[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 194 (Friday, December 16, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S8743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                             THE JUDICIARY

       JOHN THOMAS FOWLKES, JR., OF TENNESSEE, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE, VICE 
     BERNICE B. DONALD, ELEVATED.
       KEVIN MCNULTY, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, VICE GARRETT E. BROWN, 
     JR., RETIRING.


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

       RICHARD B. BERNER, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE DIRECTOR, OFFICE 
     OF FINANCIAL RESEARCH, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, FOR A TERM 
     OF SIX YEARS. (NEW POSITION)


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       NANCY J. POWELL, OF IOWA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR 
     FOREIGN SERVICE, PERSONAL RANK OF CAREER AMBASSADOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO INDIA.


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

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

                        To be brigadier general

COLONEL JEFFREY K. BARNSON
COLONEL ABEL BARRIENTES
COLONEL KIMBERLY A. CRIDER
COLONEL THERON G. DAVIS
COLONEL CHRISTOPHER L. EDDY
COLONEL LYMAN L. EDWARDS
COLONEL JOHN C. FLOURNOY, JR.
COLONEL KATHRYN J. JOHNSON
COLONEL KENNETH D. LEWIS, JR.
COLONEL STEPHEN J. LINSENMEYER, JR.
COLONEL VINCENT M. MANCUSO
COLONEL UDO K. MCGREGOR
COLONEL ERIC S. OVERTURF
COLONEL KAREN A. RIZZUTI
COLONEL VINCENT M. SARONI
COLONEL JAMES P. SCANLAN

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