[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 108 (Friday, June 27, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6332-S6336]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 474, 510, 517,
518, 582, 592, 594, 611, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 646,
647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660,
661, 662, 663, 664, 667 to and including 682, all nominations on the
Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Foreign Service,
NOAA, Marine Corps and Navy, and that the Foreign Relations Committee
be discharged from consideration of PN 1815, Lyndon L. Olson, and the
Banking Committee be discharged from further consideration of PN 568,
Elizabeth A. Duke, and the HELP Committee be discharged from further
consideration of PN 1501, Constance Barker, and the Senate proceed en
bloc to their consideration; that the nominations be confirmed, en
bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, en bloc, that
no further motions be in order; provided further that the President be
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate return to
legislative session.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Gregory G. Katsas, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant
Attorney General.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Simon Charles Gros, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Transportation.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency,
Department of Homeland Security. (New Position)
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Mark Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
State (political-Military Affairs).
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
James B. Cunningham, of New York, a Career Member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United
States of America to Israel.
T. Vance McMahan, of Texas, to be Representative of the
United States of America on the Economic and Social Council
of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
T. Vance McMahan, of Texas, to be an Alternate
Representative of the United States of America to the
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations,
during his tenure of service as Representative of the United
States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations.
IN THE NAVY
The following named officers for appointment in the United
States Navy to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C.,
section 624.
To be rear admiral (lower half)
Capt. Donald E. Gaddis
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Liliana Ayalde, of Maryland, 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 Republic of Paraguay.
John R. Beyrle, of Michigan, 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 Russian Federation.
Asif J. Chaudhry, of Washington, 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 Republic of Moldova.
James Culbertson, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, of the District of Columbia, a
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of
Minister-Counselor, to be Alternate Representative of the
United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
David F. Girard-diCarlo, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Republic of Austria.
John Melvin Jones, of Virginia, 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 Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
Tina S. Kaidanow, of the District of Columbia, 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 Kosovo.
Kristen Silverberg, of Texas, to be Representative of the
United States of America to the European Union, with the rank
and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, of the District of Columbia, a
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of
Minister-Counselor, to be an Alternate Representative of the
United States of America to the Sessions of the General
Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service
as Alternate Representative of the United States of America
for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations.
UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Lezlee J. Westine, of Virginia, to be a Member of the
United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a
term expiring July 1, 2009.
Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be a Member of the
United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a
term expiring July 1, 2008.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Eric J. Boswell, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security).
Eric J. Boswell, of the District of Columbia, to be
Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Elaine C. Duke, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for
Management, Department of Homeland Security.
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Elisse Walter, of Maryland, to be a Member of the
Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June
5, 2012.
Troy A. Paredes, of Missouri, to be a Member of the
Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June
5, 2013.
Luis Aguilar, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Securities
and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term
expiring June 5, 2010.
NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION
Michael E. Fryzel, of Illinois, to be a Member of the
National Credit Union Administration Board for a term
expiring August 2, 2013.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Susan D. Peppler, of California, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
Sheila McNamara Greenwood, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Neel T. Kashkari, of California, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. (New Position)
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Donald B. Marron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the
Council of Economic Advisers.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Joseph J. Murin, of Pennsylvania, to be President,
Government National Mortgage Association.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Christopher R. Wall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Commerce.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Kelly Harrison Rankin, of Wyoming, to be United States
Attorney for the District of Wyoming for the term of four
years.
Clyde R. Cook, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the
term of four years.
IN THE AIR FORCE
The following named officers for appointment in the United
States Air Force to the grade indicated under title 10,
U.S.C., section 624:
To be brigadier general
Colonel William J. Bender
Colonel Bryan J. Benson
Colonel Christopher C. Bogdan
Colonel Darryl W. Burke
Colonel Joseph T. Callahan, III
Colonel Michael J. Carey
Colonel John B. Cooper
Colonel Samuel D. Cox
Colonel Teresa A.H. Djuric
Colonel Carlton D. Everhart, II
Colonel Terrence A. Feehan
Colonel Samuel A.R. Greaves
Colonel Russell J. Handy
Colonel Scott M. Hanson
Colonel Veralinn Jamieson
Colonel Jeffrey G. Lofgren
Colonel Earl D. Matthews
Colonel Kurt F. Neubauer
Colonel Robert C. Nolan, II
Colonel Craig S. Olson
Colonel John R. Ranck, Jr.
