[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1461]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate February 10, 2006:


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       DORRANCE SMITH, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     OF DEFENSE, VICE VICTORIA CLARKE, RESIGNED, TO WHICH POSITION 
     HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.
       GORDON ENGLAND, OF TEXAS, TO BE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF 
     DEFENSE, VICE PAUL D. WOLFOWITZ, RESIGNED, TO WHICH POSITION 
     HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.


                                 AMTRAK

       ENRIQUE J. SOSA, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE REFORM 
     BOARD (AMTRAK) FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS (REAPPOINTMENT), TO 
     WHICH POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE 
     SENATE.
       FLOYD HALL, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE REFORM 
     BOARD (AMTRAK) FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS (REAPPOINTMENT), TO 
     WHICH POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE 
     SENATE.


                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

       ANDREW B. STEINBERG, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, VICE KARAN K. BHATIA.


                       INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

       ROGER W. WALLACE, OF TEXAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     DIRECTORS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR A TERM 
     EXPIRING OCTOBER 6, 2008 (REAPPOINTMENT), TO WHICH POSITION 
     HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.
       NADINE HOGAN, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     DIRECTORS OF THE INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR A TERM 
     EXPIRING JUNE 26, 2008 (REAPPOINTMENT), TO WHICH POSITION SHE 
     WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       ELLEN R. SAUERBREY, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF STATE (POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION), 
     VICE ARTHUR E. DEWEY, RESIGNED, TO WHICH POSITION SHE WAS 
     APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.
       C. BOYDEN GRAY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     EUROPEAN UNION, WITH THE RANK AND STATUS OF AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY, VICE ROCKWELL A. SCHNABEL, 
     RESIGNED, TO WHICH POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST 
     RECESS OF THE SENATE.


                     NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

       DENNIS P. WALSH, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS 
     EXPIRING DECEMBER 16, 2009 (REAPPOINTMENT), TO WHICH POSITION 
     HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.
       RONALD E. MEISBURG, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF 
     THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS, 
     VICE ARTHUR F. ROSENFELD, TERM EXPIRED, TO WHICH POSITION HE 
     WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.
       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, TO WHICH POSITION 
     HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.


               FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

       ARTHUR F. ROSENFELD, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE FEDERAL MEDIATION 
     AND CONCILIATION DIRECTOR, VICE PETER J. HURTGEN, RESIGNED, 
     TO WHICH POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF 
     THE SENATE.


             CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

       STEPHEN GOLDSMITH, OF INDIANA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
     OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
     SERVICE FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 6, 2010 (REAPPOINTMENT), 
     TO WHICH POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF 
     THE SENATE.


                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

       JULIE L. MYERS, OF KANSAS, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF 
     HOMELAND SECURITY, VICE MICHAEL J. GARCIA, RESIGNED, TO WHICH 
     POSITION SHE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE 
     SENATE.
       TRACY A. HENKE, OF MISSOURI, TO BE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 
     THE OFFICE OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COORDINATION AND 
     PREPAREDNESS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, VICE C. 
     SUZANNE MENCER, RESIGNED, TO WHICH POSITION SHE WAS APPOINTED 
     DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

       BENJAMIN A. POWELL, OF FLORIDA, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF 
     THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE (NEW 
     POSITION), TO WHICH POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST 
     RECESS OF THE SENATE.


                      FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

       STEVEN T. WALTHER, OF NEVADA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL 
     ELECTION COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 30, 2009, VICE 
     SCOTT E. THOMAS, TERM EXPIRED, TO WHICH POSITION HE WAS 
     APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.
       HANS VON SPAKOVSKY, OF GEORGIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 30, 
     2011, VICE BRADLEY A. SMITH, RESIGNED, TO WHICH POSITION HE 
     WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE SENATE.
       ROBERT D. LENHARD, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING APRIL 30, 
     2011, VICE DANNY LEE MCDONALD, TERM EXPIRED, TO WHICH 
     POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE LAST RECESS OF THE 
     SENATE.


            NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

       SUBJECT TO QUALIFICATIONS PROVIDED BY LAW, THE FOLLOWING 
     FOR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADES INDICATED IN THE 
     NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.

                            To be lieutenant

STEPHEN S. MEADOR

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