[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 22752-22753]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         NOMINATION DISCHARGED

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  NOMINATION OF MARY CARLIN YATES TO BE AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF 
                                 GHANA

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations 
Committee be discharged from further consideration of the nomination of 
Mary Carlin Yates to be the Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana; that 
the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of the nomination; 
that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid on 
the table; that any statements be printed in the Record; that the 
President be immediately notified of the Senate's action; and that the 
Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:

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       Mary Carlin Yates, of Oregon, 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.

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