[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 15834-15835]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


             NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

       CHARLES F. BOLDEN, JR., OF TEXAS, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF 
     THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, VICE 
     MICHAEL D. GRIFFIN, RESIGNED.
       LORI GARVER, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE 
     NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION, VICE SHANA L. 
     DALE, RESIGNED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

       WARREN F. MILLER, JR., OF NEW MEXICO, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 
     OFFICE OF CIVILIAN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT 
     OF ENERGY, VICE EDWARD F. SPROAT III, RESIGNED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       JOHN R. BASS, OF NEW YORK, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR 
     FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUNSELOR,

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     TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE 
     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO GEORGIA.
       ERTHARIN COUSIN, OF ILLINOIS, FOR THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR 
     DURING HER TENURE OF SERVICE AS U. S. REPRESENTATIVE TO THE 
     UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE.
       JAMES B. FOLEY, OF NEW YORK, 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 CROATIA.
       KENNETH E. GROSS, JR., 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 REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN.
       JERRY P. LANIER, OF NORTH CAROLINA, 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 UGANDA.
       TEDDY BERNARD TAYLOR, 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 PAPUA NEW GUINEA, AND TO SERVE 
     CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE SOLOMON ISLANDS AND AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU.