[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11189]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       MARGARET LOUISE CUMMISKY, OF HAWAII, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF COMMERCE, VICE APRIL S. BOYD, RESIGNED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       MATTHEW WINTHROP BARZUN, OF KENTUCKY, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN 
     IRELAND.
       JOHN HOOVER, OF MASSACHUSETTS, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE.
       CRYSTAL NIX-HINES, OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE RANK OF 
     AMBASSADOR DURING HER TENURE OF SERVICE AS THE UNITED STATES 
     PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, 
     SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION.
       JOHN R. PHILLIPS, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, AND TO SERVE 
     CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO.


                        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

       MICHAEL KEITH YUDIN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATIVE 
     SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, VICE ALEXA E. POSNY.