[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 113 (Wednesday, September 13, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9566-S9567]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. STEVENS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations on 
today's Executive Calendar: Calendar No. 376, Calendar No. 887, 
Calendar No. 888, Calendar No. 889, Calendar No. 891, and Calendar No. 
894. I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed 
en bloc and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, that the 
President be immediately notified

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of the Senate's action, and the Senate resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                   executive office of the president

       Bertha K. Madras, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director 
     for Demand Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.


                         department of justice

       George E.B. Holding, of North Carolina, to be United States 
     Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the 
     term of four years.


                              peace corps

       Ronald A. Tschetter, of Minnesota, to be Director of the 
     Peace Corps.


                          department of state

       John C. Rood, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
     State (International Security and Non-Proliferation).
       Cesar Benito Cabrera, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve 
     concurrently and without additional compensation as 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.
       Mary Martin Ourisman, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without 
     additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to St. Kitts 
     and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth 
     of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

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