[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3652]
[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 the consideration of the following nominations: Calendar 
Nos. 730 through 736, and the nominations on the Secretary's desk under 
Foreign Service; that the nominations be confirmed; that the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table; that any statements relating to the 
nominations be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action; and that the Senate return to 
legislative session without any intervening action or debate.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                          department of state

       James W. Pardew, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Bulgaria.
       Richard Monroe Miles, of South Carolina, 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 Georgia.
       Peter Terpeluk, Jr., of Pennsylvania to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Luxembourg.
       Lawrence E. Butler, of Maine, 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 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
       Robert Patrick John Finn, of New York, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Afghanistan.


         international bank for reconstruction and development

       Robert B. Holland, III, of Texas, to be United States 
     Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank For 
     Reconstruction and Development for a term of two years.


           united states agency for international development

       Emmy B. Simmons, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
     International Development. (New Position)

               Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk


                            foreign service

       PN1310 Foreign Service nominations (3) beginning Jeffrey 
     Davidow, and ending George E. Moose, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of December 20, 2001.
       PN1311 Foreign Service nominations (95) beginning Gustavio 
     Alberto Mejia, and ending Joseph E. Zadrozny, Jr., which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of December 20, 2001.

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