[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[Senate]
[Pages 27359-27361]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
immediately proceed to executive session to consider the following 
nominations on today's Executive Calendar: Calendar 35, 444, 445, 446, 
447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 469, and all 
nominations on the Secretary's desk.
  Further, I ask that the following committees be discharged from 
further consideration of the listed nominations and the Senate proceed 
to their consideration en bloc:
  Foreign relations, Alejandro Daniel Wolff, Ronald L. Schlicher, Carol 
van Voorst, Ross Wilson, Donald M. Payne, Edward Randall Royce, 
Promotion List (pn999).
  I further ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en 
bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President 
be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then 
return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                       department of the interior

       Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be Deputy 
     Secretary of the Interior.


                            in the air force

       The following Air National Guard of the United States 
     officers for appointment in the Reserve of the Air Force to 
     the grades indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203.

                          To be major general

     Brigadier General Larita A. Aragon
     Brigadier General Tod M. Bunting
     Brigadier General Craig E. Campbell
     Brigadier General William R. Cotney
     Brigadier General R. Anthony Haynes
     Brigadier General Charles V. Ickes, II
     Brigadier General Robert A. Knauff
     Brigadier General James R. Marshall
     Brigadier General Terry L. Scherling
     Brigadier General Michael J. Shira
     Brigadier General Emmett R. Titshaw, Jr.

                        To be brigadier general

     Colonel David S. Angle
     Colonel Thomas M. Botchie
     Colonel Richard W. Burris
     Colonel Garry C. Dean
     Colonel Michael J. Dornbush
     Colonel Kathleen E. Fick
     Colonel Edward R. Flora
     Colonel James H. Gwin
     Colonel Scott B. Harrison
     Colonel David M. Hopper
     Colonel Howard P. Hunt, III
     Colonel Cynthia N. Kirkland
     Colonel John M. Motley, Jr.
     Colonel Gerald C. Olesen
     Colonel Alan W. Palmer
     Colonel Michael L. Peplinski
     Colonel Esther A. Rada
     Colonel Alex D. Roberts

       The following Air National Guard of the United States 
     officers for appointment in the Reserve of the Air Force to 
     the grades indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203.

                        To be brigadier general

     Colonel Steven R. Doohen

       The following named officers for appointment in the United 
     States Air Force to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 624:

                        To be brigadier general

     Colonel Daniel R. Eagle


                              in the army

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Army to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
     position of importance and responsibility under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 601:

                             To be general

     Lt. Gen. David D. McKiernan

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Army to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
     position of importance and responsibility under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

     Maj. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Army to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
     position of importance and responsibility under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

     Maj. Gen. Keith W. Dayton

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Army to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
     position of importance and responsibility under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

     Maj. Gen. John R. Wood

       The following Army National Guard of the United States 
     officer for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the 
     grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203:

                          To be major general

     Brig. Gen. William T. Nesbitt

       The following Army National Guard of the United States 
     officers for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the 
     grades indicated under Title 10, U.S.C., Section 12203:

                          To be major general

     Brigadier General Robert P. French
     Brigadier General Donald J. Goldhorn
     Brigadier General Richard B. Moorhead
     Brigadier General Marvin W. Pierson
     Brigadier General Stewart A. Reeve
     Brigadier General Randall E. Sayre
     Brigadier General Theodore G. Shuey, Jr.
     Brigadier General Thomas L. Sinclair
     Brigadier General David A. Sprynczynatyk,
     Brigadier General Stephen F. Villacorta
     Brigadier General Gregory L. Wayt
     Brigadier General John J. Weeden
     Brigadier General Deborah C. Wheeling

