[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 158 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S11915]
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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar Nos. 547 
through 566, and 568, and the nominations on the Secretary's desk; that 
the nominations be confirmed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon 
the table, any statements thereon be printed in the Record, that the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and that the 
Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                             THE JUDICIARY

       Odessa F. Vincent, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia for the term of fifteen years.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Raymond F. Burghardt, of Florida, 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 Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
       Ronald Weiser, of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Slovak Republic.
       J. Richard Blankenship, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
       George L. Argyros, Sr., of California, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Spain, and to serve concurrently and without 
     additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Andorra.
       Larry Miles Dinger, of Iowa, a Career Member of the Foreign 
     Service, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of 
     Micronesia.
       Darryl Norman Johnson, 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 Kingdom of Thailand.
       Lyons Brown, Jr., of Kentucky, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Austria.
       William D. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
     be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     State of America to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
       Melvin F. Sembler, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Italy.
       Charles Lawrence Greenwood, Jr., of Florida, a Career 
     Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
     Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
     service as Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 
     (APEC).
       Stephan Michael Minikes, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador.
       Ernest L. Johnson, of Louisiana, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-
     sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       William J. Hybl, of Colorado, to be Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Fifty-sixth Session of the 
     General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Nancy Cain Marcus, of Texas, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-
     sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations
       Robert M. Beecroft, of Maryland, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, for the 
     rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Head of 
     Mission, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
     (OSCE), Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       Charles Lester Pritchard, of Virginia, for the rank of 
     Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for 
     Negotiations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 
     (DPRK) and United States Representative to the Korean 
     Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO).


                        african development bank

       Cynthia Shepard Perry, of Texas, to be United States 
     Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five 
     years.


                    inter-american development bank

       Jose A. Fourquet, of New Jersey, to be United States 
     Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank for 
     a term of three years.


           united states agency for international development

       Constance Berry Newman, of Illinois, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.


           united states agency for international development

       John Marshall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.


                            foreign service

       PN1139 Foreign Service nomination of Terence J. Donovan, 
     which was received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of October 16, 2001.
       PN1140 Foreign Service nominations (23) beginning Keith E. 
     Brown, and ending Olivier C. Carduner, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of October 16, 2001.

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