[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1456]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

       SUSAN D. PEPPLER, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, VICE PAMELA 
     HUGHES PATENAUDE.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       LINDA THOMAS-GREENFIELD, OF LOUISIANA, 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 REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA.


                            FOREIGN SERVICE

       THE FOLLOWING-NAMED CAREER MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN 
     SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR PROMOTION WITHIN 
     AND INTO THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE TO THE CLASSES INDICATED: 


       CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF 
     CAREER MINISTER:

ALLAN P. MUSTARD, OF WASHINGTON
       CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF 
     MINISTER-COUNSELOR:

NICHOLAS E. GUTIERREZ, OF TEXAS
LLOYD S. HARBERT, OF VIRGINIA
ROSS GLANTON KREAMER, OF KENTUCKY
KENT D. SISSON, OF IDAHO
ROBIN TILSWORTH, OF CALIFORNIA
       CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF 
     COUNSELOR:

W. QUINTIN GRAY, OF NORTH CAROLINA
JONATHAN P. GRESSEL, OF FLORIDA
JEFFREY A. HESSE, OF VIRGINIA
JAMES JOSEPH HIGGISTON, OF NEW YORK
ROBERT K. HOFF, OF CALIFORNIA
S. RODRICK MCSHERRY, OF NEW MEXICO
DALE L. MAKI, OF TEXAS
DAVID C. MILLER, OF WASHINGTON
OSVALDO E. PEREZ-RAMOS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
SUSAN R. SCHAYES, OF VIRGINIA
DAVID GOODSON SALMON, OF MISSOURI
KEVIN N. SMITH, OF ILLINOIS


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

       RALPH E. MARTINEZ, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 
     A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 30, 2010, VICE LARAMIE FAITH 
     MCNAMARA.