[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 165 (Tuesday, December 14, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S9021-S9022]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. DODD for the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
     Urban Affairs.
       *Joseph A. Smith, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Director of 
     the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years.

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       By Mr. KERRY for the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       *Larry Leon Palmer, of Georgia, 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 Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.
       Nominee: Larry Leon Palmer.
       Post: Venezuela.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: Larry L. Palmer, none.
       2. Spouse: Lucille Palmer, none.
       3. Children and Spouses: Vincent Palmer, none.
       4. Parents: Rev. R.V. Palmer, Sr., deceased; Mrs. Gladys 
     Palmer, deceased.
       5. Grandparents: Augustus Young, deceased; Litha Young, 
     deceased.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: R.V. Palmer, II, none; Theresa 
     Palmer, none; Charles Palmer, none; Mollie Palmer, none.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Miriam L. Golphin, none; Lewis 
     Golphin, deceased; Seygbo M. Palmer, none.
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       *Kevin Glenn Nealer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2011.
       *Carol Fulp, of Massachusetts, to be a Representative of 
     the United States of America to the Sixty-fifth Session of 
     the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       *Jeanne Shaheen, of New Hampshire, to be a Representative 
     of the United States of America to the Sixty-fifth Session of 
     the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       *Roger F. Wicker, of Mississippi, to be a Representative of 
     the United States of America to the Sixty-fifth Session of 
     the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       *Gregory J. Nickels, of Washington, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-
     fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       *William R. Brownfield, of Texas, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law 
     Enforcement Affairs).
       *Paige Eve Alexander, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.
       *Mark Green, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Board of 
     Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term 
     of three years.
       *Thomas R. Nides, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
     Secretary of State for Management and Resources.
       *Alan J. Patricof, of New York, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a 
     term of two years.

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, for the Committee on Foreign Relations I 
report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in 
the Record on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save 
the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that these 
nominations lie at the Secretary's desk for the information of Senators 
.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

       *Foreign Service nominations beginning with Connor Cherer 
     and ending with Bernadette Regina Zielinski, which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record on July 21, 2010.
       *Foreign Service nominations beginning with Heather M. 
     Rogers and ending with Stephanie L. Woodard, which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record on September 23, 2010.
       *Foreign Service nominations beginning with Joseph 
     Farinella and ending with Joseph C. Williams, which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record on September 23, 2010.
       *Foreign Service nominations beginning with Patricia A. 
     Butenis and ending with Keith A. Swinehart, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on September 29, 2010.
       *Foreign Service nominations beginning with Louis John 
     Fintor and ending with Thomas F. Gray, Jr., which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on November 17, 2010.
       *Foreign Service nominations beginning with Alan Hallman 
     and ending with Richard G. Simpson, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on November 17, 2010.
       *Foreign Service nominations beginning with Lloyd S. 
     Harbert and ending with Daryl A. Brehm, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on November 17, 2010.
       *Foreign Service nominations beginning with James Franklin 
     Jeffrey and ending with Earl A. Wayne, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on November 18, 2010.
       By Mr. LEAHY for the Committee on the Judiciary.
       Patti B. Saris, of Massachusetts, to be Chair of the United 
     States Sentencing Commission.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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