[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 108 (Friday, June 27, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6309-S6310]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, we have a number of nominations we are going 
to try to clear today. We have a number

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of consent requests but just a few in number. We have been asked by the 
White House to hold off on one of those for the next 15 minutes, so we 
will do that. We have quite a large batch of nominations to clear. We 
have a hold on them. We thought we had it all worked out, but there is 
a problem on the other side. That is unfortunate, but that is what 
seems to happen. I have had a number of conversations with the 
President's Chief of Staff, and they have had numerous meetings with my 
people and the President's people. We thought we had everything worked 
out--and we do on our side--as to what Mr. Bolton wants. But we will 
wait to see if that can be worked out with the minority, and sometime 
in the near future.
  I have nothing further at this time, Mr. President.

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