[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8123]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations on 
today's Executive Calendar: Nos. 576, 577, 578, 579, 619, 620, and 623.
  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 are as follows:


                       department of agriculture

       Marc L. Kesselman, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of 
     the Department of Agriculture.
       Linda Avery Strachan, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Agriculture.
       Boyd Kevin Rutherford, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Agriculture.
       Gale A. Buchanan, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.


                         department of justice

       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.


                    Department of Homeland Security

       Uttam Dhillon, of California, to be Director of the Office 
     of Counternarcotics Enforcement, Department of Homeland 
     Security.

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