[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12158]
[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.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we move to 
Calendar No. 196; that the nomination be confirmed; the motion to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no 
intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to 
the nomination; 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 PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:


                          department of state

       William J. Burns, of Maryland, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service with the Personal Rank of Career 
     Ambassador, to be Deputy Secretary of State.

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