[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12172]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate July 27, 2011:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       GARY LOCKE, OF WASHINGTON, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY 
     AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
       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.


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

       ROBERT S. MUELLER, III, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF 
     THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FOR A TERM EXPIRING 
     SEPTEMBER 4, 2013.