Colonel Darryl L. Roberson
Colonel Jeffry F. Smith
Colonel John F. Thompson
Colonel Gregory J. Touhill
Colonel Thomas J. Trask
Colonel Joseph S. Ward, Jr.
Colonel Scott D. West
Colonel Timothy M. Zadalis
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Air Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a
position of importance and responsibility under title 10,
U.S.C., section 601:
To be lieutenant general
Maj. Gen. Paul J. Selva
In the Army
The following Army National Guard of the United States
officer for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the
grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203:
To be brigadier general
Col. Kenny C. Montoya
The following Army National Guard of the United States
officer for promotion in the Reserve of the Army to the grade
indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 12211:
To be major general
Brig. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Army to the grade indicated while assigned to a
position of importance and responsibility under title 10,
U.S.C., section 601:
To be lieutenant general
Maj. Gen. Ricky Lynch
The following named officer for appointment to the grade
indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 3064 and 3069(b):
To be major general
Col. Patricia D. Horoho
The following Army National Guard of the United States
officers for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the
grades indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and
12211:
To be major general
Brigadier General Timothy E. Albertson
Brigadier General Norman E. Arflack
Brigadier General Tod J. Carmony
Brigadier General William L. Enyart, Jr.
Brigadier General Dennis E. Jacobson
Brigadier General Kevin R. McBride
Brigadier General Olin O. Oedekoven
To be brigadier general
Colonel Dean W. Brown
Colonel Annette M. Denner
Colonel David B. Enyeart
Colonel Charles H. Gailes, Jr.
Colonel James R. Gorham
Colonel James J. Grant
Colonel Earnest L. Harrington, Jr.
Colonel Wayne M. Hayes
Colonel Reynold N. Hoover
Colonel Ward K Johnson, III
Colonel Daniel R. Kern
Colonel Louis J. Landreth
Colonel Martin A. Leppert
Colonel Harry E. Miller, Jr.
Colonel Rafael O. Ferrall
Colonel Renwick L. Payne
Colonel Kendall W. Penn
Colonel Joseph M. Richie
Colonel William F. Roy
Colonel William L. Seekins
Colonel Norman E. Steen
Colonel Larry W. Triphahn
IN THE MARINE CORPS
The following named officer for appointment to the grade of
lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps while
assigned to a position of importance and responsibility under
title 10, U.S.C., section 601:
To be lieutenant general
Maj. Gen. John R. Allen
IN THE NAVY
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Navy to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C.,
section 624:
To be rear admiral
Rear Adm. (lh) Moira N. Flanders
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10,
U.S.C., section 12203:
To be rear admiral
Rear Adm. (lh) Karen A. Flaherty
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10,
U.S.C., section 12203:
To be rear admiral
Rear Adm. (lh) Raymond P. English
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10,
U.S.C., section 12203:
To be rear admiral (lower half)
Capt. Scott A. Weikert
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10,
U.S.C., section 12203:
To be rear admiral (lower half)
Capt. Bruce A. Doll
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10,
U.S.C., section 12203:
To be rear admiral (lower half)
Capt. Steven M. Talson
The following named officers for appointment in the United
States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10,
U.S.C., section 12203:
To be rear admiral (lower half)
Capt. Mark J. Belton
Capt. Nicholas T. Kalathas
The following named officer for appointment as Chief of
Navy Reserve, United States Navy, and appointment to the
grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance
and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., sections 601 and
5143:
To be vice admiral
Rear Adm. Dirk J. Debbink
Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk
in the air force
PN1707 AIR FORCE nomination of Andrew P. Armacost, which
was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 3, 2008.
