[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 15, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S8268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate July 15, 1998:


                       department of agriculture

       Charles R. Rawls, of North Carolina, to be General Counsel 
     of the Department of Agriculture, vice James S. Gilliland, 
     resigned.


                  federal emergency management agency

       Robert M. Walker, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Director of 
     the Federal Emergency Management Agency, vice Harvey G. 
     Ryland, resigned.


                          department of state

       George Mc Dade Staples, of Kentucky, 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 Rwanda.


                            foreign service

       The following-named Career Members of the Foreign Service 
     of the United States Information Agency for promotion into 
     the Senior Foreign Service to the class indicated, and for 
     appointment as Consular Officer and Secretary in the 
     Diplomatic Service, as indicated:
       Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Counselor:
Robert James Bigart, Jr., of New York
Thomas J. Kral, of Maryland
Carol J. Urban, of the District of Columbia