[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 5588]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the nomination of Ryan C. 
Crocker to be Ambassador to Iraq. This was reported out of the Foreign 
Relations Committee earlier today. I ask unanimous consent that the 
nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table, that any statements be printed at the appropriate place in the 
Record, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, 
and that the Senate return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:
       Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service with the Personal Rank of Career 
     Ambassador, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     Republic of Iraq.

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