[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 954]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate Wednesday, January 26, 
2005:


                          department of state

       Condoleezza Rice, of California, to be Secretary of State.


                     department of veterans affairs

       Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be Secretary of Veterans 
     Affairs.


                Department of Health and Human Services

       Michael O. Leavitt, of Utah, to be Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services.

       THE ABOVE NOMINATION WAS APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE NOMINEE'S 
     COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS TO APPEAR AND TESTIFY 
     BEFORE ANY DULY CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE.