[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Pages 22070-22071]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED

  The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of the following nominations and the nominations were 
confirmed:

       Eric G. John, of Indiana, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Kingdom of Thailand.

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       Nominee: Eric G. John.
       Post: Thailand.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, amount, date; and donee:
       1. Self, none.
       2. Spouse, none.
       3. Children and spouses, none.
       4. Parents: Patricia John, $25.00, 9/2004, George W. Bush.
       5. Grandparents, none.
       6. Brothers and spouses, Robert John, $250.00, 11/2003, 
     John Edwards.
       7. Sisters and spouses, none.
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       Michael W. Michalak, of Michigan, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
       Nominee: Michael W. Michalak.
       Post: Washington, D.C.
       The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee.
       1. Self, none.
       2. Spouse, none.
       3. Children and spouses, none.
       4. Parents, none.
       5. Grandparents, none.
       6. Brothers and spouses, none.
       7. Sisters and spouses, none.

  The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry was 
discharged from further consideration of the following nominations and 
the nominations were confirmed:

       Jill E. Sommers, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the 
     Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the 
     term expiring April 13, 2009.
       Bartholomew H. Chilton, of Delaware, to be a Commissioner 
     of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder 
     of the term expiring April 13, 2008.

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