[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 14167-14171]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

                                 ______
                                 

                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 474, 510, 517, 
518, 582, 592, 594, 611, 637, 638, 639, 640, 641, 642, 643, 644, 646, 
647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 660, 
661, 662, 663, 664, 667 to and including 682, all nominations on the 
Secretary's desk in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Foreign Service, 
NOAA, Marine Corps and Navy, and that the Foreign Relations Committee 
be discharged from consideration of PN 1815, Lyndon L. Olson, and the 
Banking Committee be discharged from further consideration of PN 568, 
Elizabeth A. Duke, and the HELP Committee be discharged from further 
consideration of PN 1501, Constance Barker, and the Senate proceed en 
bloc to their consideration; that the nominations be confirmed, en 
bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, en bloc, that 
no further motions be in order; provided further that the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate return to 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

       Gregory G. Katsas, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
     Attorney General.


                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

       Simon Charles Gros, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Transportation.


                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

       Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy 
     Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
     Department of Homeland Security. (New Position)


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Mark Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
     State (political-Military Affairs).


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       James B. Cunningham, of New York, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Israel.
       T. Vance McMahan, of Texas, to be Representative of the 
     United States of America on the Economic and Social Council 
     of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
       T. Vance McMahan, of Texas, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the 
     Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 
     during his tenure of service as Representative of the United 
     States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the 
     United Nations.


                              IN THE NAVY

       The following named officers for appointment in the United 
     States Navy to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 
     section 624.

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. Donald E. Gaddis


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Liliana Ayalde, of Maryland, 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 Paraguay.
       John R. Beyrle, 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 Russian Federation.
       Asif J. Chaudhry, of Washington, 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 Moldova.
       James Culbertson, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
       Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, of the District of Columbia, a 
     Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
     Minister-Counselor, to be Alternate Representative of the 
     United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the 
     United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
       David F. Girard-diCarlo, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Austria.
       John Melvin Jones, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana.
       Tina S. Kaidanow, of the District of Columbia, a Career 
     Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to 
     be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Republic of Kosovo.
       Kristen Silverberg, of Texas, to be Representative of the 
     United States of America to the European Union, with the rank 
     and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
       Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, of the District of Columbia, a 
     Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
     Minister-Counselor, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Sessions of the General 
     Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service 
     as Alternate Representative of the United States of America 
     for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations.


         UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY

       Lezlee J. Westine, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a 
     term expiring July 1, 2009.
       Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be a Member of the 
     United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a 
     term expiring July 1, 2008.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Eric J. Boswell, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security).
       Eric J. Boswell, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the 
     rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service.


                    DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

       Elaine C. Duke, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for 
     Management, Department of Homeland Security.


                   SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

       Elisse Walter, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 
     5, 2012.
       Troy A. Paredes, of Missouri, to be a Member of the 
     Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 
     5, 2013.
       Luis Aguilar, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Securities 
     and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term 
     expiring June 5, 2010.


                  NATIONAL CREDIT UNION ADMINISTRATION

       Michael E. Fryzel, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
     National Credit Union Administration Board for a term 
     expiring August 2, 2013.


              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

       Susan D. Peppler, of California, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
       Sheila McNamara Greenwood, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

       Neel T. Kashkari, of California, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of the Treasury. (New Position)


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

       Donald B. Marron, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
     Council of Economic Advisers.


              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

       Joseph J. Murin, of Pennsylvania, to be President, 
     Government National Mortgage Association.


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       Christopher R. Wall, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Commerce.


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

       Kelly Harrison Rankin, of Wyoming, to be United States 
     Attorney for the District of Wyoming for the term of four 
     years.
       Clyde R. Cook, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States 
     Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina for the 
     term of four years.