PN1708 AIR FORCE nomination of Hans C. Bruntmyer, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 3, 2008.
PN1709 AIR FORCE nominations (4) beginning DWIGHT PEAKE,
and ending TREVOR S. PETROU, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 3, 2008.
PNl710 AIR FORCE nominations (4) beginning CHRISTINE
CORNISH, and ending DAVID G. WATSON, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 3, 2008.
PN1723 AIR FORCE nomination of John L. Baeke, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 4, 2008.
PN1724 AIR FORCE nominations (3) beginning JOSEPH C. LEE,
and ending BRAD A. NIESET, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
4, 2008.
PN1725 AIR FORCE nominations (5) beginning ROBERT B. KOHL,
and ending ALVIN W. ROWELL, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PNl770 AIR FORCE nominations (87) beginning JAMES D. BARBER
JR., and ending
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MARK JOHN ZECHMAN, which nominations were received by the
Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 16,
2008.
in the army
PN1293 ARMY nominations (32) beginning MARVIN P. ANDERSON,
and ending MARK V. VAIL, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
February 5, 2008.
PN1294 ARMY nominations (102) beginning JOHN P. ALBANO, and
ending D060387, which nominations were received by the Senate
and appeared in the Congressional Record of February 5, 2008.
PN1726 ARMY nomination of John Kissler, which was received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1727 ARMY nominations (3) beginning MARK A. ARTURI, and
ending DANA F. CAMPBELL, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
4, 2008.
PN1728 ARMY nominations (3) beginning KATHLEEN AGOGLIA, and
ending JAMES R. TAYLOR, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
4, 2008.
PN1729 ARMY nominations (6) beginning ROBERT J. EGIDIO, and
ending ALAN Z. SIEDLECKI, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
4, 2008.
PN1771 ARMY nomination of Daisie D. Boettner, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
PN1772 ARMY nomination of Thomas C. Powell, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
PN1773 ARMY nomination of John M. Anderson, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
PN1774 ARMY nomination of Rowell A. Stanley Jr., which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
PN1775 ARMY nominations (2) beginning MICHAEL E. DUNN, and
ending KEVIN J. MURPHY, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
16, 2008.
PN1776 ARMY nominations (2) beginning TODD D. KOSTELECKY,
and ending LEESA J. PAPIER, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 16, 2008.
PNl777 ARMY nomination of Christopher C. Everitt, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
PN1778 ARMY nomination of Dennis P. Collins, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
PNl779 ARMY nominations (6) beginning CHRISTOPHER W. BAKER,
and ending CHRISTINA M. LONG, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 16, 2008.
PN1780 ARMY nominations (44) beginning ERIC J. ALBERTSON,
and ending D060628, which nominations were received by the
Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 16,
2008.
IN THE COAST GUARD
PN1668 COAST GUARD nomination of Jeffrey R. Platt, which
was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of May 13, 2008.
PN1669 COAST GUARD nomination of Eileen M. Lutkenhouse,
which was received by the Senate and appeared in the
Congressional Record of May 13, 2008.
PN1752 COAST GUARD nomination of Nakeisha B. Hills, which
was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 5, 2008.
PN1753 COAST GUARD nomination of Elizabeth A. McNamara,
which was received by the Senate and appeared in the
Congressional Record of June 5, 2008.
IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE
PN877-2 FOREIGN SERVICE nomination of Russell Green, which
was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of September 6, 2007.
PN1006-2 FOREIGN SERVICE nomination of Dawn M. Liberi,
which was received by the Senate and appeared in the
Congressional Record of October 23, 2007.
PN1690-1 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (217) beginning
MATTHEW KAZUAKI ASADA, and ending ADAM ZERBINOPOULOS, which
nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the
Congressional Record of May 22, 2008.
IN THE MARINE CORPS
PN1781 MARINE CORPS nominations (11) beginning JOHN E.
