[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Pages 9879-9882]
[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, en bloc, Calendar Nos. 37, 
38, 39, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 59, 60, 
and all nominations on the Secretary's desk; that the Agriculture 
Committee be discharged, and the Senate proceed, en bloc, to PN206, 
PN213 and PN221; that the nominations be confirmed, en bloc, the 
motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, en bloc, and that no 
further motions be in order.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                          INTERNATIONAL BANKS

       Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be United States 
     Governor of the International Monetary Fund for a term of 
     five years; United States Governor of the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years; 
     United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank 
     for a term of five years; United States Governor of the 
     African Development Bank for a term of five years; United 
     States Governor of the Asian Development Bank;

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     United States Governor of the African Development Fund; 
     United States Governor of the European Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, vice Henry M. Paulson Jr., 
     resigned.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       Richard Rahul Verma, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs).
       Esther Brimmer, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization 
     Affairs).
       Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
     Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance).
       Karl Winfrid Eikenberry, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
       Melanne Verveer, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Ambassador at Large for Women's Global Issues.


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       James N. Miller, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy Under 
     Secretary of Defense for Policy.
       Alexander Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Defense.


                            in the AIR FORCE

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Air Force to the grade indicated while assigned to a 
     position of importance and responsibility under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

      Maj. Gen. Michael C. Gould

       The following named officer for appointment in the Reserve 
     of the Air Force to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                         To be brigadier geneal

     Col. Debra A. Scullary

       The following named officers for appointment in the Reserve 
     of the Air Force to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                          To be major general

     Brigadier General Roger A. Binder
     Brigadier General David L. Commons
     Brigadier General Anita R. Gallentine
     Brigadier General Carl M. Skinner
     Brigadier General Howard N. Thompson
     Brigadier General Paul M. Van Sickle

       The following named officers for appointment in the Reserve 
     of the Air Force to the grade indicated under title 10, 
     U.S.C., section 12203:

                        To be brigadier general

     Colonel William B. Binger
     Colonel Catherine A. Chilton
     Colonel James A. Firth
     Colonel Robert M. Haire
     Colonel Stayce D. Harris
     Colonel Thomas P. Harwood, III
     Colonel Maryanne Miller
     Colonel Pamela K. Milligan
     Colonel Robert K. Millmann, Jr.
     Colonel James J. Muscatell, Jr.
     Colonel Dennis P. Ployer
     Colonel Kevin E. Pottinger
     Colonel Derek P. Rydholm
     Colonel George F. Williams


                              in the army

       The following named officer for appointment in the United 
     States Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 
     section 624:

                          To be major general

     Brig. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks
       The following named officers for appointment in the United 
     States Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 
     sections 624 and 3064:

                          To be major general

     Brig. Gen. James K. Gilman
     Brig. Gen. Philip Volpe

       The following named officers for appointment in the United 
     States Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., 
     sections 624 and 3064:

                        To be brigadier general

     Col. William B. Gamble
     Col. Richard W. Thomas


                          IN THE MARINE CORPS

       The following named officers for appointment in the United 
     States Marine Corps Reserve to the grade indicated under 
     title 10, U.S.C., section 12203:

                        To be brigadier general

     Col. Paul W. Brier
     Col. Frans J. Coetzee


                     OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

       John Berry, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of 
     the Office of Personnel Management for a term of four years.


                     SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

       Karen Gordon Mills, of Maine, to be Administrator of the 
     Small Business Administration.

                             [NEW REPORTS]


