[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17049]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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               EXECUTIVE CALENDAR--NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to executive 
session and the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further 
consideration of the following: Lorne W. Craner, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation; Alan J. 
Patricof, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium 
Challenge Corporation; Dell Dailey, to be Coordinator for Counterrorism 
with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large; Reuben Jeffery III, to 
be Under Secretary of State; that they and the nominations on the 
Executive Calendar, Nos. 155 through 160, be considered and agreed to, 
the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate return to 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                    millennium challenge corporation

       Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a 
     term of three years.
       Alan J. Patricof, of New York, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a 
     term of three years.


                          department of state

       Dell L. Dailey, of South Dakota, to be Coordinator for 
     Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at 
     Large.
       Reuben Jeffery III, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Under Secretary of State (Economic, Energy, and Agricultural 
     Affairs).


                     national council on disability

       Marylyn Andrea Howe, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of 
     the National Council on Disability for a term expiring 
     September 17, 2008,
       Lonnie C. Moore, of Kansas, to be a Member of the National 
     Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2008.


                        department of education

       Kerri Layne Briggs, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
     for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of 
     Education.


                       railroad retirement board

       Jerome F. Kever, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
     Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 
     2008.
       Michael Schwartz, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
     Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 
     2012.
       Virgil M. Speakman, Jr., of Ohio, to be a Member of the 
     Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 
     2009.

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