                        To be brigadier general

     Colonel Ricky G. Adams
     Colonel Stephen E. Bogle
     Colonel Brent M. Boyles
     Colonel Stephen C. Burritt
     Colonel Andrew C. Burton
     Colonel Cameron A. Crawford
     Colonel Joseph G. DePaul
     Colonel Mark C. DoW
     Colonel Douglas B. Earhart
     Colonel William L. Enyart, Jr.
     Colonel Glenn C. Hammond, III
     Colonel David L. Harris
     Colonel Robert A. Harris
     Colonel Grant L. Hayden
     Colonel John W. Heltzel
     Colonel Leodis T. Jennings
     Colonel Larry D. Kay
     Colonel Jeff W. Mathis, III
     Colonel Wendell B. McLain
     Colonel Timothy S. Phillips
     Colonel Janet E. Phipps
     Colonel Stanley R. Putnam
     Colonel Ronald J. Randazzo
     Colonel Joseph M. Richie
     Colonel King E. Sidwell
     Colonel Eugene A Stockton
     Colonel Timothy I. Sullivan
     Colonel Richard E. Swan
     Colonel James H. Trogdon, III
     Colonel James D. Tyre
     Colonel Terry L. Wiley

       The following named officer for appointment in the Reserve 
     of the Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 
     section 12203:

                        To be brigadier general

     Col. Guy L. Sands-Pingot

       The following Army National Guard of the United States 
     officer for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the 
     grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203:

                        To be brigadier general

     Col. Mitchell L. Brown


                              in the navy

       The following named officer fur appointment as Chief of 
     Naval Personnel, United States Navy, and appointment to the 
     grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance 
     and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., 601 and 5141:

                           To be vice admiral

     Rear Adm. John C. Harvey, Jr.

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Navy to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 
     section 624:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. Frank Thorp, IV


                           in the coast guard

       The following named officers for appointment in the United 
     States Coast Guard to the grade indicated under Title 14, 
     U.S.C., Section 271:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. William D. Baumgartner
     Capt. Manson K. Brown
     Capt. John S. Burhoe
     Capt. Wayne E. Justice
     Capt. Daniel B. Lloyd
     Capt. Robert C. Parker
     Capt. Brian M. Salerno

               Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk


                            in the air force

       PN561  AIR FORCE nominations (2242) beginning BRIAN F. * 
     ABELL, and ending RAY A. * ZUNIGA, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of May 26, 2005.
       PN1070  AIR FORCE nomination of Jon R. Stovall, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of November 10, 2005.
       PN1071  AIR FORCE nomination of Kenneth W. Bullock, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of November 10, 2005.
       PN1072  AIR FORCE nominations (2) beginning RANDALL S. 
     LECHEMINANT, and ending SCOTT H. R. LEE, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of November 10, 2005.
       PN1073  AIR FORCE nomination of Rena A. Nicholas, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of November 10, 2005.




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       PN1074  AIR FORCE nomination of Jeffrey S. Brittig, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of November 10, 2005.
       PN1075  AIR FORCE nomination of Albert J. Bainger, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of November 10, 2005.


                              in the army

       PN1009  ARMY nominations (5) beginning ROBINETTE J. AMAKER, 
     and ending JOSEF H. MOORE, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     October 25, 2005.
       PN1010  ARMY nominations (6) beginning TERRY K. BESCH, and 
     ending JOHN R. TABER, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of October 
     25, 2005.
       PN1011  ARMY nominations (16) beginning KIMBERLY K. 
     ARMSTRONG, and ending KELLY A. WOLGAST, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of October 25, 2005.
       PN1012  ARMY nominations (38) beginning RANDALL G. 
     ANDERSON, and ending JOHN H. TRAKOWSKI JR., which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of October 25, 2005.
       PN1016  ARMY nominations (5) beginning ROBERT DEMPSTER, and 
     ending ERROL LADER, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of October 
     26, 2005.
       PN1017  ARMY nominations (22) beginning MIMMS MABEE, and 
     ending JIMMIE PEREZ, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of October 
     26, 2005.
       PN1018  ARMY nominations (2) beginning MICHELLE BEACH, and 
     ending HELEN LAQUAY, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of October 
     26, 2005.
       PN1019  ARMY nominations (4) beginning GREGORY BREWER, and 
     ending TERRELL MORROW, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of October 
     26, 2005.
       PN1038  ARMY nominations (3) beginning WALTER J. AUSTIN, 
     and ending KEITH C. SMITH, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     November 4, 2005.
       PN1076  ARMY nomination of Jack N. Washburne, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of November 10, 2005.
       PN1077  ARMY nominations (5) beginning BARRY J. BERNSTEIN, 
     and ending JUAN M. VERA, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     November 10, 2005.
       PN1078  ARMY nominations (2) beginning MELVIN S. HOGAN, and 
     ending JOSEPH M. JACKSON, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     November 10, 2005.


