[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 26260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate November 16, 2005:


                       Department of Agriculture

       MARC L. KESSELMAN, OF TENNESSEE, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF 
     THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, VICE NANCY SOUTHARD BRYSON.


                   Executive Office of the President

       RICHARD T. CROWDER, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE CHIEF AGRICULTURAL 
     NEGOTIATOR, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE, 
     WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR, VICE ALLEN FREDERICK JOHNSON, 
     RESIGNED.


                Department of Health and Human Services

       DANIEL MERON, OF MARYLAND, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE 
     DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, VICE ALEX AZAR II.


                          Department of State

       CLAUDIA A. MCMURRAY, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     OF STATE FOR OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND 
     SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS, VICE JOHN F. TURNER, RESIGNED.


                     National Labor Relations Board

       PETER N. KIRSANOW, OF OHIO, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 
     LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS EXPIRING 
     AUGUST 27, 2008, VICE RONALD E. MEISBURG.