BILAS, and ending ALAN R. SINGLETON II, which nominations
were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
PN1782 MARINE CORPS nominations (10) beginning JOSEPH R.
CORNELL, and ending JOHN J. SWINCINSKI, which nominations
were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
PN1691 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
nominations (51) beginning Mark H. Pickett, and ending
Patrick M Sweeney III, which nominations were received by the
Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of May 22,
2008.
IN THE NAVY
PN1572 NAVY nomination of Adam J. Coghan, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 15, 2008.
PN1573 NAVY nomination of John E. Pasch III, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 15, 2008.
PN1574 NAVY nominations (2) beginning RICHARD C. BOEHM, and
ending MICHAEL D. CONGER, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
15, 2008.
PN1575 NAVY nominations (7) beginning JAMES R. DUNWORTH,
and ending MICHAEL A. SANO, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
April 15, 2008.
PN1576 NAVY nominations (6) beginning WILLIAM K. DAVIS, and
ending KATHLEEN R. WRIGHT, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
15, 2008.
PNI577 NAVY nominations (3) beginning KATHLEEN GROMILOVITZ,
and ending JAMES M. MANCHER, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
April 15, 2008.
PN1578 NAVY nominations (3) beginning THOMAS E. FOLLO, and
ending SARAH M. STANDARD, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
15, 2008.
PN1579 NAVY nominations (4) beginning DAVID J. HARACH, and
ending PATRICK R. MULCAHY, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
15, 2008.
PN1580 NAVY nominations (6) beginning DONALD R. BURNS, and
ending WILLIAM D. MICHAEL, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
15, 2008.
PN1581 NAVY nominations (10) beginning ROBERT J. BARTON II,
and ending CHRISTOPHER M. WAALER, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 15, 2008.
PN1582 NAVY nominations (7) beginning DREW G. FLAVELL, and
ending PAUL F. WECKMAN, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
15, 2008.
PN1583 NAVY nominations (8) beginning TERI J. BARBER, and
ending LORI A. YOST, which nominations were received by the
Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 15,
2008.
PN1584 NAVY nominations (19) beginning ERIC B. ANDERSON,
and ending GEORGE N. WHITBRED IV, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 15, 2008.
PN1585 NAVY nominations (107) beginning CLAYTON R. ALLEN,
and ending ERIC F. ZANIN, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
15, 2008.
PN1586 NAVY nominations (30) beginning TAMMY M. BAKER, and
ending LEONARD A. ZIMMERMANN I, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 15, 2008.
PN1620 NAVY nominations (4) beginning CHARLES E. A. BAKER,
and ending RICHARD N. SOUCIE, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
April 28, 2008.
PN1621 NAVY nominations (4) beginning RAYMOND E. CHARTIER
JR., and ending ROBIN D. TYNER, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 28, 2008.
PN1622 NAVY nominations (6) beginning ROBERT C. BUZZELL,
and ending EDUARDO E. WHEELER, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 28, 2008.
PN1623 NAVY nominations (7) beginning KEVIN G. AANDAHL, and
ending DAVID E. WERNER, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
28, 2008.
PN1624 NAVY nominations (7) beginning DAVID A. BONDURA, and
ending WILBURN T. J. STRICKLAND, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 28, 2008.
PN1625 NAVY nominations (6) beginning JON D. ALBRIGHT, and
ending MICHAEL W. ZARKOWSKI, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
April 28, 2008.
PN1626 NAVY nominations (16) beginning JAMES E. AULL, and
ending EDWARD B. WARFORD, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
28, 2008.
PN1627 NAVY nominations (12) beginning CHRISTIAN D. BECKER,
and ending DONALD L. ZWICK, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
April 28, 2008.
PN1628 NAVY nominations (15) beginning WILLIAM J. BROUGHAM,
and ending JEROME ZINNI, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April
28, 2008.
PN1629 NAVY nominations (11) beginning VORESA E. BOOKER,
and ending PAT L. WILLIAMS, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
April 28, 2008.
