[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 22813]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              CONFIRMATION

  Executive nomination confirmed by the Senate Wednesday, December 6, 
2006:


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

ROBERT M. GATES, OF TEXAS, TO BE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.

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