[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5640]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations on the Executive Calendar: Nos. 17, 19, 20, and 22.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. CRAPO. I further ask unanimous consent the nominations be 
confirmed, the motions to consider be laid upon the table, the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the 
Senate then return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                          department of state

       William Lacy Swing, of North Carolina, 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo.
       Robert A. Seiple, of Washington, to be Ambassador at Large 
     for International Religious Freedom.
       The following-named Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
     Service, Class of Career Minister, for the personal rank of 
     Career Ambassador in recognition of especially distinguished 
     service over a sustained period:

     Mary A. Ryan, of Texas


                            foreign service

       The following-named Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
     Service of the Department of Agriculture for promotion in the 
     Senior Foreign Service to the classes indicated: Career 
     Member of the Senior Foreign Service of the United States of 
     America, Class of Career Minister:

     Warren J. Child

       Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Minister-Counselor:

     Mary E. Revelt
     John H. Wyss

       The following-named Career Members of the Foreign Service 
     of the Department of Agriculture for promotion into the 
     Senior Foreign Service to the class indicated: Career Members 
     of the Senior Foreign Service of the United States of 
     America, Class of Counselor:

     Weyland M. Beeghly
     Larry M. Senger
     Randolph H. Zeitner

       The following-named Career Member of the Foreign Service 
     for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, and for 
     appointment as Consular Officer and Secretary in the 
     Diplomatic Service, as indicated: Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service of the United States of America, Class of 
     Counselor:

     Danny J. Sheesley

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