[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 22]
[Senate]
[Pages 29705-29706]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                         NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED

  Mr. BROWN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the Senate 
proceed to executive session and the Foreign Relations Committee be 
discharged en bloc from PN1001, PN1002, PN1003, PN1005, PN1016; and 
then the Senate proceed en bloc to the consideration of the 
nominations; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc; the motions to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en bloc; that no 
further motions be in order, and any statements relating to the 
nominations be printed in the Record; the President be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative 
session.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                          department of state

       Bill Delahunt, of Massachusetts, to be a Representative of 
     the United States of America to the Sixty-fourth Session of 
     the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Elaine Schuster, of Florida, to be a Representative of the 
     United States of America to the Sixty-fourth Session of the 
     General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Christopher H. Smith, of New Jersey, to be a Representative 
     of the United States of America to the Sixty-fourth Session 
     of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Wellington E. Webb, of Colorado, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-
     fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
       Laura Gore Ross, of New York, to be an Alternate 
     Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-
     fourth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

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