[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 22, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S5488]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate May 22, 2001:


                          Department of State

       Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs).


                         Department of Defense

       Gordon England, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Navy.


                        Selective Service System

       Alfred Rascon, of California, to be Director of Selective 
     Service.


                       Department of Agriculture

       Lou Gallegos, of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       Mary Kirtley Waters, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Agriculture.
       Eric M. Bost, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
       William T. Hawks, of Mississippi, to be Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
       J. B. Penn, of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.


                        Department of Education

       William D. Hansen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
     Education.

       The above nominations were approved subject to the 
     nominees' commitment to respond to requests to appear and 
     testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.


                            In the Air Force

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

                        To be brigadier general

Col. Van P. Williams Jr., 0000