                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

       W. Scott Gould, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

               Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       PN94 AIR FORCE nomination of Kathy L. Fullerton, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN95 AIR FORCE nominations (3) beginning EMIL B. KABBAN, 
     and ending STEPHEN H. WILLIAMS, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN96 AIR FORCE nominations (29) beginning BRIAN D. 
     ANDERSON, and ending MARGARET M. WALSH, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN97 AIR FORCE nominations (21) beginning MARK T. ALLISON, 
     and ending PHILIP T. WOLD, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 23, 2009.
       PN98 AIR FORCE nominations (3) beginning TINA M. 
     BARBERMATTHEW, and ending REGAN J. PATRICK, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN99 AIR FORCE nominations (32) beginning JAMES J. BALDOCK 
     IV, and ending BRENDA L. YI, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 23, 2009.
       PN100 AIR FORCE nominations (67) beginning LISA L. ADAMS, 
     and ending RICHARD J. ZAVADIL, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN101 AIR FORCE nominations (1179) beginning ARIEL O. 
     ACEBAL, and ending STEVEN M. ZUBOWICZ, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN118 AIR FORCE nomination of Jonathon V. Lammers, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 25, 2009.
       PN119 AIR FORCE nominations (3) beginning GARY A. FOSKEY, 
     and ending CONNIE L. WARR, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN120 AIR FORCE nominations (7) beginning BRYSON D. BORG, 
     and ending DEXTER W. LOVE, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN155 AIR FORCE nominations (2) beginning GEORGE B. 
     GOSTING, and ending JOSEPH S. PARK, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 10, 2009.
       PN158 AIR FORCE nominations (51) beginning RICHARD D. 
     BAKER, and ending GREGORY B. YORK, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 10, 2009.
       PN159 AIR FORCE nominations (15) beginning JEFFREY L. 
     ANDRUS, and ending ROSE M. WOJCIK, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 10, 2009.
       PN160 AIR FORCE nominations (16) beginning FEDERICO C. 
     AQUINO JR., and ending JUNKO YAMAMOTO, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 10, 2009.
       PN161 AIR FORCE nominations (148) beginning JOSELITA M. 
     ABELEDA, and ending GABRIEL ZIMMERER, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 10, 2009.
       PN162 AIR FORCE nominations (40) beginning THOMAS J. BAUER, 
     and ending STACEY E. ZAIKOSKI, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 10, 2009.
       PN163 AIR FORCE nominations (286) beginning AMANDA J. 
     ADAMS, and ending DON L. ZUST JR., which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 10, 2009.
       PN192 AIR FORCE nominations (3) beginning XAVIER A. NGUYEN, 
     and ending JENNIFER A. TAY, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     March 17, 2009.
       PN193 AIR FORCE nominations (3) beginning JOHN M. BEENE II, 
     and ending ELIZABETH N. SMITH, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.
       PN234 AIR FORCE nomination of Ryan G. McPherson, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 25, 2009.
       PN235 AIR FORCE nomination of Mark J. Ivey, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 25, 2009.
       PN238 AIR FORCE nominations (37) beginning CHRISTOPHER B. 
     BENNETT, and ending DAVID J. WESTERN, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 25, 2009.


                              IN THE ARMY

       PN102 ARMY nomination of Peter C. Gould, which was received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 23, 2009.
       PN103 ARMY nomination of Garrett S. Yee, which was received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 23, 2009.
       PN104 ARMY nominations (6) beginning ROY L. BOURNE, and 
     ending STANLEY W. SHEFTALL, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 23, 2009.

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       PN121 ARMY nomination of Frank Rodriguez Jr., which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 25, 2009.
       PN122 ARMY nomination of Edward E. Turski, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 25, 2009.
       PN123 ARMY nomination of Joseph R. Krupa, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 25, 2009.
       PN124 ARMY nomination of Kathleen P. Naiman, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 25, 2009.
       PN125 ARMY nominations (2) beginning JUAN G. ESTEVA, and 
     ending THOMAS E. STARR, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN126 ARMY nominations (2) beginning ROBERT F. DONNELLY, 
     and ending ANGELICA REYES, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN127 ARMY nominations (3) beginning RICHARD H. DAHLMAN, 
     and ending DAVID A. STILLS, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN128 ARMY nominations (4) beginning JULIE S. AKIYAMA, and 
     ending ANDREW L. HAGEMASTER, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN129 ARMY nominations (3) beginning MICHAEL L. NIPPERT, 
     and ending JOHN K. GOERTMILLER, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 25, 2009.
       PN130 ARMY nominations (3) beginning MARTIN L. BADEGIAN, 
     and ending MARK J. HODD, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN131 ARMY nominations (5) beginning DEBRA H. BURTON, and 
     ending LEE D. SCHNELL, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of February 
     25, 2009.
       PN132 ARMY nominations (10) beginning PAUL P. BRYANT, and 
     ending CHRISTOPHER R. WARD, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN133 ARMY nominations (77) beginning ROBERT J. ABBOTT, and 
     ending PATRICK J. WOOLSEY, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN134 ARMY nominations (22) beginning VANESSA A. BERRY, and 
     ending SCOTT F. YOUNG, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of February 
     25, 2009.
       PN135 ARMY nominations (8) beginning EFREN E. RECTO, and 
     ending WILLIAM A. WOLKSTEIN, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 25, 2009.
       PN136 ARMY nominations (14) beginning SUZANNE D. ADKINSON, 
     and ending BRANDON S. WATKINS, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 25, 2009.
       PN156 ARMY nominations (7) beginning THOMAS M. CARDEN JR., 
     and ending ANTHONY WOODS, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of March 
     10, 2009.
       PN194 ARMY nomination of Laura K. Lester, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.
       PN195 ARMY nomination of Brigitte Belanger, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.
       PN196 ARMY nomination of Mitzi A. Rivera, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.
       PN197 ARMY nomination of Catherine B. Evans, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.
       PN198 ARMY nomination of Victor G. Kelly, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.
       PN199 ARMY nomination of Ryan T. Choate, which was received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     March 17, 2009.
       PN200 ARMY nominations (9) beginning RAFAEL A. CABRERA, and 
     ending CARL J. TADAKI, which nominations were received by the 
     Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of March 17, 
     2009.
       PN201 ARMY nominations (43) beginning ROBERT A. 
     BORCHERDING, and ending MICHAEL C. WONG, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 17, 2009.
       PN241 ARMY nomination of Victor J. Torres-Fernandez, which 
     was received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 25, 2009.
       PN242 ARMY nominations (86) beginning JOSEPH ANGERER, and 
     ending MATTHEW J. YANDURA, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of March 
     25, 2009.
       PN243 ARMY nominations (3) beginning TED R. BATES, and 
     ending PETER M. MENICUCCI, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of March 
     25, 2009.
       PN244 ARMY nominations (3) beginning JOHN M. DIAZ, and 
     ending LAVORE L. RICHMOND JR., which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 25, 2009.
       PN245 ARMY nominations (2) beginning LUISA SANTIAGO, and 
     ending YEVGENY S. VINDMAN, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of March 
     25, 2009.
       PN246 ARMY nominations (124) beginning RANDALL W. COWELL, 
     and ending DANIEL M. ZERBY, which nominations were received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     March 25, 2009.
       PN247 ARMY nominations (16) beginning ALBERT J. ADKINSON, 
     and ending WILLIAM E. WYNNS JR., which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of March 25, 2009.


