[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 48 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S3582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

       KATHLEEN A. MERRIGAN, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE DEPUTY 
     SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE, VICE CHARLES F. CONNER, RESIGNED.


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       APRIL S. BOYD, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN 
     ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, VICE NATHANIEL F. WIENECKE, 
     RESIGNED.


                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

       MICHELLE DEPASS, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, VICE 
     JUDITH ELIZABETH AYRES, RESIGNED.


                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

       PETER CUNNINGHAM, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 
     VICE LAUREN M. MADDOX.


                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

       BRIAN VINCENT KENNEDY, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF LABOR, VICE KRISTINE ANN IVERSON, RESIGNED.


                              IN THE ARMY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTIONS 624 AND 3064:

                          To be major general

BRIG. GEN. JAMES K. GILMAN
BRIG. GEN. PHILIP VOLPE

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTIONS 624 AND 3064:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. WILLIAM B. GAMBLE
COL. RICHARD W. THOMAS

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