[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Pages 5733-5734]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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     NOMINATION OF FRANCIS XAVIER TAYLOR TO BE UNDER SECRETARY FOR 
       INTELLIGENCE AND ANALYSIS, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

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  NOMINATION OF L. REGINALD BROTHERS, JR., TO BE UNDER SECRETARY FOR 
        SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

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NOMINATION OF MARK BRADLEY CHILDRESS TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND 
PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNITED REPUBLIC 
                              OF TANZANIA

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will 
proceed to executive session to consider

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the following nominations, which the clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nominations of Francis 
Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis, Department of Homeland Security; L. Reginald Brothers, Jr., 
of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, 
Department of Homeland Security; Mark Bradley Childress, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States 
of America to the Republic of Tanzania.


                           Taylor Nomination

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I support the confirmation of Gen. 
Frank Taylor to be the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at 
the Department of Homeland Security, DHS.
  General Taylor has a long and distinguished career in national 
security, starting with his 31 years in the U.S. Air Force, most of 
which was spent in counterintelligence. In his final assignment for the 
Air Force, General Taylor led the Air Force Office of Special 
Investigations where his office provided independent investigations of 
fraud, counterintelligence, and major criminal matters.
  In 2001, he was named Coordinator for Counterterrorism, the top 
counterterrorism position in the State Department, where he was a key 
advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell. After that position, 
General Taylor served as the Assistant Secretary of State in charge of 
diplomatic security where he was in charge of security for over 250 
U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide.
  General Taylor has spent the past 9 years in the private sector, most 
as the chief security officer for General Electric where he was 
responsible for GE's global security operations and crisis management. 
In that position, he has seen the government's homeland security 
functions from the outside, giving him an important perspective on the 
Department of Homeland Security's support to the private sector.
  General Taylor will have to put his extensive experience and 
leadership skills to good use as Under Secretary of DHS for 
Intelligence and Analysis. The Office of Intelligence and Analysis has 
been without a leader confirmed by the Senate for over a year now, and 
it has a large number of missions, like DHS as a whole.
  I hope and expect that General Taylor will provide strong leadership 
to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis at DHS and I look forward to 
working with him.
  General Taylor was approved by the Intelligence Committee on March 4, 
2014, and the committee received several letters supporting him, 
including from the International Association of Chiefs of Police and 
the Major Cities Chiefs Association which represents the law 
enforcement agencies in largest cities in the U.S.
  I fully support General Taylor's confirmation.
  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I yield back all time on those nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Vote on Taylor Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Francis Xavier 
Taylor, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and 
Analysis, Department of Homeland Security?
  The nomination was confirmed.


                      Vote on Brothers Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of L. Reginald 
Brothers, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Science and 
Technology, Department of Homeland Security?
  The nomination was confirmed.


                      Vote on Childress Nomination

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, 
Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Mark Bradley 
Childress, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Republic 
of Tanzania?
  The nomination was confirmed.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motions to 
reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table. Under the 
previous order, the President will be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action.

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