[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[Senate]
[Page 25016]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate November 7, 2005:


                         POSTAL RATE COMMISSION

       MARK D. ACTON, OF KENTUCKY, TO BE A COMMISSIONER OF THE 
     POSTAL RATE COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 14, 2010, 
     VICE DANA BRUCE COVINGTON, SR., TERM EXPIRED.


                     FEDERAL INSURANCE TRUST FUNDS

       JOHN L. PALMER, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     TRUSTEES OF THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE TRUST 
     FUND FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS. (REAPPOINTMENT)
       JOHN L. PALMER, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     TRUSTEES OF THE FEDERAL HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND FOR A 
     TERM OF FOUR YEARS. (REAPPOINTMENT)
       THOMAS R. SAVING, OF TEXAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     TRUSTEES OF THE FEDERAL HOSPITAL INSURANCE TRUST FUND FOR A 
     TERM OF FOUR YEARS. (REAPPOINTMENT)
       JOHN L. PALMER, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     TRUSTEES OF THE FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS TRUST FUND AND 
     THE FEDERAL DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND FOR A TERM OF 
     FOUR YEARS. (REAPPOINTMENT)
       THOMAS R. SAVING, OF TEXAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     TRUSTEES OF THE FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE TRUST 
     FUND AND THE FEDERAL DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND FOR A 
     TERM OF FOUR YEARS. (REAPPOINTMENT)
       THOMAS R. SAVING, OF TEXAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     TRUSTEES OF THE FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTARY MEDICAL INSURANCE TRUST 
     FUND FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS. (REAPPOINTMENT)


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       KRISTIE A. KENNEY, OF VIRGINIA, 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 OF THE PHILIPPINES.
       ROBERT WEISBERG, OF MARYLAND, 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 OF CONGO.

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