                           in the coast guard

       PN843  COAST GUARD nomination of Kathleen M. Donohoe, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of September 8, 2005.
       PN984  Alejandro Daniel Wolff. of California, a Career 
     Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
     Counselor, to be Representative of the United States of 
     America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
     Nations, during his tenure of service as Deputy 
     Representative of the United States of America to the United 
     Nations.
       PN983  Alejandro Daniel Wolff, of California, a Career 
     Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
     Counselor, to be the Deputy Representative of the United 
     States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and 
     status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and 
     the Deputy Representative of the United States of America in 
     the Security Council of the United Nations.
       PN982  Ronald L. Schlicher, of Tennessee, 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 Cyprus.
       PN1022  Carol van Voorst, 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 Iceland.
       PN1023  Ross Wilson, 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 Turkey.
       PN1065  Donald M. Payne, of New Jersey, to be a 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 
     Sixtieth Session of the General Assembly of the United 
     Nations.
       PN1066  Edward Randall Royce, of California, to be a 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 
     Sixtieth Session of the General Assembly of the United 
     Nations.
       The following-named Career Members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service of the Department of State for promotion in the 
     Senior Foreign Service to the classes indicated: Career 
     Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United States of 
     America, Class of Career Minister:

     R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts
     Eric S. Edelman, of Virginia
     James Franklin Jeffrey, of Virginia
     Kristie Anne Kenney, of Virginia

       Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United 
     States of America, Class of Minister-Counselor:

     Kathleen Hatch Allegrone, of Virginia
     Jonathan Mark Aloisi, of California
     Jay N. Anania, of Connecticut
     Alexander A. Arvizu, of Colorado
     David L. Ballard, of Texas
     William M. Bartlett, of Virginia
     Patricia A. Butenis, of Virginia
     Frederick Bishop Cook, of Florida
     Ernest E. Davis, of Missouri
     Kathleen R. Davis, of California
     Scott H. Delisi, of Minnesota
     David Tannrath Donahue, of Indiana
     Edward Kwok Hee Dong, of California
     Joseph R. Donovan, Jr., of New York
     Patrick D. Donovan, of Virginia
     Charles Lewis English, of Florida
     Gary M. Gibson, of Maryland
     Mary Ellen T. Gilroy, of Virginia
     George A. Glass, of New Jersey
     Patricia Haslach, of Oregon
     William J. Haugh, of Virginia
     Eric G. John, of Indiana
     John J. Keyes III, of Florida
     Michael David Kirby, of Ohio
     L.W. Koengeter, of Florida
     Alan Bryan Cedric Latimer, of Georgia
     Sally Mathiasen Light, of Washington
     Hugo L. Lorens, of Florida
     Jackson C. McDonald, of Florida
     William Joseph McGlynn, Jr., of California
     Luis G. Moreno, of Florida
     David D. Nelson, of South Dakota
     Carol Zelis Perez, of Texas
     Roger Dwayne Pierce, of Virginia
     Marguerita D. Ragsdale, of Virginia
     Charles Aaron Ray, of Texas
     James P. Reid, of California
     Ronald Sinclair Robinson, of Virginia
     Leslie Ventura Rowe, of Washington
     Daniel A. Russell, of Maine
     John Frederick Sammis, of Virginia
     Robin Renee Sanders, of New York
     Kyle R. Scott, of Arizona
     Daniel Bennett Smith, of Colorado
     Douglas Gordon Spelman, of Virginia
     Susan H. Swart, of Virginia
     Harlan D. Wadley, of Washington
     D. Bruce Wharton, of Virginia
     James G. Williard, of Florida
     Robert T. Yamate, of California

       The following-named Career Members of the Foreign Service 
     for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, and for 
     appointment as Consular officers and Secretaries in the 
     Diplomatic Service, as indicated: Career Members of the 
     Senior Foreign Service of the United States of America, Class 
     of Counselor:

     Richard Alan Albright, of Ohio
     Gerald C. Anderson, of Illinois
     David Egert Appleton, of New Hampshire
     Gary G. Bagley, of California
     Richard C. Beer, of Virginia
     Scott D. Bellard, of the District of Columbia
     Eric David Benjaminson, of Oregon
     Earle C. Blakeman III, of the District of Columbia
     John Brien Brennan, of Virginia
     Dolores Marie Brown, of Virginia
     Raymond Lewis Brown; of California
     Sue Kathrine Brown, of Texas
     Lee A. Brudvig, of California
     Beatrice A. Camp, of Virginia
     Lois Ann Cecsarini, of Connecticut
     Judith Beth Cefkin, of Texas
     Linda Carol Cheatham, of Texas
     Andrew Gilman Chritton, of Texas
     John W. Davison, of Pennsylvania
     Thomas Lawrence Delare, of Virginia
     J. Thomas Dougherty, of Wyoming
     Mary Dale Draper, of California
     Gordon K. Duguid, of Illinois
     Susan M. Elbow, of the District of Columbia
     Thomas Scott Engle, of the District of Columbia
     Henry S. Ensher, of California
     Paul Michael Fitzgerald, of Virginia
     William E. Fitzgerald, of New York
     Robert Stephen Ford, of Maryland
     John Gilmore Fox, of California
     Atim Eneida George, of California
     Alan Eric Greenfield, of Maine
     Jeri S. Guthrie-Corn, of California
     Dean J. Haas, of California
     Mary E. Hickey, of California
     Greta Christine Holtz, of Florida
     Jason P. Hyland, of Virginia
     Kevin M. Johnson, of New York
     Margaret Ellen Keeton, of California
     Damaris A. Kirchhofer, of Hawaii
     Edward J. Kulakowski, of Virginia
     Jerry P. Lanier, of North Carolina
     Edward Alex Lee, of Texas
     David Erik Lindwall, of Texas
     Eric H. Madison, of Virginia
     Frank J. Manganiello, of Virginia
     Alberta Mayberry, of Virginia
     James P. McAnulty, of Virginia
     Maria Elizabeth McKay, of Florida
     Alan Greeley Misenheimer, of Virginia
     Robin Jan Morritz, of Illinois
     Christopher W. Murray, of the District of Columbia
     Adam E. Namm, of Virginia
     Patricia Nelson-Douvelis, of Virginia
     Richard Norland, of Missouri
     Maureen E. Park, of Virginia
     Geeta Pasi. of New York
     Lawrence G. Richter, of California
     Ferial Ara Saeed, of California

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     Richard Milton Sanders, of Pennsylvania
     Eric T. Schultz, of Colorado
     Sandra Jean Shipshock, of Virginia
     Gregory S. Stanford, of Florida
     David L. Stone, of Louisiana
     W. Stuart Symington IV, of Missouri
     Lucy Tamlyn, of New York
     Douglas B. Wake, of New York
     Vivian S. Walker, of California
     Charles H. Walsh, Jr., of Oregon
     Laurie B. Weitzenkorn, of Florida
     Mark A. Wentworth, of Maine
     Bruce Williamson, of Virginia
     Claud R. Young, Jr., of the District of Columbia

       Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
     Counselor, and Consular Officers and Secretaries in the 
     Diplomatic Service of the United States of America:

     Randall D. Bennett, of Maryland
     David J. Benson, of Florida
     Roger N. Cohen, of Florida
     James T. Cronin, Jr., of Virginia
     Rodney Allen Evans, of Virginia
     Walter G. Felt, of Virginia
     Lester S. Folensbee, of Virginia
     William S. Green, of Ohio
     Stephen Richard Hartwell, of New Hampshire
     Mark Jeffrey Hipp, of Washington
     Mark J. Hunter, of Florida
     David G. Kidd, of Virginia
     Timothy C. Lawson, of Ohio
     Russell G. Le Clair, Jr., of Illinois
     Patrick Joseph Meagher, of California
     Thomas S. Miller, of Minnesota
     Barry M. Moore, of Texas
     Claude J. Nebel, Jr., of New Hampshire
     Christopher J. Paul, of Florida
     Robert G. Reed, of Virginia
     Terrence K. Williamson, of Maryland
     Jacob M. Wohlman, of Florida
     Charles E. Wright, of California

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