[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12123]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Calendar No. 194.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered. The clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Gary Locke, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the People's Republic of China.
  Mr. REID. I ask that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no 
intervening action or debate; that any statements related to the 
nomination be printed in the Record; that the President be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action; and the Senate then resume legislative 
session.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.
  The nomination was confirmed.

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