wyatt S Smith, 0000
     Ricky L Snyder, 0000
     Henry E Sprance, 0000
     Douglas M Stevens, 0000
     Thomas A Tallman, 0000
     Thomas K Tandy, III, 0000
     Jon K Thiringer, 0000
     Anthony M Trapani, 0000
     Patricia L Verhulst, 0000
     Maryann P Wall, 0000
     Diane J B Watabayashi, 0000
     Joseph R Wax, 0000
     Jerry W White, 0000
     Edward A Wood, 0000
     Jacob N Young, 0000

                       To be lieutenant commander

     Clete D Anselm, 0000
     Elicia Bakerrogers, 0000
     Simon J Bartlett, 0000
     Kenneth R Bingman, Jr, 0000
     Dawn A Blackmon, 0000
     Janet M Bradley, 0000
     Arthur M Brown, 0000
     Jon J Brzek, 0000
     David B Byres, 0000
     Lea B Cadle, 0000
     Lucio Cisneros, Jr, 0000
     Sean P Clark, 0000
     Gary W Clore, 0000
     Walker L A Combs, 0000
     Elizabeth B Cotten, 0000
     Donna M Crowley, 0000
     Gregory J Danhoff, 0000
     Nancy J Dober, 0000
     Sandra L Doucette, 0000
     Paul X Dougherty, 0000
     David A. Farmer, 0000
     Luis Fernandez, 0000
     Wayne R. Freiberg, 0000
     Paul N. Fujimura, 0000
     Michael P. Garvey, 0000
     Barbara A. Gies, 0000
     Gregory D. Gjurich, 0000
     Carolyn G. Goergen, 0000
     Virginia P. Haviland, 0000
     John S. Hickman, 0000
     Susan E. Holt, 0000
     Loretta A. Howerton, 0000
     Steven R. Huff, 0000
     Aaron Jefferson, Jr, 0000
     Tommie L. Jennings, 0000
     David P. Johnson, 0000
     Phillip A. Kanicki, 0000
     Maurice S. Kaprow, 0000
     William M. Kennedy, 0000
     Jamie M. Kersten, 0000
     Alan F. Kukulies, 0000
     Teresa A. Langen, 0000
     Alison C. Lefebvre, 0000
     Kim L. Lefebvre, 0000
     Margaret A. Lluy, 0000
     Steven L. Lorcher, 0000
     Michelle L. McKenzie, 0000
     Bruce D. Mentzer, 0000
     Christine T. Miller, 0000
     Craig G. Muehler, 0000
     John J. Nesius, 0000
     Cathy J. Olson, 0000
     Carol A. Papineau, 0000
     Joseph R. Petersen, 0000
     Nicholas Petrillo, 0000
     Herman G. Platt, 0000
     Shirley K. Price, 0000
     Sabrina L. Putney, 0000
     Ann Rajewski, 0000

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     Abraham I. Ramirez, 0000
     Douglas E. Rosander, 0000
     Gilbert Seda, 0000
     Charles H. Shaw, 0000
     Amanda G. Sierra, 0000
     Sandra S. Skyles, 0000
     John C. Smajdek, 0000
     Betsy J. Smith, 0000
     Scott A. Smith, 0000
     Vanessa D. Smith, 0000
     Joseph M. Snowberger, 0000
     Dovie S. Soloe, 0000
     Amy L. Spearman, 0000
     Richard G. Steffey, Jr., 0000
     Dana G. Stuartmagda, 0000
     Milan S. Sturgis, 0000
     Scott C. Swanson, 0000
     Atticus T. Taylor, 0000
     Benjamin F. Taylor, 0000
     Mary W. Tinnea, 0000
     Nelida R. Toledo, 0000
     Karen D. Torres, 0000
     Dick W. Turner, 0000
     Barbara J. Votypka, 0000
     Christine M. Ward, 0000
     Terese M. Warner, 0000
     Matthew L. Warnke, 0000
     Jan P. Werson, 0000
     Michelle S. Williams, 0000
     Wayne E. Wiseman, 0000
     Stan A. Young,0000

       (The above nominations were reported with the 
     recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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