[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 96 (Wednesday, July 11, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S7537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate July 11, 2001:


                          Department of State

       Pierre-Richard Prosper, of California, to be Ambassador at 
     Large for War Crimes Issues.
       Charles J. Swindells, of Oregon, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without 
     additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Samoa.
       Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco.
       Wendy Jean Chamberlin, 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 Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
       William S. Farish, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
       Francis Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Coordinator for 
     Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at 
     Large.
       Robert D. Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to India.
       Anthony Horace Gioia, of New York, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Malta.
       Howard H. Leach, of California, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to France.
       William A. Eaton, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Assistant Secretary of State (Administration).
       Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, 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 Russian Federation.
       Clark T. Randt, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the People's Republic of China.
       C. David Welch, 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 Arab Republic of Egypt.
       Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic.
       Daniel C. Kurtzer, of Maryland, 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 Israel.


                     Office of Personnel Management

       Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office 
     of Personnel Management.


                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

       Othoneil Armendariz, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
     Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years 
     expiring July 1, 2005.
       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.


                            Foreign Service

       Foreign Service nominations beginning Stephen K. Morrison, 
     and ending Joseph Laurence Wright II, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on June 12, 2001.