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       The following named officers for appointment in the United 
     States Air Force to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 624:

                        To be brigadier general

     Colonel William J. Bender

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     Colonel Bryan J. Benson
     Colonel Christopher C. Bogdan
     Colonel Darryl W. Burke
     Colonel Joseph T. Callahan, III
     Colonel Michael J. Carey
     Colonel John B. Cooper
     Colonel Samuel D. Cox
     Colonel Teresa A.H. Djuric
     Colonel Carlton D. Everhart, II
     Colonel Terrence A. Feehan
     Colonel Samuel A.R. Greaves
     Colonel Russell J. Handy
     Colonel Scott M. Hanson
     Colonel Veralinn Jamieson
     Colonel Jeffrey G. Lofgren
     Colonel Earl D. Matthews
     Colonel Kurt F. Neubauer
     Colonel Robert C. Nolan, II
     Colonel Craig S. Olson
     Colonel John R. Ranck, Jr.
     Colonel Darryl L. Roberson
     Colonel Jeffry F. Smith
     Colonel John F. Thompson
     Colonel Gregory J. Touhill
     Colonel Thomas J. Trask
     Colonel Joseph S. Ward, Jr.
     Colonel Scott D. West
     Colonel Timothy M. Zadalis

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Air Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
     position of importance and responsibility under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

     Maj. Gen. Paul J. Selva


                              In the Army

       The following Army National Guard of the United States 
     officer for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the 
     grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203:

                        To be brigadier general

     Col. Kenny C. Montoya

       The following Army National Guard of the United States 
     officer for promotion in the Reserve of the Army to the grade 
     indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 12211:

                          To be major general

     Brig. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Army to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
     position of importance and responsibility under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

     Maj. Gen. Ricky Lynch

       The following named officer for appointment to the grade 
     indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 3064 and 3069(b):

                          To be major general

     Col. Patricia D. Horoho

       The following Army National Guard of the United States 
     officers for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the 
     grades indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 
     12211:

                          To be major general

     Brigadier General Timothy E. Albertson
     Brigadier General Norman E. Arflack
     Brigadier General Tod J. Carmony
     Brigadier General William L. Enyart, Jr.
     Brigadier General Dennis E. Jacobson
     Brigadier General Kevin R. McBride
     Brigadier General Olin O. Oedekoven

                        To be brigadier general

     Colonel Dean W. Brown
     Colonel Annette M. Denner
     Colonel David B. Enyeart
     Colonel Charles H. Gailes, Jr.
     Colonel James R. Gorham
     Colonel James J. Grant
     Colonel Earnest L. Harrington, Jr.
     Colonel Wayne M. Hayes
     Colonel Reynold N. Hoover
     Colonel Ward K Johnson, III
     Colonel Daniel R. Kern
     Colonel Louis J. Landreth
     Colonel Martin A. Leppert
     Colonel Harry E. Miller, Jr.
     Colonel Rafael O. Ferrall
     Colonel Renwick L. Payne
     Colonel Kendall W. Penn
     Colonel Joseph M. Richie
     Colonel William F. Roy
     Colonel William L. Seekins
     Colonel Norman E. Steen
     Colonel Larry W. Triphahn


                          IN THE MARINE CORPS

       The following named officer for appointment to the grade of 
     lieutenant general in the United States Marine Corps while 
     assigned to a position of importance and responsibility under 
     title 10, U.S.C., section 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

     Maj. Gen. John R. Allen


                              IN THE NAVY

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Navy to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 
     section 624:

                           To be rear admiral

     Rear Adm. (lh) Moira N. Flanders

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                           To be rear admiral

     Rear Adm. (lh) Karen A. Flaherty

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                           To be rear admiral

     Rear Adm. (lh) Raymond P. English

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. Scott A. Weikert

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. Bruce A. Doll

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. Steven M. Talson

       The following named officers for appointment in the United 
     States Navy Reserve to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. Mark J. Belton
     Capt. Nicholas T. Kalathas

       The following named officer for appointment as Chief of 
     Navy Reserve, United States Navy, and appointment to the 
     grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance 
     and responsibility under title 10, U.S.C., sections 601 and 
     5143:

