[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 4]
[Senate]
[Page 4722]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       FRANKLIN R. PARKER, OF ILLINOIS, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, VICE JUAN M. GARCIA III.


                    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

       THOMAS A. BURKE, OF MARYLAND, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, VICE 
     PAUL T. ANASTAS, RESIGNED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       ATUL KESHAP, OF VIRGINIA, 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 DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA, 
     AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION 
     AS AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES.
       JULIETA VALLS NOYES, 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 CROATIA.
       ALAINA B. TEPLITZ, OF ILLINOIS, 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 FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF 
     NEPAL.


                             THE JUDICIARY

       JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY, VICE JOAL A. 
     PISANO, RETIRED.
       PAULA XINIS, OF MARYLAND, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, VICE DEBORAH K. CHASANOW, 
     RETIRED.


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                        To be brigadier general

COL. AARON M. PRUPAS

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