[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Pages 12396-12397]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session and that the previous action tonight with 
respect to Calendar No. 963 be vitiated and that the Senate then 
proceed to Calendar No. 964; that the nomination be confirmed; that the 
motion to reconsider be laid upon the table; that the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate resume 
legislative session.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:

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

                             To be general

     Lt. Gen. Lloyd J. Austin, III

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