                           To be vice admiral

       Rear Adm. Dirk J. Debbink

               Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk


                            in the air force

       PN1707 AIR FORCE nomination of Andrew P. Armacost, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 3, 2008.
       PN1708 AIR FORCE nomination of Hans C. Bruntmyer, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 3, 2008.
       PN1709 AIR FORCE nominations (4) beginning DWIGHT PEAKE, 
     and ending TREVOR S. PETROU, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 3, 2008.
       PNl710 AIR FORCE nominations (4) beginning CHRISTINE 
     CORNISH, and ending DAVID G. WATSON, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 3, 2008.
       PN1723 AIR FORCE nomination of John L. Baeke, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 4, 2008.
       PN1724 AIR FORCE nominations (3) beginning JOSEPH C. LEE, 
     and ending BRAD A. NIESET, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     4, 2008.
       PN1725 AIR FORCE nominations (5) beginning ROBERT B. KOHL, 
     and ending ALVIN W. ROWELL, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PNl770 AIR FORCE nominations (87) beginning JAMES D. BARBER 
     JR., and ending MARK JOHN ZECHMAN, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.


                              in the army

       PN1293 ARMY nominations (32) beginning MARVIN P. ANDERSON, 
     and ending MARK V. VAIL, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 5, 2008.
       PN1294 ARMY nominations (102) beginning JOHN P. ALBANO, and 
     ending D060387, which nominations were received by the Senate 
     and appeared in the Congressional Record of February 5, 2008.
       PN1726 ARMY nomination of John Kissler, which was received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1727 ARMY nominations (3) beginning MARK A. ARTURI, and 
     ending DANA F. CAMPBELL, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     4, 2008.
       PN1728 ARMY nominations (3) beginning KATHLEEN AGOGLIA, and 
     ending JAMES R. TAYLOR, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     4, 2008.
       PN1729 ARMY nominations (6) beginning ROBERT J. EGIDIO, and 
     ending ALAN Z. SIEDLECKI, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     4, 2008.
       PN1771 ARMY nomination of Daisie D. Boettner, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.
       PN1772 ARMY nomination of Thomas C. Powell, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.
       PN1773 ARMY nomination of John M. Anderson, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.
       PN1774 ARMY nomination of Rowell A. Stanley Jr., which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.

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       PN1775 ARMY nominations (2) beginning MICHAEL E. DUNN, and 
     ending KEVIN J. MURPHY, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     16, 2008.
       PN1776 ARMY nominations (2) beginning TODD D. KOSTELECKY, 
     and ending LEESA J. PAPIER, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 16, 2008.
       PNl777 ARMY nomination of Christopher C. Everitt, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.
       PN1778 ARMY nomination of Dennis P. Collins, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.
       PNl779 ARMY nominations (6) beginning CHRISTOPHER W. BAKER, 
     and ending CHRISTINA M. LONG, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 16, 2008.
       PN1780 ARMY nominations (44) beginning ERIC J. ALBERTSON, 
     and ending D060628, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 16, 
     2008.


                           IN THE COAST GUARD

       PN1668 COAST GUARD nomination of Jeffrey R. Platt, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of May 13, 2008.
       PN1669 COAST GUARD nomination of Eileen M. Lutkenhouse, 
     which was received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of May 13, 2008.
       PN1752 COAST GUARD nomination of Nakeisha B. Hills, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 5, 2008.
       PN1753 COAST GUARD nomination of Elizabeth A. McNamara, 
     which was received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of June 5, 2008.


                         IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE

       PN877-2 FOREIGN SERVICE nomination of Russell Green, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of September 6, 2007.
       PN1006-2 FOREIGN SERVICE nomination of Dawn M. Liberi, 
     which was received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of October 23, 2007.
       PN1690-1 FOREIGN SERVICE nominations (217) beginning 
     MATTHEW KAZUAKI ASADA, and ending ADAM ZERBINOPOULOS, which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of May 22, 2008.


                          IN THE MARINE CORPS

       PN1781 MARINE CORPS nominations (11) beginning JOHN E. 
     BILAS, and ending ALAN R. SINGLETON II, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.
       PN1782 MARINE CORPS nominations (10) beginning JOSEPH R. 
     CORNELL, and ending JOHN J. SWINCINSKI, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.


            NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

       PN1691 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
     nominations (51) beginning Mark H. Pickett, and ending 
     Patrick M Sweeney III, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of May 22, 
     2008.


