[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 64 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

  The following executive reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. HELMS, from the Committee on Foreign Relations:
       Charles H. Dolan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a 
     term expiring July 1, 2000. (Reappointment)
       William Joseph Burns, of Pennsylvania, 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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

                  Federal Campaign Contribution Report

       Nominee: William J. Burns.
       Post: Ambassador to Jordan.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: William J. Burns, none.
       2. Spouse: Lisa A. Carty, none.
       3. Children: Elizabeth and Sarah Burns, none.
       4. Parents: William F. Burns, $100, 1996, Republican 
     National Committee; Margaret C. Burns, none.
       5. Grandparents: William H. and Eleanor Burns (deceased); 
     John and Mary Cassady (deceased).
       6. Brothers and spouses: John R. and Ann Davis Burns, none; 
     Robert P. and Vicki Burns, none.
       7. Sisters and spouses: Mark E. and Jennifer Burns, none.
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       Ryan Clark Crocker, 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 Syrian Arab Republic.

                  Federal Campaign Contribution Report

       Nominee: Ryan Clark Crocker.
       Post: Ambassador to Syrian Arab Republic.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: none.
       2. Spouse: Christine Barns Crocker, none.
       3. Children and spouses: none.
       4. Parents: Carol Crocker, none; Howard Crocker (deceased).
       5. Grandparents: All deceased since 1926.
       6. Brothers and spouses: none.
       7. Sisters and spouses: none.
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  (The above nominations were reported with the recommendation that 
they be confirmed, subject to the nominees' commitment to respond to 
requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of 
the Senate.)
  (The nominations ordered to lie on the Secretary's desk were printed 
in the Record of March 26, 1998 and April 22, 1998, at the end of the 
Senate proceedings.)

       In the Foreign Service nominations beginning Alexander 
     Almasov, and ending James Hammond Williams, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Record of 
     March 26, 1998
       In the Foreign Service nominations beginning Joan E. La 
     Rosa, and ending Morton J. Holbrook, III, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Record of 
     March 26, 1998
       In the Foreign Service nominations beginning Michael 
     Farbman, and ending Mary C. Pendleton, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Record of April 
     22, 1998

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