[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 16]
[Senate]
[Page 22658]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:
       By Mr. LEVIN for the Committee on Armed Services.
       Air Force nomination of Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula, to 
     be Lieutenant General.
       Air Force nomination of Lt. Gen. Claude R. Kehler, to 
     be General.
       Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Kenneth W. Hunzeker, to 
     be Lieutenant General.
       Army nomination of Lt. Gen. James D. Thurman, to be 
     Lieutenant General.
       Army nomination of Lt. Gen. James J. Lovelace, to be 
     Lieutenant General.
       Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Carter F. Ham, to be 
     Lieutenant General.
       Army nomination of Col. Lawrence A. Haskins, to be 
     Brigadier General.
       Navy nomination of Rear Adm. Richard K. Gallagher, to 
     be Vice Admiral.
       Navy nomination of Rear Adm. Robert T. Moeller, to be 
     Vice Admiral.
       Navy nomination of Rear Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., 
     to be Vice Admiral.
       Navy nomination of Adm. Michael G. Mullen, to be 
     Admiral.
       Marine Corps nomination of Gen. James E. Cartwright, 
     to be General.

       Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, for the Committee on Armed 
     Services I report favorably the following nomination lists 
     which were printed in the RECORDS on the dates indicated, and 
     ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on 
     the Executive Calendar that these nominations lie at the 
     Secretary's desk for the information of Senators.
       The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

       Air Force nomination of Damion T. Gottlieb, to be 
     Major.
       Air Force nomination of Francis E. Lowe, to be 
     Lieutenant Colonel.
       Air Force nominations beginning with Lista M. Benson and 
     ending with Karen L. Weis, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on July 
     25, 2007. 
       Air Force nominations beginning with Kevin C. Blakley and 
     ending with Robert A. Tetla, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     July 25, 2007. 
       Air Force nominations beginning with Robert K. Abernathy 
     and ending with Anthony J. Zucco, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on July 25, 2007. 
       Air Force nominations beginning with Mary Ann Behan and 
     ending with Paul A. Willingham, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on July 25, 2007. 
       Army nominations beginning with Dawud A. Agbere and ending 
     with Edward J. Yurus, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on July 25, 
     2007. 
       Army nominations beginning with Blake C. Ortner and ending 
     with Andrew S. Zeller, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on July 25, 
     2007. 
       Army nominations beginning with Julie A. Bentz and ending 
     with Thomas L. Turpin, Jr., which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     July 25, 2007. 
       Army nominations beginning with Larry L. Guyton and ending 
     with Linda M. Williams, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on July 
     25, 2007. 
       Navy nominations beginning with Jose A. Acosta and ending 
     with Lawrence A. Ramirez, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on July 
     25, 2007. 
       Navy nominations beginning with Douglas P. Barber, Jr. and 
     ending with Thomas J. Welsh, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on 
     July 25, 2007. 
       Navy nominations beginning with Susan D. Chacon and ending 
     with Seung C. Yang, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record on July 25, 
     2007. 
       Navy nominations beginning with Enein Y. H. Aboul and 
     ending with Kimberly A. Zuzelski, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record on July 25, 2007. 
       By Mr. INOUYE for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
       *William G. Sutton, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Commerce.
       *Ronald Spoehel, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial 
     Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
       *Thomas J. Barrett, of Alaska, to be Deputy Secretary of 
     Transportation.
       *Paul R. Brubaker, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the 
     Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department 
     of Transportation.

  Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, for the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation I report favorably the following nomination list 
which was printed in the Record on the date indicated, and ask 
unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive 
Calendar that this nomination lie at the Secretary's desk for the 
information of Senators.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

       *Coast Guard nomination of Kristine B. Neeley, to be 
     Lieutenant.
       By Mr. CONRAD for the Committee on the Budget.
       *Jim Nussle, of Iowa, to be Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
andtestify 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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