                              IN THE NAVY

       PN1572 NAVY nomination of Adam J. Coghan, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 15, 2008.
       PN1573 NAVY nomination of John E. Pasch III, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 15, 2008.
       PN1574 NAVY nominations (2) beginning RICHARD C. BOEHM, and 
     ending MICHAEL D. CONGER, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     15, 2008.
       PN1575 NAVY nominations (7) beginning JAMES R. DUNWORTH, 
     and ending MICHAEL A. SANO, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     April 15, 2008.
       PN1576 NAVY nominations (6) beginning WILLIAM K. DAVIS, and 
     ending KATHLEEN R. WRIGHT, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     15, 2008.
       PNI577 NAVY nominations (3) beginning KATHLEEN GROMILOVITZ, 
     and ending JAMES M. MANCHER, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     April 15, 2008.
       PN1578 NAVY nominations (3) beginning THOMAS E. FOLLO, and 
     ending SARAH M. STANDARD, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     15, 2008.
       PN1579 NAVY nominations (4) beginning DAVID J. HARACH, and 
     ending PATRICK R. MULCAHY, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     15, 2008.
       PN1580 NAVY nominations (6) beginning DONALD R. BURNS, and 
     ending WILLIAM D. MICHAEL, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     15, 2008.
       PN1581 NAVY nominations (10) beginning ROBERT J. BARTON II, 
     and ending CHRISTOPHER M. WAALER, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 15, 2008.
       PN1582 NAVY nominations (7) beginning DREW G. FLAVELL, and 
     ending PAUL F. WECKMAN, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     15, 2008.
       PN1583 NAVY nominations (8) beginning TERI J. BARBER, and 
     ending LORI A. YOST, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 15, 
     2008.
       PN1584 NAVY nominations (19) beginning ERIC B. ANDERSON, 
     and ending GEORGE N. WHITBRED IV, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 15, 2008.
       PN1585 NAVY nominations (107) beginning CLAYTON R. ALLEN, 
     and ending ERIC F. ZANIN, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     15, 2008.
       PN1586 NAVY nominations (30) beginning TAMMY M. BAKER, and 
     ending LEONARD A. ZIMMERMANN I, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 15, 2008.
       PN1620 NAVY nominations (4) beginning CHARLES E. A. BAKER, 
     and ending RICHARD N. SOUCIE, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     April 28, 2008.
       PN1621 NAVY nominations (4) beginning RAYMOND E. CHARTIER 
     JR., and ending ROBIN D. TYNER, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 28, 2008.
       PN1622 NAVY nominations (6) beginning ROBERT C. BUZZELL, 
     and ending EDUARDO E. WHEELER, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 28, 2008.
       PN1623 NAVY nominations (7) beginning KEVIN G. AANDAHL, and 
     ending DAVID E. WERNER, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     28, 2008.
       PN1624 NAVY nominations (7) beginning DAVID A. BONDURA, and 
     ending WILBURN T. J. STRICKLAND, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 28, 2008.
       PN1625 NAVY nominations (6) beginning JON D. ALBRIGHT, and 
     ending MICHAEL W. ZARKOWSKI, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     April 28, 2008.
       PN1626 NAVY nominations (16) beginning JAMES E. AULL, and 
     ending EDWARD B. WARFORD, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     28, 2008.
       PN1627 NAVY nominations (12) beginning CHRISTIAN D. BECKER, 
     and ending DONALD L. ZWICK, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     April 28, 2008.
       PN1628 NAVY nominations (15) beginning WILLIAM J. BROUGHAM, 
     and ending JEROME ZINNI, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of April 
     28, 2008.
       PN1629 NAVY nominations (11) beginning VORESA E. BOOKER, 
     and ending PAT L. WILLIAMS, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     April 28, 2008.
       PN1630 NAVY nominations (13) beginning DANELLE M. BARRETT, 
     and ending BOYD T. ZBINDEN, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     April 28, 2008.
       PN1631 NAVY nominations (223) beginning CHRISTOPHER P. 
     ANKLAM, and ending STEVEN J. YODER, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of April 28, 2008.
       PN1683 NAVY nominations (4) beginning JOHN L. FRANKLIN, and 
     ending NORMAN C. PETTY, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of May 
     20, 2008.
       PN1711 NAVY nomination of Michael J. McCormack, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 3, 2008.
       PN1712 NAVY nominations (2) beginning GREGG P. LOMBARDO, 
     and ending CHARLES J. NEWBURY, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 3, 2008.
       PN1713 NAVY nominations (3) beginning DANIEL L. GARD, and 
     ending WILLIAM A. WILDHACK III, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 3, 2008.
       PN1714 NAVY nominations (19) beginning MARK S. BELLIS, and 
     ending STEVEN R. WOLFE, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     3, 2008.
       PN1715 NAVY nominations (14) beginning FREDERICK H. BOYLES, 
     and ending ALLISON M. WELDON, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 3, 2008.
       PN1716 NAVY nominations (8) beginning ESTHER E. BURLINGAME, 
     and ending KIMBERLY K. PELLACK, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 3, 2008.
       PN1717 NAVY nominations (5) beginning KENNETH D. LAPOLLA, 
     and ending JOSEPH R. WILLIE II, which nominations were