PN1630 NAVY nominations (13) beginning DANELLE M. BARRETT,
and ending BOYD T. ZBINDEN, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
April 28, 2008.
PN1631 NAVY nominations (223) beginning CHRISTOPHER P.
ANKLAM, and ending STEVEN J. YODER, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of April 28, 2008.
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PN1683 NAVY nominations (4) beginning JOHN L. FRANKLIN, and
ending NORMAN C. PETTY, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of May
20, 2008.
PN1711 NAVY nomination of Michael J. McCormack, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 3, 2008.
PN1712 NAVY nominations (2) beginning GREGG P. LOMBARDO,
and ending CHARLES J. NEWBURY, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 3, 2008.
PN1713 NAVY nominations (3) beginning DANIEL L. GARD, and
ending WILLIAM A. WILDHACK III, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 3, 2008.
PN1714 NAVY nominations (19) beginning MARK S. BELLIS, and
ending STEVEN R. WOLFE, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
3, 2008.
PN1715 NAVY nominations (14) beginning FREDERICK H. BOYLES,
and ending ALLISON M. WELDON, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 3, 2008.
PN1716 NAVY nominations (8) beginning ESTHER E. BURLINGAME,
and ending KIMBERLY K. PELLACK, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 3, 2008.
PN1717 NAVY nominations (5) beginning KENNETH D. LAPOLLA,
and ending JOSEPH R. WILLIE II, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 3, 2008.
PN1718 NAVY nominations (19) beginning BRUCE BENNETT, and
ending SCOTT K. RINEER, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
3, 2008.
PN1719 NAVY nominations (15) beginning DANIEL K. BEAN, and
ending TED Y. YAMADA, which nominations were received by the
Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 3,
2008.
PN1720 NAVY nominations (30) beginning GLORIA M. BAISEY,
and ending PATRICIA L. WEST, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 3, 2008.
PN1730 NAVY nomination of Michael J. Maselly, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 4, 2008.
PN1731 NAVY nominations (2) beginning HILLARY KING JR., and
ending JAMES E. WATTS, which nominations were received by the
Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 4,
2008.
PN1732 NAVY nominations (8) beginning ROOSEVELT H. BROWN,
and ending DALE C. WHITE, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
4, 2008.
PN1733 NAVY nominations (13) beginning DAVID R. BUSTAMANTE,
and ending RODNEY O. WORDEN, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1734 NAVY nominations (15) beginning VIDA M.
ANTOLINJENKINS, and ending JONATHAN S. THOW, which
nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the
Congressional Record of June 4, 2008.
PN1735 NAVY nominations (20) beginning ANGELICA L. C.
ALMONTE, and ending NANCY J. WALKER, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 4, 2008.
PN1736 NAVY nominations (22) beginning SMITH C. E. BARONE,
and ending CURTIS M. WERKING, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1737 NAVY nominations (25) beginning ROLAND E. ARELLANO,
and ending MARVA L. WHEELER, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1738 NAVY nominations (32) beginning CHRISTOPHER BOWER,
and ending ANDREW F. WICKARD, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1739 NAVY nominations (64) beginning DEBRA A. ARSENAULT,
and ending CLIFTON WOODFORD, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1740 NAVY nominations (8) beginning MICHAEL L. BAKER, and
ending CHAD G. WAHLIN, which nominations were received by the
Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 4,
2008.
PN1741 NAVY nominations (10) beginning BRENT T. CHANNELL,
and ending MICHAEL J. SUPKO, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1742 NAVY nominations (11) beginning ALLEN C. BLAXTON,
and ending JOEL R. TESSIER, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1743 NAVY nominations (11) beginning MARC E. BOYD, and
ending ELISSA J. SMITH, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
4, 2008.
PN1744 NAVY nominations (13) beginning TODD E. BARNHILL,
and ending DOMINICK A. VINCENT, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 4, 2008.
