[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17051]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate Friday, June 22, 2007:


                     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.
       THE ABOVE NOMINATIONS WERE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE 
     NOMINEES' COMMITMENT TO RESPOND TO REQUESTS TO APPEAR AND 
     TESTIFY BEFORE ANY DULY CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE.


                          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).


                    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.