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     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 3, 2008.
       PN1718 NAVY nominations (19) beginning BRUCE BENNETT, and 
     ending SCOTT K. RINEER, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     3, 2008.
       PN1719 NAVY nominations (15) beginning DANIEL K. BEAN, and 
     ending TED Y. YAMADA, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 3, 
     2008.
       PN1720 NAVY nominations (30) beginning GLORIA M. BAISEY, 
     and ending PATRICIA L. WEST, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 3, 2008.
       PN1730 NAVY nomination of Michael J. Maselly, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 4, 2008.
       PN1731 NAVY nominations (2) beginning HILLARY KING JR., and 
     ending JAMES E. WATTS, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 4, 
     2008.
       PN1732 NAVY nominations (8) beginning ROOSEVELT H. BROWN, 
     and ending DALE C. WHITE, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     4, 2008.
       PN1733 NAVY nominations (13) beginning DAVID R. BUSTAMANTE, 
     and ending RODNEY O. WORDEN, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1734 NAVY nominations (15) beginning VIDA M. 
     ANTOLINJENKINS, and ending JONATHAN S. THOW, which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of June 4, 2008.
       PN1735 NAVY nominations (20) beginning ANGELICA L. C. 
     ALMONTE, and ending NANCY J. WALKER, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 4, 2008.
       PN1736 NAVY nominations (22) beginning SMITH C. E. BARONE, 
     and ending CURTIS M. WERKING, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1737 NAVY nominations (25) beginning ROLAND E. ARELLANO, 
     and ending MARVA L. WHEELER, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1738 NAVY nominations (32) beginning CHRISTOPHER BOWER, 
     and ending ANDREW F. WICKARD, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1739 NAVY nominations (64) beginning DEBRA A. ARSENAULT, 
     and ending CLIFTON WOODFORD, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1740 NAVY nominations (8) beginning MICHAEL L. BAKER, and 
     ending CHAD G. WAHLIN, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 4, 
     2008.
       PN1741 NAVY nominations (10) beginning BRENT T. CHANNELL, 
     and ending MICHAEL J. SUPKO, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1742 NAVY nominations (11) beginning ALLEN C. BLAXTON, 
     and ending JOEL R. TESSIER, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1743 NAVY nominations (11) beginning MARC E. BOYD, and 
     ending ELISSA J. SMITH, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     4, 2008.
       PN1744 NAVY nominations (13) beginning TODD E. BARNHILL, 
     and ending DOMINICK A. VINCENT, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 4, 2008.
       PN1745 NAVY nominations (17) beginning EDWARD F. BOSQUE, 
     and ending KIM C. WILLIAMS, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1746 NAVY nominations (26) beginning JOHN D. BANDY, and 
     ending JEFFREY L. WILLIAMS, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1747 NAVY nominations (21) beginning CLAUDE W. ARNOLD 
     JR., and ending MICHELLE G. YOUNG, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 4, 2008.
       PN1748 NAVY nominations (34) beginning TIMOTHY A. BARNEY, 
     and ending VINCENT C. WATSON, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1749 NAVY nominations (35) beginning ALBERT ANGEL, and 
     ending THOMAS P. WYPYSKI, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of June 
     4, 2008.
       PN1750 NAVY nominations (641) beginning JONATHAN Q. ADAMS, 
     and ending MARK T. ZWOLSKI, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 4, 2008.
       PN1754 NAVY nominations (23) beginning MICHAEL A. BEMIS, 
     and ending MICHAEL J. UYBOCO, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 5, 2008.
       PN1783 NAVY nomination of Paul E. Levy, which was received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 16, 2008.
       PN1784 NAVY nomination of Robert N. Ladd, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of June 16, 2008.
       PN1785 NAVY nominations (2) beginning RAMON J. BERROCAL, 
     and ending BRIAN A. MERRITT, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     June 16, 2008.


