[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 486]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to executive 
session to consider Calendar No. 634; that the nomination be confirmed, 
the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, that any statements be 
printed in the Record, and the Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination was considered and confirmed as follows:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New Hampshire, 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 the 
     Phillippines and to serve concurrently and without additional 
     compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
     of the United States of America to the Republic of Palau.

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