[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 119 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S6042]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

        VICTORIA MARIE BAECHER WASSMER, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNDER 
     SECRETARY OF ENERGY, VICE KRISTINA M. JOHNSON, RESIGNED.


                       TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

        RICHARD CAPEL HOWORTH, OF MISSISSIPPI, TO BE A MEMBER OF 
     THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY FOR 
     A TERM EXPIRING MAY 18, 2020. (REAPPOINTMENT)


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

        HARRY K. THOMAS, JR., OF NEW YORK, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF CAREER MINISTER, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF ZIMBABWE.


                           IN THE COAST GUARD

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO SERVE AS 
     DIRECTOR OF THE COAST GUARD RESERVE PURSUANT TO TITLE 14, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 53(B) IN THE GRADE INDICATED:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. KURT B. HINRICHS

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