[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5861-5863]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate April 26, 2012:


             CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

       JANE D. HARTLEY, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
     OF DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
     SERVICE FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 6, 2014.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       ADAM E. NAMM, OF NEW YORK, 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 REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR.


                             THE JUDICIARY

       GREGG JEFFREY COSTA, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.
       DAVID CAMPOS GUADERRAMA, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS.


                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

       MICHAEL T. SCUSE, OF DELAWARE, TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF 
     AGRICULTURE FOR FARM AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICES.
       MICHAEL T. SCUSE, OF DELAWARE, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
     OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       MARK WILLIAM LIPPERT, OF OHIO, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     OF DEFENSE.


                              IN THE ARMY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AS THE CHIEF OF 
     ENGINEERS/COMMANDING GENERAL,

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     UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, AND APPOINTMENT TO THE 
     GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTIONS 601 AND 3036:

                        To be lieutenant general

LT. GEN. THOMAS P. BOSTICK


                NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES

       JAMES T. RYAN, OF UTAH, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES FOR 
     A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 7, 2013.
       JAMES TIMBERLAKE, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING 
     SCIENCES FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 7, 2014.
       MARY B. VERNER, OF WASHINGTON, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
     OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES 
     FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 7, 2012.
       MARY B. VERNER, OF WASHINGTON, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD 
     OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING SCIENCES 
     FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 7, 2015.
       SUSAN A. MAXMAN, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING 
     SCIENCES FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 7, 2012.
       SUSAN A. MAXMAN, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUILDING 
     SCIENCES FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 7, 2015.


                      POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION

       TONY HAMMOND, OF MISSOURI, TO BE A COMMISSIONER OF THE 
     POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM 
     EXPIRING OCTOBER 14, 2012.


                     MERIT SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD

       MARK A. ROBBINS, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE MERIT 
     SYSTEMS PROTECTION BOARD FOR THE TERM OF SEVEN YEARS EXPIRING 
     MARCH 1, 2018.


                 NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES

       ADAM GAMORAN, OF WISCONSIN, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES FOR A 
     TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2015.
       JUDITH D. SINGER, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION 
     SCIENCES FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2014.
       HIROKAZU YOSHIKAWA, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION 
     SCIENCES FOR A TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2015.
       DAVID JAMES CHARD, OF TEXAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR EDUCATION SCIENCES FOR A 
     TERM EXPIRING NOVEMBER 28, 2015.


                      NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

       BONNIE L. BASSLER, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION FOR A 
     TERM EXPIRING MAY 10, 2016.


                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

       DEBORAH S. DELISLE, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT 
     OF EDUCATION.


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES 
     OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE AIR FORCE TO 
     THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 
     AND 12212:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. DONALD S. WENKE
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

LT. GEN. BURTON M. FIELD
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. BRUCE A. LITCHFIELD
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

LT. GEN. CHARLES R. DAVIS
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. SALVATORE A. ANGELELLA
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AS CHIEF OF AIR 
     FORCE RESERVE, AND APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE OF LIEUTENANT 
     GENERAL IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTIONS 601 AND 8038:

                        To be lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. JAMES F. JACKSON
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 601:

                        To be lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. ANDREW E. BUSCH


                              IN THE ARMY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                        To be brigadier general

COLONEL ROBERT P. WHITE
       THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES 
     OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE 
     GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 
     12211:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. STEVEN FERRARI
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. KRISTIN K. FRENCH
COL. WALTER E. PIATT
       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. DENNIS L. VIA
       THE FOLLOWING ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED STATES 
     OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE 
     GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 
     12211:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. TODD A. PLIMPTON
       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 lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. PATRICIA E. MCQUISTION
       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 lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. RAYMOND P. PALUMBO
       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 lieutenant general

LT. GEN. ROBERT P. LENNOX
       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 lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. ROBERT B. BROWN
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVE OFFICER FOR 
     APPOINTMENT AS CHIEF, ARMY RESERVE AND APPOINTMENT TO THE 
     GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE 
     AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 601 AND 
     3038:

                        To be lieutenant general

MAJ. GEN. JEFFREY W. TALLEY


                              IN THE NAVY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY RESERVE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

