[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20088]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations on the today's Executive Calendar: Calendar Nos. 285, 312, 
313, and all nominations on the Secretary's desk.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed, 
the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then return 
to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                          department of state

       Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of State.


                    united states institute of peace

       Stephen D. Krasner, of California, to be a Member of the 
     Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace 
     for a term expiring January 19, 2005.
       Charles Edward Horner, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Board of Directors of the United States 
     Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2007.


                            foreign service

       PN778 Foreign Service nominations (101) beginning James M. 
     Cunningham, and ending Howard M. Krawitz, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 25, 2003.

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