[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11592]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign 
Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of the 
following nominations:
  Victoria Nuland, PN 511, permanent representative on the Council of 
NATO; John Tefft, PN 523, Ambassador to Georgia; David Wilkins, PN-455, 
Ambassador to Canada; William Eaton, PN-503, Ambassador to Republic of 
Panama; James Derham, PN-480, Ambassador to Guatemala; Paul Trivelli, 
PN-509, Ambassador to Republic of Nicaragua; Linda Jewell, PN-522, 
Ambassador to Republic of Ecuador; Sean Ian McCormack, PN-351, 
Assistant Secretary of State; provided further that the Senate proceed 
to their consideration en bloc, the nominations be confirmed, that the 
motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then resume 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                          Department of State

       Victoria Nuland, of Connecticut, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Services, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Permanent Representative of the United States of America on 
     the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with 
     the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary.
       John F. Tefft, 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 Georgia.
       David Horton Wilkins, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to Canada.
       William Alan Eaton, 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 Panama.
       James M. Derham, 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 Guatemala.
       Paul A. Trivelli, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Nicaragua.
       Linda Jewell, of the District of Columbia, 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 Ecuador.
       Sean Ian McCormack, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of State (Public Affairs).

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