[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 7780]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 85, 
on today's Executive Calendar; I further ask unanimous consent that the 
nomination be confirmed, the motion 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 nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:


                       department of agriculture

       Vernon Bernard Parker, of Arizona, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Agriculture.

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