[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20876-20877]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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             EXECUTIVE CALENDAR AND NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider en bloc the 
following nominations on today's Executive Calendar: Calendar Nos. 344, 
345, 346, 353, and 355.
  Further, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign Relations Committee 
and the Finance Committee be discharged from further consideration of 
the following nominations from their respective committees: from the 
Foreign Relations Committee, PN764, Jeffrey Marcus; from the Finance 
Committee, PN477, Teresa Ressel.
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be considered 
and 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. Is there objection?
  Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, reserving the right to object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Minnesota.
  Mr. DAYTON. Mr. President, on behalf of the Democratic leader, we are 
also clear on Calendar No. 308, Jack Goldsmith III, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General; and Calendar No. 354, Daniel Bryant, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General.
  So I withdraw my objection.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                   executive office of the president

       Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United 
     States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.


                         department of commerce

       James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Commerce.

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                       department of the treasury

       Robert Stanley Nichols, of Washington, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Treasury.


                         department of justice

       Rene Acosta, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
     General.
       Paul Michael Warner, of Utah, to be United States Attorney 
     for the District of Utah for the term of four years.


                          Department of State

       Jeffrey A. Marcus, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to 
     Belgium.


                         Department of Treasury

       Teresa M. Ressel, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
     the Treasury.

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