[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 150 (Friday, October 31, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1187-D1188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Sally Thompson, of Kansas, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture, and Joseph B. Dial, 
of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Mary Mel French, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure 
of service, Betty Eileen King, of Maryland, to be Representative of the 
United States on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 
with the rank of Ambassador, George Edward Moose, of Maryland, to be 
Representative of the United States to the European Office of the 
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Phyllis E. Oakley, of 
Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and 
Research, Nancy H. Rubin, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador 
during her tenure

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of service as Representative of the United States on the Human Rights 
Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, 
and Julia Taft, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary 
of State for Population, Refugees and Migration, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. French was 
introduced by Senator Bumpers, and Ms. Rubin was introduced by Senator 
Dodd.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT: INSPECTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations held oversight hearings to review activities of the 
Department of the Treasury's Office of the Inspector General, focusing 
on alleged contracting improprieties within the Office of Inspector 
General, receiving testimony from Robert P. Murphy, General Counsel, 
Donald J. Wheeler, Deputy Director, Office of Special Investigation, 
and Theodore C. Barreaux, Associate Director for Audit Oversight and 
Liaison, Accounting and Information Management Division, all of the 
General Accounting Office; and Valerie Lau, Inspector General, 
Department of the Treasury.
  Hearings will continue on Monday, November 3.