[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6639-S6640]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate June 18, 1998:


                          Department of State

       John Bruce Craig, 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 Sultanate of Oman.
       Robert C. Felder, of Florida, 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 Benin.
       James Vela Ledesma, of California, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of

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     Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
     of the United States of America to the Gabonese Republic and 
     to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and 
     Principe.
       Elizabeth Davenport Mc Kune, of Virginia, 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 State of Qatar.
       George Mu, of California, 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 Cote d'Ivoire.
       Robert Cephas Perry, of Virginia, 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 Central African Republic.
       David Michael Satterfield, of Virginia, 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 Lebanon.
       Joseph Gerard Sullivan, of Virginia, 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 Angola.
       Diane Edith Watson, of California, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Federated States of Micronesia.
       Melissa Foelsch Wells, of Connecticut, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Estonia.
       Kent M. Wiedemann, of California, 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 Kingdom of Cambodia.


                            Foreign Service

       The following-named persons of the agencies indicated for 
     appointment as Foreign Service Officers of the classes 
     stated, and also for the other appointments indicated 
     herewith:
       For appointment as Foreign Service Officers of Class One, 
     Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service 
     of the United States of America:


                  Agency for International Development

Homi Jamshed, of California
Susan Merrill, of Virginia


                          Department of State

Nancy Morgan Serpa, of New Jersey

       For appointment as Foreign Service Officer of Class Two, 
     Consular Officer and Secretary in the Diplomatic Service of 
     the United States of America:


                  Agency for International Development

Elizabeth A. Hogan, of California

       For appointment as Foreign Service Officers of Class Three, 
     Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service 
     of the United States of America:


                       Department of Agriculture

John W. Wade, of Missouri


                    United States Information Agency

Scott Marshall Rauland, of Florida
Susan L. Ziadeh, of Washington

       For appointment as Foreign Service Officers of Class Four, 
     Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service 
     of the United States of America:


                          Department of State

Eric M. Alexander, of New Mexico
Keith Mims Anderton, of Florida
Michael A. Barkin, of Florida
James A. Carouso, of Arizona
Jonathan James Carpenter, of California
Benjamin E. Chang, of Virginia
Michael S. Dixon, of Iowa
Mark R. Evans, of Virginia
Mitchell L. Ferguson, of California
Troy Damian Fitrell, of Washington
Shawn Eric Flatt, of Missouri
Martina Flintrop, of Virginia
Marc Forino, of Virginia
Steven B. Fox, of New York
Nathan V. Holt, Jr., of Florida
Melissa Anne Hudson, of Texas
Cheryl Norman Johnson, of Texas
Philip Winston Kaplan, of New York
Raymond J. Kengott, of Florida
Dale G. Kreisher, of Ohio
Stephan A. Lang, of Missouri
Mirembe Nantongo, of Virginia
James Allen Plotts, of California
William Scofield Rowland, of Washington
David V. Scott, of Wyoming
Brian Wesley Shukan, of Virginia
Courtney L. Turner, of Virginia
Andrew Chester Wilson, of Washington
Joy Ona Yamamoto, of California


                    United States Information Agency

Joe Bernard Lovejoy, of Texas
Michael Peter Macy, of Florida
Kathleen E. Reilly, of California
Mary Drake Schcoll, of Texas
John C. Vance, of Wyoming
       The following-named Members of the Foreign Service of the 
     Department of Commerce and the Department of State to be 
     Consular Officers and/or Secretaries in the Diplomatic 
     Service of the United States of America, as indicated:
       Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service 
     of the United States of America:

Edward L. Allen, of Maine
Jennifer Anne Alston, of Virginia
Gary Dean Anderson, of Texas
Alejandro Baez, of Texas
Andrea S. Baker, of Maryland
Robert Allan Bare, of California
Louise Brandt Bigott, of Illinois
Brett Blackshaw, of New York
Tobin John Bradley, of California
Christie Brouillette, of California
Craig P. Bryant, of Oklahoma
Steven R. Butler, of Kentucky
John R. Buzbee, of the District of Columbia
Charles L. Campbell, of the District of Columbia
Arnold Crespo, of Texas
Julien De Dman, Jr., of the District of Columbia
Eric L. Derrickson, of Maryland
Kirk Allen Dexter, of Virginia
Erik Knight Doman, of Pennsylvania
Leah Michelle Fenwick, of California
Timothy Thomas Fitzgibbons, of Nebraska
Rafael P. Foley, of New York
Robert M. Freedman, of Washington
Paul N. Fujimura, of California
Cory Vincent Gnazzo, of Massachusetts
Joseph Alexander Hamilton, of New Jersey
Brian Frederick Harris, of Washington
Melanie S. Harris, of Florida
Deborah Sue Hart, of North Carolina
Thomas P. Harwood, of Virginia
Peter G. Hemsch, of California
Juliana F. Hilt, of the District of Columbia
Jeffrey David Preston Horwitz, of New York
Michael Sean Howery, of Virginia
Kirk M. Hubbard, of Virginia
Robert John Jachim, Jr., of Washington
Vivian N. Keller, of the District of Columbia
Matthew A. Krichman, of Virginia
Nicholas R. Kuchova, of New Jersey
Jerry C. Lee, of Virginia
Joann Marie Lockard, of Virginia
Lawrence J. Macko, of Virginia
Hillary Mann, of the District of Columbia
Nicholle M. Manz, of Wisconsin
David L. Mc Cormick, of Massachusetts
Daniel Francis Mc Nicholas, of Illinois
Betnie M. Medero-Navedo, of Virginia
Katherine Marie Metres, of Illinois
Rachel L. Meyers, of California
Marc Nordberg, of Texas
Enrique G. Ortiz, of the District of Columbia
Carlton Philadelphia, of Florida
Kathryn M. Pyles, of Virginia
Roger Claude Rigaud, of New Jersey
Kevin S. Roland, of Maryland
Steven B. Royster, of Virginia
Michael Dean Sessums, of Florida
Seiji T. Shiratori, of Oregon
Donald Angus Shropshire, of Virginia
Phillip T. Slattery, of California
James Broward Story, of South Carolina
Timothy C. Swanson, of Arizona
Daniel J. Thompson, of Virginia
Vernelle Trim, of Virginia
David Norman Tyson, of Virginia
Duncan Highitt Walker, of California
Lisa Louise Washburn, of Texas
J. Richard Waters, of Alabama
Randall A. Weyandt, of Virginia
Carl-Heinz Jason Wemhoener-Cuite, of Virginia
Margaret Bryan White, of Georgia
William D. Whitt, of New York
Benjamin V. Wohlauer, of Virginia
William Younger Wood, Jr., of California
Jeffery A. Young, of Florida
Joseph E. Zadrozny, Jr., of Texas


                              In the Army

       The following Army National Guard of the United States 
     officers for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the 
     grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203:

                          To be major general

Brig. Gen. Edmund C. Zysk, 0000.

                        To be brigadier general

Col. William J. Davies, 0000.
Col. James P. Combs, 0000.


                              In the Navy

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Navy to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 
     section 624:

                           To be rear admiral

Rear Adm. (lh)Michael L. Cowan, 0000.

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