[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 145 (Monday, October 5, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7127-S7128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

        STEVEN MICHAEL HARO, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, VICE MARGARET LOUISE CUMMISKY, 
     RESIGNED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

        JOHN FRANCIS KOTEK, OF IDAHO, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     OF ENERGY (NUCLEAR ENERGY), VICE PETER BRUCE LYONS, RESIGNED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

        TODD C. CHAPMAN, OF TEXAS, 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 ECUADOR.

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        MATTHEW JOHN MATTHEWS, OF OREGON, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, FOR THE 
     RANK OF AMBASSADOR DURING HIS TENURE OF SERVICE AS UNITED 
     STATES SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR THE ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIC 
     COOPERATION (APEC) FORUM.


                       OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL

        CAROLYN N. LERNER, OF MARYLAND, TO BE SPECIAL COUNSEL, 
     OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL, FOR THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS. 
     (REAPPOINTMENT)


                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

        MICHAEL JOSEPH MISSAL, OF MARYLAND, TO BE INSPECTOR 
     GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, VICE GEORGE J. 
     OPFER, RESIGNED.


                              IN THE ARMY

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

                             To be colonel

MICHAEL A. BLAINE

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