[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 111 (Thursday, July 31, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8462-S8463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             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.