[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 24308]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar Nos. 297 
through 301; that the nominations be confirmed and the motions to 
reconsider be laid on 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 state

       Margaret Spellings, of Texas, to be designated a 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-
     fourth Session of the General Conference of the United 
     Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
       Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Chief of Protocol, 
     and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of 
     service.
       Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Director General of the Foreign Service.
       Paula J. Dobriansky, of Virginia, for the rank of 
     Ambassador during her tenure of service as Special Envoy for 
     Northern Ireland.
       Ned L. Siegel, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

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