[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8628]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       STEPHEN WOOLMAN PRESTON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     GENERAL COUNSEL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, VICE JEH 
     CHARLES JOHNSON, RESIGNED.


                   EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

       JASON FURMAN, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER AND CHAIRMAN OF 
     THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS, VICE ALAN B. KRUEGER.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       DANIEL BROOKS BAER, OF COLORADO, TO BE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 
     TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE, 
     WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR.
       KEITH MICHAEL HARPER, OF MARYLAND, FOR THE RANK OF 
     AMBASSADOR DURING HIS TENURE OF SERVICE AS UNITED STATES 
     REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.


           UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

       MICHAEL G. CARROLL, OF NEW YORK, TO BE INSPECTOR GENERAL, 
     UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, VICE 
     DONALD A. GAMBATESA, RESIGNED.


                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

       JAMES COLE, JR., OF NEW YORK, TO BE GENERAL COUNSEL, 
     DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, VICE CHARLES P. ROSE.
       CATHERINE ELIZABETH LHAMON, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, VICE 
     RUSSLYN ALI.