[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 15987]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate October 8, 2015:


                      FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

       MARIO CORDERO, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE A FEDERAL MARITIME 
     COMMISSIONER FOR THE TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2019.


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       STEPHEN C. HEDGER, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF DEFENSE.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       SARAH ELIZABETH MENDELSON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO 
     BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE 
     ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS, WITH THE 
     RANK OF AMBASSADOR.


                             UNITED NATIONS

       SARAH ELIZABETH MENDELSON, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO 
     BE AN ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED 
     NATIONS, DURING HER TENURE OF SERVICE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF 
     THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL 
     COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS.


                  PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

       W. THOMAS REEDER, JR., OF VIRGINIA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 
     PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       LUCY TAMLYN, OF NEW YORK, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR 
     FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
       JEFFREY J. HAWKINS, JR., OF CALIFORNIA, 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 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.
       DAVID R. GILMOUR, OF TEXAS, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR 
     FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE TOGOLESE REPUBLIC.
       EDWIN RICHARD NOLAN, JR., OF MASSACHUSETTS, A CAREER MEMBER 
     OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, 
     TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE 
     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME.
       CAROLYN PATRICIA ALSUP, OF FLORIDA, 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 THE GAMBIA.
       DANIEL H. RUBINSTEIN, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA.
       SUSAN COPPEDGE AMATO, OF GEORGIA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE 
     OFFICE TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING, WITH THE RANK OF 
     AMBASSADOR AT LARGE.