[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 16282]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 170, 203, 206, 
207, 214, 215, 251, 252, 255, 256, and 257; 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, and any statements 
relating thereto appear at the appropriate place in the Record as if 
read, and the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       Lawrence E. Strickling, of Illinois, to be Assistant 
     Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information.


              DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

       Mercedes Marquez, of California, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.


            OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE

       Robert S. Litt, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
     Office of the Director of National Intelligence.


                      CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

       Stephen Woolman Preston, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Ellen O. Tauscher, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
     State for Arms Control and International Security.
       Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific 
     Affairs).


                   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

       Julius Genachowski, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of 
     five years from July 1, 2008.
       Robert Malcolm McDowell, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
     Federal Communications Commission for a term of five years 
     from July 1, 2009.


                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

       Kathleen Martinez, of California, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of Labor.


                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

       Kathy J. Greenlee, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary for 
     Aging, Department of Health and Human Services.


                             [NEW REPORTS]

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       Dennis M. McCarthy, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of Defense.

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