CAPT. ERIC C. YOUNG
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) TERRY B. KRAFT
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY RESERVE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 12203:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) BRYAN P. CUTCHEN
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) JONATHAN W. WHITE
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

REAR ADM. (LH) RICHARD P. BRECKENRIDGE
REAR ADM. (LH) WALTER E. CARTER, JR.
REAR ADM. (LH) CRAIG S. FALLER
REAR ADM. (LH) JAMES G. FOGGO III
REAR ADM. (LH) PETER A. GUMATAOTAO
REAR ADM. (LH) JOHN R. HALEY
REAR ADM. (LH) PATRICK J. LORGE
REAR ADM. (LH) MICHAEL C. MANAZIR
REAR ADM. (LH) SAMUEL PEREZ, JR.
REAR ADM. (LH) JOSEPH W. RIXEY
REAR ADM. (LH) KEVIN D. SCOTT
REAR ADM. (LH) JAMES J. SHANNON
REAR ADM. (LH) THOMAS K. SHANNON
REAR ADM. (LH) HERMAN A. SHELANSKI
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A 
     POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 601:

                           To be vice admiral

VICE ADM. MARK I. FOX


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JENNIFER M. AGULTO AND 
     ENDING WITH KATHRYN W. WEISS, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED 
     BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON 
     FEBRUARY 16, 2012.
       AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MARIO ABEJERO AND 
     ENDING WITH CARL R. YOUNG, JR., WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE 
     RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON FEBRUARY 16, 2012.
       AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH RICHARD E. AARON AND 
     ENDING WITH ERIC D. ZIMMERMAN, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE 
     RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON FEBRUARY 16, 2012.


                              IN THE ARMY

       ARMY NOMINATION OF CAROL A. FENSAND, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH KELLEY R. BARNES AND ENDING 
     WITH DAVID L. GARDNER, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE 
     SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 19, 
     2012.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF TROY W. ROSS, TO BE COLONEL.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF SEAN D. PITMAN, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF WALTER S. CARR, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF MARC E. PATRICK, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF DEMETRES WILLIAMS, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ALYSSA ADAMS AND ENDING 
     WITH DONALD L. POTTS, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE 
     SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 19, 
     2012.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF JAMES M. VEAZEY, JR., TO BE COLONEL.
       ARMY NOMINATION OF SHARI F. SHUGART, TO BE MAJOR.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DANIEL A. GALVIN AND ENDING 
     WITH THOMAS J. SEARS, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE 
     SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 21, 
     2012.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ANTHONY R. CAMACHO AND 
     ENDING WITH RICHARD J. SLOMA, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED 
     BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON 
     MARCH 21, 2012.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JAMES M. BLEDSOE AND ENDING 
     WITH DANIEL J. YOUNG, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE 
     SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 21, 
     2012.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JOHN R. ABELLA AND ENDING 
     WITH D010584, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE 
     AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 21, 2012.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DREW Q. ABELL AND ENDING 
     WITH G010092, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE 
     AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 21, 2012.
       ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH EDWARD C. ADAMS AND ENDING 
     WITH D011050, WHICH NOMINATIONS

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     WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON MARCH 21, 2012.


                          IN THE MARINE CORPS

       MARINE CORPS NOMINATION OF JUAN M. ORTIZ, JR., TO BE 
     LIEUTENANT COLONEL.


                              IN THE NAVY

       NAVY NOMINATION OF DAVID T. CARPENTER, TO BE CAPTAIN.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF MICHAEL JUNGE, TO BE CAPTAIN.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF MARC E. BERNATH, TO BE COMMANDER.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF STEVEN A. KHALIL, TO BE LIEUTENANT 
     COMMANDER.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF ASHLEY A. HOCKYCKO, TO BE LIEUTENANT 
     COMMANDER.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF JASON A. LANGHAM, TO BE COMMANDER.
       NAVY NOMINATION OF WILL J. CHAMBERS, TO BE COMMANDER.
       NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH PATRICK J. FOX, JR. AND 
     ENDING WITH LESLIE H. TRIPPE, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED 
     BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON 
     MARCH 21, 2012.

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