[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13699]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of committees were submitted:

       By Mr. LUGAR for the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       *Emil A. Skodon, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Brunei 
     Darussalam.
       Nominee: Emil M. Skodon.
       Post: Brunei Darussalam.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: Dorothea Skodon: None.
       3. Children and Spouses: Catherine Skodon: None; Christine 
     Skodon: None.
       4. Parents: Emil J. Skodon: Deceased; Ann Skodon: Deceased.
       5. Grandparents: Jan Skodon: Deceased; Appolina Skodon: 
     Deceased; William Soltes: Deceased; Francis Soltes: Deceased.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: None.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: None.
                                  ____

       *Joseph A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
     Kingdom of Cambodia.
       Nominee: Joseph Adamo Mussomeli.
       Post: Cambodia; Nominated Feb. 17, 2005.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee:
       1. Self: 0.
       2. Spouse: 0.
       3. Children and Spouses: 0.
       4. Parents: N/A.
       5. Grandparents: N/A.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: 0.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: 0.
                                  ____

       *Larry Miles Dinger, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the 
     Republic of the Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and 
     without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic 
     of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of 
     Kiribati.
       Nominee: Larry Miles Dinger.
       Post: Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and 
     Tuvalu.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: Paula Gaffey Dinger: None.
       3. Children and Spouses: Cristina Maria Dinger: None; James 
     Thomas Dinger: None; William Lyle Dinger: None.
       4. Parents: Lyle Dinger (deceased); Lauraine Miles Dinger 
     (deceased).
       5. Grandparents: William and Estella Miles (deceased): 
     William and Christina Dinger (deceased).
       6. Brothers and Spouses: John and Michie Dinger: None; Glen 
     and Elizabeth Dinger (brother deceased).
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Jan and Daniel Duggan: None.
                                  ____

       *Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
     Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
       Nominee: Ronald E. Neumann.
       Post: Afghanistan; Nominated: May 13, 2005.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee:
       1. Self: Ronald E. Neumann: None.
       2. Spouse: Margaret Elaine Neumann: None.
       3. Children and Spouses: Brian Neumann: None; Helen 
     Neumann: None.
       4. Parents: Robert G. Neumann (deceased): N/A; Marlen 
     Eldredge (deceased): N/A.
       5. Grandparents: N/A.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: Gregory W. Neumann: None.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: N/A.
                                  ____

       *Gregory L. Schulte, of Virginia, to be Representative of 
     the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the 
     United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
       *Gregory L. Schulte, of Virginia, to be Representative of 
     the United States of America to the International Atomic 
     Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador.
       Nominee: Gregory L. Schulte.
       Post: U.N.--Vienna.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: Nancy Schulte: $50, 6/04, Senator Lieberman.
       3. Children and Spouses: Laura Schulte (unmarried): 
     Alexander Schulte (unmarried): None.
       4. Parents: Frank and Elaine Schulte: $50, 1/28/02, 
     Republican Cong'l Cmtee; $1,000, 4/23/04, Bush-Cheney; 
     $1,000, 9/9/04, Republican Nat'l Cmtee.
       5. Grandparents: Edward and Ester Schulte (deceased); 
     Dietrich and Louise Matthew (deceased): None.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: Richard Schulte: Unknown (out of 
     contact).
       7. Sisters and Spouses: None: N/A.
                                  ____

       *Michael E. Hess, of New York, to be an Assistant 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development.
       *Dina Habib Powell, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs).
       By Ms. COLLINS for the Committee on Homeland Security and 
     Governmental Affairs.
       A. Noel Anketell Kramer, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     an Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of 
     Appeals for the term of fifteen years.
       Laura A. Cordero, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
       *Linda Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be Controller, 
     Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management 
     and Budget.
       *Linda M. Springer, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the 
     Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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