[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 106 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S9663]
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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. GORTON. I ask unanimous consent the Agriculture Committee be 
discharged from further consideration of the nominations of James E. 
Newsome, Keith C. Kelly, Charles Rawls, and Barbara Pedersen Holum, and 
further that the Senate proceed to their consideration and 
consideration en bloc the following nominations on the Executive 
Calendar, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 707, 708, 710, 712, 713, 714, 715, 
717, 723, 724, 725, 727, 729, 736, 737, 782, 791, and 792, and all 
nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Foreign Service.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en 
bloc; the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; any statements 
relating to the nominations appear in the Record; and the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action; and the Senate then return 
to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                             the judiciary

       John D. Kelly, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit 
     Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
       Dan A. Polster, of Ohio to be United States District Judge 
     for the Northern District of Ohio.
       Robert G. James, of Louisiana, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Western District of Louisiana.
       Ralph E. Tyson, of Louisiana, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana.
       Raner Christercunean Collins, of Arizona, to be United 
     States District Judge for the District of Arizona.


                         Department of commerce

       Deborah K. Kilmer, of Idaho, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Commerce.


                   executive office of the president

       Neal F. Lane, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Office of 
     Science and Technology Policy.


                      Department of transportation

       Clyde J. Hart, Jr., of New Jersey, to be Administrator of 
     the Maritime Administration.


                       Department of the treasury

       Raymond W. Kelly, of New York, to be Commissioner of 
     Customs.
       James E. Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of 
     the Treasury for Enforcement.
       Elizabeth Bresee, of New York to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of the Treasury.


                   executive office of the president

       Jacob Joseph Lew, of New York, to be Director of the Office 
     of Management and Budget.


                             the judiciary

       Kim McLean Wardlaw, of California, to be United States 
     Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit.


                          Department of state

       Richard Nelson Swett, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Denmark.
       Arthur Louis Schechter, of Texas, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
       James Howard Holmes, 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 Latvia.
       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.
       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.
       Charles F. Kartman, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the 
     rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special 
     Envoy for the Korean Peace Talks.
       William B. Milam, 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 Islamic Republic of Pakistan.


                          Department of energy

       Bill Richardson, of New Mexico, to be Secretary of Energy.


                         Department of justice

       Howard Hikaru Tagomori, of Hawaii, to be United States 
     Marshal for the District of Hawaii for the term of four 
     years.
       Paul M. Warner, of Utah, to be United States Attorney for 
     the District of Utah for the term of four years.

               Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk


                         in the foreign service

       Foreign Service nominations beginning Homi Jamshed, and 
     ending Joseph E. Zadrozny, Jr., which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 18, 1998.
       Foreign Service nominations beginning Robert Bigart, Jr., 
     and ending Carol J. Urban, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of July 
     15, 1998.