[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 24377]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate November 1, 2005:


                         FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

       BEN S. BERNANKE, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
     OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR A TERM OF 
     FOURTEEN YEARS FROM FEBRUARY 1, 2006, VICE ALAN GREENSPAN, 
     TERM EXPIRING.
       BEN S. BERNANKE, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD 
     OF GOVERNORS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM FOR A TERM OF FOUR 
     YEARS, VICE ALAN GREENSPAN.


                          department of state

       STEVEN ALAN BROWNING, OF TEXAS, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC UGANDA.
       JEANINE E. JACKSON, OF WYOMING, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO BURKINA FASO.


                           in the coast guard

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES COAST GUARD RESERVE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 
     10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

                           To be Rear Admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) JOHN C. ACTON, 0000

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