[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 125 (Friday, September 29, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S10819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         DISCHARGED NOMINATIONS

  The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of the following nominations and the nominations were 
confirmed:

       Clyde Bishop, of Delaware, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
       Charles L. Glazer, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of El Salvador.
       Donald Y. Yamamoto, of New York, 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 Federal Democratic Republic of 
     Ethiopia.
       Frank Baxter, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

  The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs was 
discharged from further consideration of the following nominations and 
the nominations were held at the desk:

       Christopher A. Padilla, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
       Bijan Rafiekian, of California, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States 
     for the remainder of the term expiring January 20, 2007.

  The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
was discharged from further consideration of the following nomination 
and the nomination was held at the desk:

       Calvin L. Scovel, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
     Department of Transportation.

  The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources was discharged 
from further consideration of the following nominations and the 
nominations were held at the desk:

       Robert W. Johnson, of Nevada, to be Commissioner of 
     Reclamation.
       C. Stephen Allred, of Idaho, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of the Interior.
       Mary Amelia Bomar, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the 
     National Park Service.

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