[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 21, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S14399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                         UNCLEARED NOMINATIONS

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, there are several nominations that had been 
cleared for some length of time on our side of the aisle, and I was 
disappointed we were not able to clear them on the other side. The 
Intelligence Committee reported the General Counsel of the Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence on July 26, and that is being 
held up. We have the Assistant Secretary of Defense and an Under 
Secretary of Defense that we have been unable to reach consent on. I 
hope my colleagues on the other side of the aisle would allow these 
important defense and intelligence positions to go forward, and we will 
try again when we return.

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