[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5785]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en 
bloc: Calendar No. 36, William Taft, IV; Calendar No. 37, Argeo Paul 
Cellucci; and nominations on the Secretary's desk in the Foreign 
Service.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en 
bloc, the motion to reconsider 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 Howard Taft, IV, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser 
     of the Department of State.
       Argeo Paul Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Canada.

               Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk


                            foreign service

       Foreign Service nominations (165) beginning E. Cecile 
     Adams, and ending William G.L. Gaskill, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 13, 2001.

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