[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 132 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S11059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. ROBERTS. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate immediately 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations on 
the Executive Calendar: Calendar Nos. 726, 728, 730, 731, 732, 788, 
789, 790, 796, and No. 853. I further ask unanimous consent that the 
nominations be confirmed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, any statements relating to the nominations appear at this point 
in the Record, and the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                          department of state

       Steven Robert Mann, of Pennsylvania, 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 Turkmenistan.
       Elizabeth Davenport McKune, 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.
       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.
       Richard E. Hecklinger, 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 Kingdom of Thailand.
       Theodore H. Kattouf, of Maryland, 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 United Arab Emirates.


                             the judiciary

       Carl J. Barbier, of Louisiana, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
       Gerald Bruce Lee, of Virginia, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
       Patricia A. Seitz, of Florida, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of Florida.
       William B. Traxler, Jr., of South Carolina, to be United 
     States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit.


                  federal emergency management agency

       Robert M. Walker, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Director of 
     the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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