[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Pages 18902-18903]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Calendar Nos. 935 through 998, 1007, 1037, 1038, 1053, and 1054; that 
the nominations be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid on the 
table, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action; 
that any statements thereon be printed in the Record, and the Senate 
then resume legislative session, with the preceding all occurring 
without intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations were considered and confirmed, as follows:


                          department of state

       James Franklin Jeffrey, 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 Albania.
       James Irvin Gadsden, 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 Iceland.
       Martin George Brennan, 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 Zambia.
       Vicki Huddleston, Arizona, 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 Mali.
       Donald C. Johnson, of Texas, 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 Cape Verde.
       Jimmy Kolker, of Missouri, 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 Uganda.
       Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu, of New Jersey, 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 Niger.
       J. Anthony Holmes, 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 Burkina Faso.
       Aurelia E. Brazeal, 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 the Federal Democratic Republic of 
     Ethiopia.
       Richard L. Baltimore III, of New York, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
     be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

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     of the United States to the Sultanate of Oman.


                             the judiciary

       James Knoll Gardner, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
       Ronald H. Clark, of Texas, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.
       Lawrence J. Block, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United 
     States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
       Charles E. Erdmann, of Colorado, to be a Judge of the 
     United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the 
     term of fifteen years to expire on the date prescribed by 
     law.


                         department of defense

       Thomas Forrest Hall, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Defense.

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