[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14473]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate, October 3, 2011:


                             THE JUDICIARY

       HENRY F. FLOYD, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT.
       NANNETTE JOLIVETTE BROWN, OF LOUISIANA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA.
       NANCY TORRESEN, OF MAINE, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.
       WILLIAM FRANCIS KUNTZ, II, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.
       MARINA GARCIA MARMOLEJO, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.
       JENNIFER GUERIN ZIPPS, OF ARIZONA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       ROBERT STEPHEN FORD, OF VERMONT, 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 SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC, TO WHICH 
     POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE RECESS OF THE SENATE 
     FROM DECEMBER 22, 2010, TO JANUARY 5, 2011.

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