                 Advisory Committee on Public Diplomacy

       Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., of Texas, to be a Member of the 
     United States Advisory Committee on Public Diplomacy for a 
     term expiring July 1, 2011.


               board of governors, federal reserve system

       Elizabeth A. Duke, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board 
     of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired 
     term of fourteen years from February 1, 1998.


                equal employment opportunity commission

       Constance S. Barker, of Alabama, to be a Member of the 
     Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring 
     July 1, 2011.


                           executive calendar

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today we confirmed three nominations for 
high level positions in the Department of Justice. The Senate is moving 
forward to confirm the nomination of Gregory Katsas to be Assistant 
Attorney General for the Civil Division at the Department of Justice. 
This is a nomination that was set to be confirmed before the Easter 
recess until it was blocked by a last-minute, anonymous Republican hold 
and additional complications in our relationship with the Department of 
Justice arose. We have made sufficient progress to move forward today.
  We also confirmed today two additional nominations, Kelly H. Rankin 
to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming and Clyde R. Cook to be 
U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina. Those are 
among the many presidential nominations that we have expedited through 
the Judiciary Committee. They were considered and reported by the 
Committee yesterday and being confirmed today.
  With the confirmations today, we will have confirmed 35 executive 
nominations so far this Congress, including the confirmations of 12 
U.S. attorneys, 7 U.S. marshals, and the top 3 positions at the Justice 
Department. When the President and Senate Republicans play to rightwing 
special interests with constant complaints about judicial nominations, 
they ignore the progress we have made to restock the leadership ranks 
at the Department of Justice that were decimated by the scandals of the 
Gonzales era.
  Of course, the grumblings on judicial nominations from the other side 
of the aisle are nothing more than partisan, election-year rhetoric 
that rings particularly hollow in light of the progress we have made. 
With the 5 nominations for lifetime appointments to the Federal bench 
confirmed this week by the Senate, including 2 for circuit court 
vacancies, the Senate under Democratic leadership has already, before 
the Fourth of July recess, matched the total of 54 judicial 
confirmations reached in 2 full years of the last Congress. That was a 
Congress with a Republican chairman and Republican majority working to 
confirm the nominees of a Republican President. And we have already 
matched their total.
  The 14 judicial confirmations so far this year compare to the zero 
registered by a Republican led Senate by this juncture during the 1996 
session, another presidential election year.
  The fact that Senate Democrats have moved more of President Bush's 
nominees more quickly when we have been in the majority than the 
Republicans did working with a President of their own party have is 
nothing new, just unacknowledged. We confirmed 100 nominations in only 
17 months in 2001 and 2002, while working with a most uncooperative 
White House, reducing the judicial vacancies I confronted when I became 
Judiciary Committee chairman in the summer of 2001 by 45 percent by the 
end of 2002. The 40 additional judicial nominations we confirmed when I 
became chairman, again, last year was more than in any of the previous 
3 years with a Republican majority and Republican chairman.

