[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 97 (Thursday, June 25, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S7114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate, Thursday, June 25, 
2009:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       HAROLD HONGJU KOH, OF CONNECTICUT, TO BE LEGAL ADVISER OF 
     THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       LAWRENCE E. STRICKLING, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION.


              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

       MERCEDES MARQUEZ, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.


            OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

       ROBERT S. LITT, OF MARYLAND, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
     OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE.


                      CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

       STEPHEN WOOLMAN PRESTON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       ELLEN O. TAUSCHER, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF 
     STATE FOR ARMS CONTROL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
       KURT M. CAMPBELL, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN 
     ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE (EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC 
     AFFAIRS).


                   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

       JULIUS GENACHOWSKI, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE A 
     MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR A TERM OF 
     FIVE YEARS FROM JULY 1, 2008.
       ROBERT MALCOLM MCDOWELL, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS 
     FROM JULY 1, 2009.


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       DENNIS M. MCCARTHY, OF OHIO, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     OF DEFENSE.

       THE ABOVE NOMINATIONS WERE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE 
     NOMINEES' COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS TO APPEAR AND 
     TESTIFY BEFORE ANY DULY CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       DANIEL M. ROONEY, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO IRELAND.


                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

       KATHLEEN MARTINEZ, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF LABOR.


                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

       KATHY J. GREENLEE, OF KANSAS, TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR 
     AGING, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.


                            FOREIGN SERVICE

       FOREIGN SERVICE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH SUSAN MARIE CARL 
     AND ENDING WITH DALE N. TASHARSKI, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE 
     RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON JUNE 10, 2009.

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