[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8142]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                         NOMINATION DISCHARGED

  Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session and that the Foreign Relations Committee 
then be discharged of the nomination of William J. Burns to be an Under 
Secretary of State and that the Senate then proceed to the nomination; 
that the nomination be confirmed; that the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table; that no further motions be in order; that the President 
be immediately notified of the Senate's action; and that the Senate 
then return to legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:


                          department of state

       William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, a Career 
     Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career 
     Minister, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political 
     Affairs).

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