[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[Senate]
[Page 28715]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       MARY SALLY MATIELLA, OF ARIZONA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, VICE NELSON M. FORD.
       PAUL LUIS OOSTBURG SANZ, OF MARYLAND, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL 
     OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY, VICE FRANK R. JIMENEZ.
       SOLOMON B. WATSON IV, OF NEW YORK, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL OF 
     THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY, VICE BENEDICT S. COHEN, RESIGNED.


                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

       KATHLEEN S. TIGHE, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE INSPECTOR GENERAL, 
     DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, VICE JOHN PORTMAN HIGGINS, RESIGNED.


               SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION

       SHARON Y. BOWEN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A DIRECTOR OF THE 
     SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION FOR A TERM 
     EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 2012, VICE TODD S. FARHA.
       ORLAN JOHNSON, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A DIRECTOR OF THE 
     SECURITIES INVESTOR PROTECTION CORPORATION FOR A TERM 
     EXPIRING DECEMBER 31, 2011, VICE ARMANDO J. BUCELO, JR., TERM 
     EXPIRED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       DAVID ADELMAN, OF GEORGIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY 
     AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE.


                OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION

       ELIZABETH L. LITTLEFIELD, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO 
     BE PRESIDENT OF THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION, 
     VICE ROBERT A . MOSBACHER, RESIGNED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       HARRY K. THOMAS, JR., 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 THE PHILIPPINES.

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