[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 73 (Tuesday, June 9, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S5997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations on the Executive Calendar: Nos. 643, 644, and 645. I 
further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed, the 
motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then return 
to legislative session.
  Mr. President, for the benefit of colleagues, those executive 
calendar items, Nos. 643, 644, and 645, those nominations are Joseph 
Westphal, Assistant Secretary of the Army; Mahlon Apgar, IV, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army; and Hans Mark, Director of Defense Research and 
Engineering.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is 
so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                         department of defense

       Joseph W. Westphal, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Army.
       Mahlon Apgar, IV, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of the Army.
       Hans Mark, of Texas, to be Director of Defense Research and 
     Engineering.

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