[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 27 (Friday, February 17, 2012)]
[Senate]
[Page S1021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                      MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION

       MAJOR GENERAL JOHN PEABODY, UNITED STATES ARMY, TO BE A 
     MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER COMMISSION.


                       TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

       C. PETER MAHURIN, OF KENTUCKY, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
     OF DIRECTORS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FOR A TERM 
     EXPIRING MAY 18, 2016, VICE ROBERT M. DUNCAN, TERM EXPIRED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       MARK A. PEKALA, OF MARYLAND, 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 REPUBLIC OF LATVIA.
       RICHARD B. NORLAND, OF IOWA, 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 GEORGIA.
       JEFFREY D. LEVINE, OF CALIFORNIA, 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 REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA.
       MAKILA JAMES, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, A CAREER MEMBER 
     OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND.
       CARLOS PASCUAL, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN 
     ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE (ENERGY RESOURCES), VICE JOHN 
     STERN WOLF.


                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

       ERICA LYNN GROSHEN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE COMMISSIONER OF 
     LABOR STATISTICS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, FOR A TERM OF FOUR 
     YEARS, VICE KEITH HALL, TERM EXPIRED.

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