[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Pages 10193-10194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations on the Executive Calendar: No. 451, and Nos. 528 through 
543, and all nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Foreign 
Service. I ask the clerk to report Calendar No. 536.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Edward William Gnehm, 
Jr., 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 Australia.
  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I 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 return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       Douglas A. Dworkin, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of 
     the Department of Defense.


                    BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

       Edward E. Kaufman, of Delaware, to be a Member of the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 
     13, 2000.

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       Alberto J. Mora, of Florida, to be a Member of the 
     Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 
     13, 2000.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       David N. Greenlee, of Maryland, 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 Paraguay.
       Susan S. Jacobs, 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 Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and 
     without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
     Solomon Islands, and as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Republic of Vanuatu.
       John F. Tefft, of Virginia, 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 Lithuania.
       John R. Dinger, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Mongolia.
       Donna Jean Hrinak, of Virginia, 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 Venezuela.
       John Martin O'Keefe, of Virginia, 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 Kyrgyz Republic.
       Edward William Gnehm, Jr., 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 Australia.
       Daniel A. Johnson, of Florida, 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 Suriname.
       V. Manuel Rocha, of California, 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 Bolivia.
       Rose M. Likins, 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 El Salvador.
       W. Robert Pearson, of Tennessee, 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 Turkey.
       Marc Grossman, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Director 
     General of the Foreign Service.
       Anne Woods Patterson, of Virginia, 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 Colombia.
       James Donald Walsh, of California, 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 Argentina.


                            foreign service

       Foreign Service nominations beginning Craig B. Allen, and 
     ending Daniel E. Harris, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     7, 2000.
       Foreign Service nominations beginning C. Franklin Foster, 
     Jr., and ending Michael Patrick Glover, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 7, 2000.
       Foreign Service nominations beginning Leslie O'Connor, and 
     ending David P. Lambert, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of May 
     11, 2000.

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