[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8462-S8463]
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CONFIRMATIONS
Executive Nominations Confirmed by the Senate July 31, 1997:
department of commerce
Robert S. LaRussa, of Maryland, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Commerce.
national council on Disability
Yerker Andersson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the
National Council on Disability for a term expiring September
17, 1999.
national commission on libraries and information science
Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science for
a term expiring July 19, 2001.
department of state
David J. Scheffer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large
for War Crimes Issues.
Ralph Frank, 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 the Kingdom of Nepal.
John C. Holzman, of Hawaii, 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh.
Gordon D. Giffin, of Georgia, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to Canada.
Karl Frederick Inderfurth, of North Carolina, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.
Linda Jane Zack Tarr-Whelan, of Virginia, for the rank of
Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S.
Representative to the Commission
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on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council of
the United Nations.
Richard Sklar, of California, to be Representative of the
United States of America to the United Nations for U.N.
Management and Reform, with the Rank of Ambassador.
A. Peter Burleigh, of California, a Career Member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be
the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to
the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
department of defense
Rudy deLeon, of California, to be Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness.
department of the interior
Kathleen M. Karpan, of Wyoming, to be Director of the
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement.
u.s. enrichment corp.
Kneeland C. Youngblood, of Texas, to be a Member of the
Board of Director of the U.S. Enrichment Corp. for a term
expiring February 24, 2002.
department of the interior
Robert G. Stanton, of Virginia, to be Director of the
National park Service.
Patrick A. Shea, of Utah, to be Director of the Bureau of
Land Management.
department of transportation
Jane Garvey, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the
Federal Aviation Administration for the term of 5 years.
national council on disability
Gina McDonald, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1998.
Bonnie O'Day, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the National
Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 1998.
national institute for literacy advisory board
Paul Simon, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National
Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring
September 22, 1998.
corporation for national and community service
Louis Caldera, of California, to be a Managing Director of
the Corporation for National and Community Service.
department of the interior
Jamie Rapaport Clark, of Maryland, to be Director of the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
department of agriculture
Shirley Robinson Watkins, of Arkansas, to be a Member of
the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Shirley Robinson Watkins, of Arkansas, to be Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services.
I. Miley Gonzalez, of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary of
Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.
Catherine E. Woteki, of the District of Columbia, to be
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety.
August Schumacher, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services.
August Schumacher, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be a Member of
the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
department of state
Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, a Career Member of
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to
be Director General of the Foreign Service.
James W. Pardew, Jr., of Virginia, for the Rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Special
Representative for Military Stabilization in the Balkans.
Stanley O. Roth, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary
of State.
Marc Grossman, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be an Assistant
Secretary of State.
James P. Rubin, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary
of State.
Bonnie R. Cohen, of District of Columbia, to be an Under
Secretary of State.
David Andrews, of California, to be Legal Adviser of the
Department of State.
Wendy Ruth Sherman, of Maryland, to be Counselor of the
Department of State, and to have the rank of Ambassador
during her tenure of service.
John Christian Kornblum, of Michigan, a Career Member of
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United
States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany.
James Franklin Collins, 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 Russian Federation.
Maura Harty, 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 Paraguay.
James F. Mack, 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 Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
Anne Marie Sigmund, of the District of Columbia, a Career
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career
Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic.
Keith C. Smith, of California, 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 Lithuania.
Daniel V. Speckhard, of Wisconsin, a Career Member of the
Senior Executive Service, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the
Republic of Belarus.
Richard Dale Kauzlarich, 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 Bosnia and Herzgovina.
Felix George Rohatyn, of New York, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to France.
Philip Lader, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland.
federal retirement thrift investment Board
James H. Atkins, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Federal
Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring
September 25, 2000.
office of personnel management
Janice R. Lachance, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of
the Office of Personnel Management.
postal rate commissioner
George A. Omas, of Mississippi, to be a Commissioner of the
Postal Rate Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2000.
The above nominations were approved subject to the
nominees' commitment to respond to requests to appear and
testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
u.s. international development cooperation agency
George Munoz, of Illinois, to be President of the Overseas
Private Investment Corp.
the judiciary
Thomas W. Thrash, Jr., of Georgia, to be U.S. District
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia.
Eric L. Clay, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the
Sixth Circuit.
Arthur Gajarsa, of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for
the Federal Circuit.
Mary Ann Gooden Terrell, of the District of Columbia, to be
an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of
Columbia for the term of 15 years.
department of justice
Calvin D. Buchanan, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Attorney for
the Northern District of Mississippi for the term of 4 years.
Thomas E. Scott, of Florida, to be U.S. Attorney for the
Southern District of Florida for the term of 4 years.
in the air force
The following-named officer for appointment in the U.S. Air
Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of
importance and responsibility under title 10, United States
Code, section 601:
To be lieutenant general
Maj. Gen. Robert H. Foglesong, 8617
in the army
The following-named officer for appointment in the U.S.
Army to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of
importance and responsibility under title 10, United States
Code, section 601:
To be lieutenant general
Maj. Gen. John M. Pickler, 5130
in the marine corps
The following-named officer for appointment in the U.S.
Marine Corps to the grade indicated while assigned to a
position of importance and responsibility under title 10,
United States Code, section 601:
To be lieutenant general
Maj. Gen. Michael J. Byron, 1295
foreign service
Foreign Service nomination of Marilyn E. Hulbert, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of February 13, 1997.
Foreign Service nominations beginning John R. Swallow, and
ending George S. Dragnich, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on April
25, 1997.