[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 17498-17499]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations on 
the Executive Calendar: No. 426 through 432, 550, 598, 599, 600 through 
610, 619, 620, 621, 622, 623, 625, 626 through 630, 632, 633, 657, 658, 
684, and 685. I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be 
confirmed, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, any 
statements relating to the nominations be printed in the Record, the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the 
Senate then return to legislative session.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I say to my friend, the majority leader, he 
failed to read No. 644 and No. 645.
  Mr. LOTT. I did skip over those: Nos. 640, 644, 645, and 653 should 
also be included in that list.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

       Larry L. Levitan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
     Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of five 
     years.
       Steven H. Nickles, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the 
     Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of four 
     years.
       Robert M. Tobias, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
     Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of five 
     years.
       Karen Hastie Williams, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a 
     term of three years.
       George L. Farr, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the 
     Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of four 
     years.
       Charles L. Kolbe, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Internal 
     Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of three years.
       Nancy Killefer, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member 
     of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term of 
     five years.


                      FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

       Delmond J.H. Won, of Hawaii, to be a Federal Maritime 
     Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2002.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Ross L. Wilson, of Maryland, 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 Republic of Azerbaijan.
       Karl William Hofmann, of Maryland, 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 Togolese Republic.
       Janet A. Sanderson, of Arizona, 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 Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria.
       Donald Y. Yamamoto, of New York, 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 Republic of Djibouti.
       John W. Limbert, of Vermont, 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 Islamic Republic of Mauritania.
       Roger A. Meece, of Washington, 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 Republic of Malawi.
       Mary Ann Peters, of California, a Creer Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the People's Republic of Bangladesh.
       John Edward Herbst, of Virginia, 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 Republic of Uzbekistan.
       E. Ashley Wills, of Georgia, 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 Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, 
     and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
     as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Maldives.
       Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, 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 Ukraine.
       Sharon P. Wilkinson, of New York, 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 Mozambique.
       Owen James Sheaks, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Executive Service, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
     State (Verification and Compliance).
       Pamela E. Bridgewater, of Virginia, 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 Republic of Benin.


                      department of transportation

       Debbie D. Branson, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal 
     Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of three 
     years.


                  corporation for public broadcasting

       Frank Henry Cruz, of California, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
     for a term expiring January 31, 2006.
       Ernest J. Wilson III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
     for a term expiring January 31, 2004.
       Katherine Milner Anderson, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
     the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public 
     Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2006.
       Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting 
     for a term expiring January 31, 2006.


                        national mediation board

       Francis J. Duggan, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2003.


                      national science foundation

       Nina V. Fedoroff, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
     National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a 
     term expiring May 10, 2006.
       Diana S. Natalicio, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
     National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a 
     term expiring May 10, 2006.
       John A. White, Jr., of Arkansas, to be a Member of the 
     National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a 
     term expiring May 10, 2006.
       Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National 
     Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term 
     expiring May 10, 2006.
       Warren M. Washington, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
     National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a 
     term expiring May 10, 2006.


             corporation for national and community service

       Robert B. Rogers, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
     Service for a term expiring October 6, 2001.
       Carol W. Kinsley, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and 
     Community Service for a term of one year.


                          department of state

       Michael G. Kozak, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Executive Service, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Republic of Belarus.


                     department of veterans affairs

       Robert M. Walker, of West Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
     of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs. (New Position)
       Thomas L. Garthwaite, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
     Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     for a term of four years.


                         department of justice

       Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, to be United States Attorney 
     for the District of New Mexico for the term of four years.

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                         department of defense

       Roger W. Kallock, of Ohio, to be Deputy Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Logistics and Material Readiness. (New Position)


                          department of state

       Joseph R. Biden, Jr., of Delaware, to be a Representative 
     of the United States of America to the Fifty-fifth Session of 
     the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Rod Grams, of Minnesota, to be a Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Fifty-fifth Session of the 
     General Assembly of the United Nations.

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I appreciate that we were able to get these 
cleared. Most of these are career service people at the State 
Department and finally the approval of the IRS oversight board. We are 
really about 9 months late on that. It is important. We have this board 
in place. It is bipartisan, and I am glad we have gotten it cleared. 
There are other positions included here where we have Republicans and 
Democrats, both being cleared.
  I hope we will use this effort to look at the Executive Calendar and 
see if there are not other nominations that can be cleared, are 
noncontroversial or can be matched in terms of partisan divide and 
maybe even other nominations. I hope we do not just refuse to move any 
nomination at this point. There are people who need to be considered, 
and we will try to work on that. This was a good-faith effort on my 
part and Senator Daschle's part. It is the right thing to do with these 
nominations.

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