[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 146 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5189-S5190]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

        SCOTT W. BRADY, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE 
     TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE DAVID J. HICKTON, RESIGNED.
        BOBBY L. CHRISTINE, OF GEORGIA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA FOR THE TERM OF 
     FOUR YEARS, VICE EDWARD J. TARVER, RESIGNED.
        DAVID J. FREED, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE TERM 
     OF FOUR YEARS, VICE PETER J. SMITH, RESIGNED.
        ANDREW E. LELLING, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE TERM OF 
     FOUR YEARS, VICE CARMEN MILAGROS ORTIZ, RESIGNED.
        STEPHEN R. MCALLISTER, OF KANSAS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS FOR THE TERM OF FOUR 
     YEARS, VICE BARRY R. GRISSOM, RESIGNED.
        RONALD A. PARSONS, JR., OF SOUTH DAKOTA, TO BE UNITED 
     STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOR THE TERM 
     OF FOUR YEARS, VICE BRENDAN V. JOHNSON, RESIGNED.


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

        JAMES F. GEURTS, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, VICE SEAN JOSEPH STACKLEY.


                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

        HOWARD R. ELLIOTT, OF INDIANA, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE 
     PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, 
     DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, VICE MARIE THERESE DOMINGUEZ.
        PAUL TROMBINO III, OF WISCONSIN, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF 
     THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, VICE GREGORY GUY NADEAU.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

        REBECCA ELIZA GONZALES, 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 KINGDOM OF LESOTHO.
        CARLA SANDS, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY 
     AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     KINGDOM OF DENMARK.
        MANISHA SINGH, OF FLORIDA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
     STATE (ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS), VICE CHARLES HAMMERMAN 
     RIVKIN.


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

        JOHN F. BASH, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR 
     THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FOR

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     THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE ROBERT LEE PITMAN, RESIGNED.


                             THE JUDICIARY

        WALTER DAVID COUNTS III, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, VICE ROBERT 
     A. JUNELL, RETIRED.


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

        R. ANDREW MURRAY, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE 
     TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE ANNE M. TOMPKINS, RESIGNED.


                             THE JUDICIARY

        MATTHEW SPENCER PETERSEN, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, VICE RICHARD W. 
     ROBERTS, RETIRED.