[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 11050-11051]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to 
executive session to consider Calendar Nos. 66, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 
74, 75, 76, 77, and all nominations on the Secretary's Desk in the 
Coast Guard; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, and the motions 
to reconsider be laid on the table en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                         Department of Commerce

       April S. Boyd, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Commerce.


                      Department of Transportation

       Robert S. Rivkin, of Illinois, to be General Counsel of the 
     Department of Transportation.
       Roy W. Kienitz, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of 
     Transportation for Policy.
       Peter H. Appel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the 
     Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department 
     of Transportation.
       Dana G. Gresham, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Transportation.
       Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the 
     Federal Railroad Administration.


                   Executive Office of the President

       Sherburne B. Abbott, of Texas, to be an Associate Director 
     of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.


                           In the Coast Guard

       The following named officer for appointment as Vice 
     Commandment of the United States Coast Guard and to the grade 
     indicated under Title 14, U.S.C., Section 47:

                           To be vice admiral

     Vice Adm. David P. Pekoske

       The following named officer for appointment as Chief of 
     Staff of the United States Coast Guard and to the grade 
     indicated under Title 14, U.S.C., Section 50a:

                           To be vice admiral

     Rear Adm. John P. Currier


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       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Coast Guard to the grade indicated under title 14, 
     U.S.C., section 271:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

     Capt. Robert E. Day, Jr.

       The following named officer for appointment as Commander, 
     Pacific Area of the United States Coast Guard and to the 
     grade indicated under Title 14, U.S.C., Section 50:

                           To be vice admiral

     Rear Adm. Jody A. Breckenridge

               Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk


                           in the coast guard

       PN190 COAST GUARD nomination of Michael J. McNeil, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.
       PN191 COAST GUARD nomination of Desarae A. Janszen, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.

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