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  It is ironic that the Senate's Republican minority is so focused on 
the number of judges, because the reduction in judicial vacancies is 
the one number that has improved during the Bush administration in an 
era of skyrocketing gas prices, unemployment, health care costs and 
deficits and plummeting consumer confidence and home values.
  On July 1, 2000, when a Republican Senate majority was considering 
the judicial nominees of a Democratic President in a presidential 
election year, there were 60 judicial vacancies. Twenty-one were 
circuit court vacancies. Those vacancies were the result of years of 
Republican pocket filibusters of judicial nominations. In stark 
contrast, after the 2 nominations we confirmed yesterday and the 
circuit court judges we confirmed on Tuesday, there are just 40 total 
judicial vacancies throughout the country, with only 9 circuit court 
vacancies. By confirming Judge Helene White and Ray Kethledge to the 
last two vacancies on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, we reduced 
circuit court vacancies to single digits for the first time in 
decades--nine vacancies on our Nation's 13 circuit courts.
  The Judiciary Committee and the Senate have continued to make 
progress filling judicial vacancies even while having to devote 
extensive time and attention to rebuilding the Department of Justice. 
At the beginning of this Congress, the Judiciary Committee began its 
oversight efforts. Over the next 9 months, our efforts revealed a 
Department of Justice gone awry. The leadership crisis came more and 
more into view as Senator Specter and I led a bipartisan group of 
concerned Senators to consider the U.S. attorney firing scandal, a 
confrontation over the legality of the administration's warrantless 
wiretapping program, the untoward political influence of the White 
House at the Department of Justice, and the secret legal memos excusing 
all manner of excess and subverting the rule of law.
  What our efforts exposed was a crisis of leadership that took a heavy 
toll on the tradition of independence that has long guided the Justice 
Department and provided it with safe harbor from political 
interference. It shook the confidence of the American people. Through 
bipartisan efforts among those from both sides of the aisle who care 
about Federal law enforcement and the Department of Justice, we joined 
together to press for accountability. That resulted in a change in 
leadership at the Department, with the resignations of the Attorney 
General and many high-ranking Department officials.
  This week's troubling report from the Department's inspector general 
confirms what our oversight efforts in this Congress have uncovered 
about the politicization of hiring practices at the Department. It 
confirms our findings and our fears that the same senior Department 
officials involved with the firing of U.S. attorneys were injecting 
improper political motives into the process of hiring young attorneys. 
I suspect further reports from the inspector general will continue to 
shed light on the extent to which the Bush administration has allowed 
politics to affect--and infect--the Department's priorities, from law 
enforcement to the operation of the crucial Civil Rights Division to 
the Department's hiring practices.
  This report and those to follow will serve as a reminder to future 
Presidents that never again should blatant partisanship be made the 
crux of the Justice Department's hiring practices. The Department of 
Justice is not the President's legal defense team. It houses our 
Nation's top law enforcement officers, and it has been crippled in the 
last 7 years. By beginning the first real oversight efforts of this 
administration, we have uncovered troubling truths about this 
administration's efforts to infuse partisan politics into our Nation's 
top law enforcement agency.
  The oversight efforts did not complete our work. Asy result of the 
mass resignations at the Justice Department in the wake of the 
scandals, the committee held seven hearings on highranking replacements 
to restock and restore the leadership of the Department of Justice 
between September of last year up through the spring, including 
confirmation hearings for the new Attorney General, the new Deputy 
Attorney General, the new Associate Attorney General, and so many 
others. I thank Senator Whitehouse for chairing the hearings on the 
Katsas nomination. Today we continue that progress by confirming 
another nominee for an important leadership position at the Department.
  It is vital that we ensure that we have a functioning, independent 
Justice Department, and that we ensure that this sad era in the history 
of the Department is not repeated. We have seen what happens when the 
rule of law plays second fiddle to a President's agenda and the 
partisan desires of political operatives and it is a disaster for the 
American people. Both the President and the Nation are best served by a 
Justice Department that provides sound advice and takes responsible 
action, without regard to political considerations--not one that 
develops legalistic loopholes and ideological litmus tests to serve the 
ends of a particular administration.
  I congratulate the nominees and their families on their confirmations 
today.

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