[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 184 (Wednesday, December 9, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Pages S12833-S12834]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       PATRICIA A. HOFFMAN, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF ENERGY (ELECTRICITY DELIVERY AND ENERGY 
     RELIABILITY), VICE KEVIN M. KOLEVAR, RESIGNED.


OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR ALASKA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION 
                                PROJECTS

       LARRY PERSILY, OF ALASKA, TO BE FEDERAL COORDINATOR FOR 
     ALASKA NATURAL GAS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR THE TERM 
     PRESCRIBED BY LAW, VICE DRUE PEARCE, RESIGNED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       MARI CARMEN APONTE, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF EL SALVADOR.
       DONALD E. BOOTH, OF VIRGINIA, 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 FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF 
     ETHIOPIA.

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            NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

       SUBJECT TO QUALIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY LAW, THE FOLLOWING 
     FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADES INDICATED IN THE 
     NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION:

                            To be lieutenant

KEITH E. TUCKER

                              To be ensign

BRETT E. FLOYD
BRANDY E. GEIGER
ANTHONY J.M. IMBERI
BRIAN R.C. KENNEDY
ROBERT J. MITCHELL
LINH K. NGUYEN
ALISE N. PARRISH
AMBER M. PAYNE
ADAM C. PFUNDT
TAMERA J. REUL
KELLY M. SCHILL
MICHAEL S. SILAGI
TANNER A. SIMS
DAVID O. VEJAR
JASON P.R. WILSON


                           In the Coast Guard

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUAL FOR APPOINTMENT AS A 
     PERMANENT COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES COAST 
     GUARD IN THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 14, U.S.C, SECTION 
     211(A):

                            To be lieutenant

ROBERT A. MOOMAW


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE 
     OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

                          To be major general

BRIG. GEN. CAROL A. LEE

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE 
     OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

                          To be major general

BRIGADIER GENERAL ERIC W. CRABTREE
BRIGADIER GENERAL WALLACE W. FARRIS, JR.
BRIGADIER GENERAL CRAIG N. GOURLEY
BRIGADIER GENERAL DAVID S. POST
BRIGADIER GENERAL DONALD C. RALPH
BRIGADIER GENERAL JON R. SHASTEEN
BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD A. SHOOK, JR.
BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES N. STEWART
BRIGADIER GENERAL LANCE D. UNDHJEM


                              IN THE ARMY

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

                             To be colonel

JAMES R. AGAR II
JANE E. BAGWELL
RANDALL J. BAGWELL
MICHAEL R. BLACK
JOHN P. CARRELL
DAVID K. DALITION
THERESA A. GALLAGHER
TYLER J. HARDER
FRANCIS P. KING
KARL W. KUHN
MICHAEL O. LACEY
MARK D. MAXWELL
THOMAS C. MODESZTO
FRANKLIN D. RAAB
JAMES H. ROBINETTE II
PAUL T. SALUSSOLIA
RALPH J. TREMAGLIO III
STEVEN B. WEIR
KERRY M. WHEELEHAN

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