[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 13172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to consider the nominations reported earlier today by the 
Foreign Relations Committee as follows: Peter R. Chaveas to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone; Lori A. Forman to be 
Assistant Administrator for the United States Agency for International 
Development; Aubrey Hooks to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic 
of the Congo; Donald J. McConnell to be Ambassador to the State of 
Eritrea; Nancy Powell to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana; George 
McDade Staples to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon and to the 
Republic of Equatorial Guinea; that the nominations be confirmed, and 
the motions to reconsider laid on the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations were considered and confirmed as follows:


                          department of state

       Peter R. Chaveas, 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 Sierra Leone.
       Lori A. Forman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.
       Donald J. McConnell, of Ohio, 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 State of Eritrea.
       Aubrey Hooks, 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo.
       Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, 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 Ghana.
       George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, 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 Cameroon, and to serve 
     concurrently and without additional compensation as 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
consider and confirm Executive Calendar Nos. 199, 200, 203 through 210, 
213, 214, 221 and 222, that the nominations be confirmed and the 
motions to reconsider be laid on the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations were considered and confirmed as follows:


                         department of defense

       Douglas Jay Feith, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Policy.
       Peter W. Rodman, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense.
       Thomas P. Christie, of Virginia, to be Director of 
     Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense.
       Diane K. Morales, of Texas, to be Deputy Under Secretary of 
     Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness.
       Steven John Morello, Sr., of Michigan, to be General 
     Counsel of the Department of the Army.
       William A. Navas, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Navy.
       Michael Montelongo, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Air Force.
       Reginald Jude Brown, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Army.
       John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Navy.
       Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be Deputy Under Secretary 
     of Defense for Acquisition and Technology.
       Dionel M. Aviles, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of the Navy.


                          department of energy

       Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management).


                       department of agriculture

       Joseph J. Jen, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Research Education, and Economics.
       James R. Moseley, of Indiana, to be Deputy Secretary of 
     Agriculture.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to consider the following nominations reported earlier today by 
the Energy Committee: Patricia Lynn Scarlett to be Assistant Secretary 
of Interior; William Gerry Myers III to be Solicitor of the Department 
of Interior; Bennett William Raley to be Assistant Secretary of 
Interior; Vicky A. Bailey to be Assistant Secretary of Energy; Frances 
P. Mainella to be Director of the National Park Service; John W. Keys 
III to be Commissioner of Reclamation; that the nominations be 
confirmed, and the motions to reconsider be laid on the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations were considered and confirmed as follows:


                       department of the interior

       Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Interior.
       William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be Solicitor of the 
     Department of the Interior.
       Bennett William Raley, of Colorado, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Interior.


                          department of energy

       Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Energy (International Affairs and Domestic Policy).


                       department of the interior

       Frances P. Mainella, of Florida, to be Director of the 
     National Park Service.
       John W. Keys, III, of Utah, to be Commissioner of 
     Reclamation.

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the HELP 
Committee be discharged from consideration of the following 
nominations:
  Grover Whitehurst, to be Assistant Secretary of Educational Research 
and Improvement; Susan B. Neuman, to be the Assistant Secretary for 
Elementary and Secondary Education; Rebecca Campoverde, to be the 
Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs; Robert 
S. Martin, to be Director of the Institute of Museum and Library 
Services; that the Senate proceed to their consideration, en bloc; that 
they be confirmed; that the motions to reconsider be laid on the table; 
that any statements on any nominations confirmed today appear at the 
appropriate place in the Record; that the President be immediately 
notified of all the Senate's actions, and the Senate return to 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations were considered and confirmed as follows:


                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

       Grover J. Whitehurst, of New York, to be Assistant 
     Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement, 
     Department of Education.
       Susan B. Neuman, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary for 
     Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
       Rebecca O. Campoverde, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
     Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, 
     Department of Education.


           National Foundation on The Arts and the Humanities

       Robert S. Martin, of Texas, to be Director of the Institute 
     of Museum and Library Services.

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