                          IN THE MARINE CORPS

       PN112 MARINE CORPS nominations (5) beginning DAVID G. 
     ANTONIK, and ending STEVEN D. PETERSON, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN113 MARINE CORPS nominations (132) beginning KELLY P. 
     ALEXANDER, and ending ANTHONE R. WRIGHT, which nominations 
     were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN137 MARINE CORPS nominations (773) beginning DEREK M. 
     ABBEY, and ending ROBERT B. ZWAYER, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 25, 2009.
       PN138 MARINE CORPS nominations (464) beginning HARALD 
     AAGAARD, and ending MARK W. ZIPSIE, which nominations were 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Cressional Record 
     of February 25, 2009.


                              IN THE NAVY

       PN55 NAVY nomination of Scott D. Shiver, which was received 
     by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     January 7, 2009.
       PN107 NAVY nominations (2) beginning STEVEN A. KHALIL, and 
     ending DAVID B. ROSENBERG, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 23, 2009.
       PN108 NAVY nomination of Miguel Gonzalez, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN109 NAVY nomination of David M. Dromsky, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN110 NAVY nomination of Jed R. Espiritu, which was 
     received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional 
     Record of February 23, 2009.
       PN111 NAVY nominations (27) beginning CHARLES C. ADKISON, 
     and ending TRICIA L. TEAS, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of 
     February 23, 2009.
       PN164 NAVY nominations (2) beginning GREGORY G. GALYO, and 
     ending OLIVER C. MINIMO, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of March 
     10, 2009.
       PN248 NAVY nominations (12) beginning CHRISTOPHER G. 
     CUNNINGHAM, and ending CHRISTOPHER A. WILLIAMS, which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of March 25, 2009.
       PN249 NAVY nominations (3) beginning JANET L. JACKSON, and 
     ending TODD M. SULLIVAN, which nominations were received by 
     the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of March 
     25, 2009.


                       department of agriculture

       James W. Miller, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
     Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, vice 
     Mark Everett Keenum, resigned.
       Kathleen A. Merrigan, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy 
     Secretary of Agriculture, vice Charles F. Conner, resigned.
       Joe Leonard, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Margo M. McKay, 
     resigned.


                    NOMINATION OF KAREN GORDON MILLS

  Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, today the Senate Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship unanimously reported the President's 
nomination of Karen Gordon Mills to serve as Administrator for the 
Small Business Administration. I would like to thank my ranking member, 
Senator Snowe, who recommended Ms. Mills for this post and her staff 
for their work on this nomination.
  I am pleased that President Obama nominated Karen Mills. I believe 
she has the right mix of experience and education and a willingness to 
serve that will benefit her in this challenging position. As our new 
SBA Administrator, Ms. Mills will be an extraordinary role model for 
entrepreneurs across America--particularly for women entrepreneurs.
  Ms. Mills graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a degree in 
economics. She then stayed at Harvard

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to earn her MBA. She started out working as a product manager for 
General Mills and then segued into what was to become her true 
passion--growing new businesses. Ms. Mills is a founding partner and 
was managing director of Solera Capital, a NY-based venture capital 
firm run largely by women. She currently serves as President at MMP 
Group, Inc., a private equity investment and advising firm.
  Ms. Mills has balanced her role in private, for-profit enterprises 
with active involvement in her community. This has been demonstrated in 
the work she has done in Maine, serving on the boards of many 
nonprofits that work to promote economic development. It also shows in 
the work that she has done for organizations like the Council on 
Foreign Relations.
  From my meetings with Ms. Mills, it is clear that we share many of 
the same priorities--for example, assisting women and minority 
entrepreneurs and making sure small businesses can access credit in 
these trying economic times.
  The SBA is an agency at a crossroads. Under the previous 
administration, the agency's funding was slashed by 28 percent--the 
biggest cut of any Federal agency. In my view, the agency was relegated 
to the back benches during important policy debates on health care, 
trade and technology innovation, to name a few.
  We need strong, capable leadership to return this agency to its 
rightful place as a Federal advocate for small business interests. In 
Ms. Mills, I am confident that we have it.

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