[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20971-20972]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Calendar Nos. 490 through 503; that the nominations be confirmed, the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, any statements thereon 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:


           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

       Kent R. Hill, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.
       J. Edward Fox, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
     the United States Agency for International Development.
       E. Anne Peterson, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       John F. Turner, of Wyoming, to be Assistant Secretary of 
     State for Oceans and International Environmental and 
     Scientific Affairs.
       Joseph M. DeThomas, of Pennsylvania, 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 Estonia.
       Brian E. Carlson, of Virginia, 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 Republic of Latvia.
       John N. Palmer, of Mississippi, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Portugal.

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       John Malcolm Ordway, 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 the Republic of Armenia.
       Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Finland.
       Robert V. Royall, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the United Republic of Tanzania.
       Margaret K. McMillion, of the District of Columbia, 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 Rwanda.
       Wanda L. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, 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 Madagascar.
       Clifford M. Sobel, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
       Cameron R. Hume, 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 South Africa.

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