[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 142 (Tuesday, October 21, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10909]
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                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate October 21, 1997:


                          Department of State

       Brian Dean Curran, 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 Mozambique.
       Timberlake foster, of California, 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 Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
       Thomas M. Foglietta, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Italy.


                   Securities and Exchange Commission

       Paul R. Carey, of New York, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 
     5, 2002.
       Laura S. Unger, of New York, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for the term expiring June 
     5, 2001.


                  National Transportation Safety Board

       George W. Black, Jr., of Georgia, to be a Member of the 
     National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring 
     December 31, 2001.
       John Arthur Hammerschmidt, of Arkansas, to be a Member of 
     the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring 
     December 31, 2000.
       James E. Hall, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National 
     Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 
     2002.


                          Department of State

       Alphonse F. La Porta, of New York, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Mininster-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Mongolia.
       Stephen W. Bosworth, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Korea.

       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.


                             The Judiciary

       Richard Conway Casey, of New York, to be U.S. District 
     Judge for the Southern District of New York.
       Dale A. Kimball, of Utah, to be U.S. District Judge for the 
     District of Utah.