[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Pages 16214-16215]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF ALAN F. ESTEVEZ TO BE A PRINCIPAL DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY 
                               OF DEFENSE

  Mr. REID. Madam President, I now move to proceed to executive session 
to consider Calendar No. 53.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant bill clerk read the nomination of Alan F. Estevez, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense.


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the clerk will report the motion.
  The assistant bill clerk read as follows:

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
     Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense.
         Harry Reid, Carl Levin, Robert Menendez, Charles E. 
           Schumer, Jack Reed, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Sheldon 
           Whitehouse, Richard Blumenthal, Jeff Merkley, 
           Christopher A. Coons, Debbie Stabenow, Christopher 
           Murphy, Patty Murray, Tom Harkin, John D. Rockefeller 
           IV, Bill Nelson, Benjamin L. Cardin.

  Mr. REID. I ask consent that the mandatory quorum under rule XXII be 
waived.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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