PN1745 NAVY nominations (17) beginning EDWARD F. BOSQUE,
and ending KIM C. WILLIAMS, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1746 NAVY nominations (26) beginning JOHN D. BANDY, and
ending JEFFREY L. WILLIAMS, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1747 NAVY nominations (21) beginning CLAUDE W. ARNOLD
JR., and ending MICHELLE G. YOUNG, which nominations were
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 4, 2008.
PN1748 NAVY nominations (34) beginning TIMOTHY A. BARNEY,
and ending VINCENT C. WATSON, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1749 NAVY nominations (35) beginning ALBERT ANGEL, and
ending THOMAS P. WYPYSKI, which nominations were received by
the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June
4, 2008.
PN1750 NAVY nominations (641) beginning JONATHAN Q. ADAMS,
and ending MARK T. ZWOLSKI, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 4, 2008.
PN1754 NAVY nominations (23) beginning MICHAEL A. BEMIS,
and ending MICHAEL J. UYBOCO, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 5, 2008.
PN1783 NAVY nomination of Paul E. Levy, which was received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 16, 2008.
PN1784 NAVY nomination of Robert N. Ladd, which was
received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional
Record of June 16, 2008.
PN1785 NAVY nominations (2) beginning RAMON J. BERROCAL,
and ending BRIAN A. MERRITT, which nominations were received
by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of
June 16, 2008.
Advisory Committee on Public Diplomacy
Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be a Member of the
United States Advisory Committee on Public Diplomacy for a
term expiring July 1, 2011.
board of governors, federal reserve system
Elizabeth A. Duke, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired
term of fourteen years from February 1, 1998.
equal employment opportunity commission
Constance S. Barker, of Alabama, to be a Member of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring
July 1, 2011.
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Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today we confirmed three nominations for
high level positions in the Department of Justice. The Senate is moving
forward to confirm the nomination of Gregory Katsas to be Assistant
Attorney General for the Civil Division at the Department of Justice.
This is a nomination that was set to be confirmed before the Easter
recess until it was blocked by a last-minute, anonymous Republican hold
and additional complications in our relationship with the Department of
Justice arose. We have made sufficient progress to move forward today.
We also confirmed today two additional nominations, Kelly H. Rankin
to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming and Clyde R. Cook to be
U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Those are
among the many presidential nominations that we have expedited through
the Judiciary Committee. They were considered and reported by the
Committee yesterday and being confirmed today.
With the confirmations today, we will have confirmed 35 executive
nominations so far this Congress, including the confirmations of 12
U.S. attorneys, 7 U.S. marshals, and the top 3 positions at the Justice
Department. When the President and Senate Republicans play to rightwing
special interests with constant complaints about judicial nominations,
they ignore the progress we have made to restock the leadership ranks
at the Department of Justice that were decimated by the scandals of the
Gonzales era.
Of course, the grumblings on judicial nominations from the other side
of the aisle are nothing more than partisan, election-year rhetoric
that rings particularly hollow in light of the progress we have made.
With the 5 nominations for lifetime appointments to the Federal bench
confirmed this week by the Senate, including 2 for circuit court
vacancies, the Senate under Democratic leadership has already, before
the Fourth of July recess, matched the total of 54 judicial
confirmations reached in 2 full years of the last Congress. That was a
Congress with a Republican chairman and Republican majority working to
confirm the nominees of a Republican President. And we have already
matched their total.
The 14 judicial confirmations so far this year compare to the zero
registered by a Republican led Senate by
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this juncture during the 1996 session, another presidential election
year.
The fact that Senate Democrats have moved more of President Bush's
nominees more quickly when we have been in the majority than the
Republicans did working with a President of their own party have is
nothing new, just unacknowledged. We confirmed 100 nominations in only
17 months in 2001 and 2002, while working with a most uncooperative
White House, reducing the judicial vacancies I confronted when I became
Judiciary Committee chairman in the summer of 2001 by 45 percent by the
end of 2002. The 40 additional judicial nominations we confirmed when I
became chairman, again, last year was more than in any of the previous
3 years with a Republican majority and Republican chairman.
