[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6404]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. SPECTER for the Committee on the Judiciary.
       Michael Ryan Barrett, of Ohio, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of Ohio.
       Brian M. Cogan, of New York, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Eastern District of New York.
       Thomas M. Golden, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
     District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
       Timothy Anthony Junker, of Iowa, to be United States 
     Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of 
     four years.
       Patrick Carroll Smith, Sr., of Maryland, to be United 
     States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina for 
     the term of four years.
       By Mr. CRAIG for the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
       *Daniel L. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary 
     for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a term 
     of four years.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
  (Nominations without an asterisk were reported with the 
recommendation that they be confirmed.)

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