[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 132 (Tuesday, December 5, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Page S11238]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate December 5, 2006:


                  COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

       JILL E. SOMMERS, OF KANSAS, TO BE A COMMISSIONER OF THE 
     COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 
     TERM EXPIRING APRIL 13, 2009, VICE SHARON BROWN-HRUSKA, 
     RESIGNED.


                     SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

       JEFFREY ROBERT BROWN, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 
     30, 2008, VICE BRADLEY D. BELT, RESIGNED, TO WHICH POSITION 
     HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       STANLEY DAVIS PHILLIPS, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA.
       SAM FOX, OF MISSOURI, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND 
     PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO BELGIUM.


                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

       GREGORY B. CADE, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE 
     UNITED STATES FIRE ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 
     SECURITY, VICE R. DAVID PAULISON, RESIGNED.


                             THE JUDICIARY

       HEIDI M. PASICHOW, 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, VICE ANNA BLACKBURNE-
     RIGSBY, ELEVATED.
       FREDERICK J. KAPALA, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, VICE 
     PHILIP G. REINHARD, RETIRING.


                EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

       MICHAEL W. TANKERSLEY, OF TEXAS, TO BE INSPECTOR GENERAL, 
     EXPORT-IMPORT BANK. (NEW POSITION)