[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6363]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                              IN THE NAVY

       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

REAR ADM. PAUL A. GROSKLAGS
       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. SCOTT H. SWIFT


                      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

       ANTHONY RENARD FOXX, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE SECRETARY OF 
     TRANSPORTATION, VICE RAY LAHOOD.


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

       MICHAEL FROMAN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE UNITED STATES TRADE 
     REPRESENTATIVE, WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND 
     PLENIPOTENTIARY, VICE RONALD KIRK, RESIGNED.


                     FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY

       MELVIN L. WATT, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 
     FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. (NEW 
     POSITION)

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