It is ironic that the Senate's Republican minority is so focused on
the number of judges, because the reduction in judicial vacancies is
the one number that has improved during the Bush administration in an
era of skyrocketing gas prices, unemployment, health care costs and
deficits and plummeting consumer confidence and home values.
On July 1, 2000, when a Republican Senate majority was considering
the judicial nominees of a Democratic President in a presidential
election year, there were 60 judicial vacancies. Twenty-one were
circuit court vacancies. Those vacancies were the result of years of
Republican pocket filibusters of judicial nominations. In stark
contrast, after the 2 nominations we confirmed yesterday and the
circuit court judges we confirmed on Tuesday, there are just 40 total
judicial vacancies throughout the country, with only 9 circuit court
vacancies. By confirming Judge Helene White and Ray Kethledge to the
last two vacancies on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, we reduced
circuit court vacancies to single digits for the first time in
decades--nine vacancies on our Nation's 13 circuit courts.
The Judiciary Committee and the Senate have continued to make
progress filling judicial vacancies even while having to devote
extensive time and attention to rebuilding the Department of Justice.
At the beginning of this Congress, the Judiciary Committee began its
oversight efforts. Over the next 9 months, our efforts revealed a
Department of Justice gone awry. The leadership crisis came more and
more into view as Senator Specter and I led a bipartisan group of
concerned Senators to consider the U.S. attorney firing scandal, a
confrontation over the legality of the administration's warrantless
wiretapping program, the untoward political influence of the White
House at the Department of Justice, and the secret legal memos excusing
all manner of excess and subverting the rule of law.
What our efforts exposed was a crisis of leadership that took a heavy
toll on the tradition of independence that has long guided the Justice
Department and provided it with safe harbor from political
interference. It shook the confidence of the American people. Through
bipartisan efforts among those from both sides of the aisle who care
about Federal law enforcement and the Department of Justice, we joined
together to press for accountability. That resulted in a change in
leadership at the Department, with the resignations of the Attorney
General and many high-ranking Department officials.
This week's troubling report from the Department's inspector general
confirms what our oversight efforts in this Congress have uncovered
about the politicization of hiring practices at the Department. It
confirms our findings and our fears that the same senior Department
officials involved with the firing of U.S. attorneys were injecting
improper political motives into the process of hiring young attorneys.
I suspect further reports from the inspector general will continue to
shed light on the extent to which the Bush administration has allowed
politics to affect--and infect--the Department's priorities, from law
enforcement to the operation of the crucial Civil Rights Division to
the Department's hiring practices.
This report and those to follow will serve as a reminder to future
Presidents that never again should blatant partisanship be made the
crux of the Justice Department's hiring practices. The Department of
Justice is not the President's legal defense team. It houses our
Nation's top law enforcement officers, and it has been crippled in the
last 7 years. By beginning the first real oversight efforts of this
administration, we have uncovered troubling truths about this
administration's efforts to infuse partisan politics into our Nation's
top law enforcement agency.
The oversight efforts did not complete our work. Asy result of the
mass resignations at the Justice Department in the wake of the
scandals, the committee held seven hearings on highranking replacements
to restock and restore the leadership of the Department of Justice
between September of last year up through the spring, including
confirmation hearings for the new Attorney General, the new Deputy
Attorney General, the new Associate Attorney General, and so many
others. I thank Senator Whitehouse for chairing the hearings on the
Katsas nomination. Today we continue that progress by confirming
another nominee for an important leadership position at the Department.
It is vital that we ensure that we have a functioning, independent
Justice Department, and that we ensure that this sad era in the history
of the Department is not repeated. We have seen what happens when the
rule of law plays second fiddle to a President's agenda and the
partisan desires of political operatives and it is a disaster for the
American people. Both the President and the Nation are best served by a
Justice Department that provides sound advice and takes responsible
action, without regard to political considerations--not one that
develops legalistic loopholes and ideological litmus tests to serve the
ends of a particular administration.
I congratulate the nominees and their families on their confirmations
today.
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