[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 136 (Friday, October 3, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10338]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate October 3, 1997:


                          Department of State

       Stanley Louis McLelland, of Texas, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Jamaica.
       Cameron R. Hume, of New York, 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 Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria.
       Timothy Michael Carney, 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 Republic of Haiti.


                     Department of Veterans Affairs

       Joseph Thompson, of New York, to be Under Secretary for 
     Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Raymond 
     John Vogel, resigned.


                         Department of Defense

       F. Whitten Peters, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
     Secretary of the Air Force, vice Rudy de Leon.


                          Department of State

       Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the 
     rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special 
     Coordinator for Cyprus.
       Amy L. Bondurant, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 
     Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with 
     the rank of Ambassador.


                     Office of Personnel Management

       Janice R. Lachance, of Maine, to be Director of the Office 
     of Personnel Management for a term of 4 years, vice James B. 
     King.

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