[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12689]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                        UNITED STATES TAX COURT

       ELIZABETH ANN COPELAND, OF TEXAS, TO BE A JUDGE OF THE 
     UNITED STATES TAX COURT FOR A TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS, VICE 
     JAMES S. HALPERN, RETIRED.
       PATRICK J. URDA, OF INDIANA, TO BE A JUDGE OF THE UNITED 
     STATES TAX COURT FOR A TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS, VICE DIANE L. 
     KROUPA, RETIRED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       RICHARD DUKE BUCHAN III, OF FLORIDA, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY 
     AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO ANDORRA.
       THOMAS J. HUSHEK, OF WISCONSIN, 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 SOUTH SUDAN.


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

       SCOTT C. BLADER, OF WISCONSIN, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
     FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN FOR THE TERM OF FOUR 
     YEARS, VICE JOHN W. VAUDREUIL, RESIGNED.


                             THE JUDICIARY

       MICHAEL B. BRENNAN, OF WISCONSIN, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT, VICE TERENCE T. EVANS, 
     DECEASED.
       DONALD C. COGGINS, JR., OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE UNITED 
     STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
     VICE JOSEPH F. ANDERSON, JR., RETIRED.
       TERRY A. DOUGHTY, OF LOUISIANA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, VICE 
     ROBERT G. JAMES, RETIRED.


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

       ROBERT M. DUNCAN, JR., OF KENTUCKY, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY FOR THE TERM OF 
     FOUR YEARS, VICE KERRY B. HARVEY, RESIGNED.


                             THE JUDICIARY

       LEONARD STEVEN GRASZ, OF NEBRASKA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT, VICE WILLIAM JAY RILEY, 
     RETIRED.
       MICHAEL JOSEPH JUNEAU, OF LOUISIANA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, VICE 
     RICHARD HAIK, SR., RETIRED.


                         DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

       JOHN R. LAUSCH, JR., OF ILLINOIS, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS FOR THE TERM 
     OF FOUR YEARS, VICE ZACHARY T. FARDON, RESIGNED.
       J. DOUGLAS OVERBEY, OF TENNESSEE, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE FOR THE TERM 
     OF FOUR YEARS, VICE WILLIAM C. KILLIAN, RESIGNED.
       CHARLES E. PEELER, OF GEORGIA, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
     FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF GEORGIA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR 
     YEARS, VICE MICHAEL J. MOORE, RESIGNED.
       WILLIAM J. POWELL, OF WEST VIRGINIA, TO BE UNITED STATES 
     ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA FOR THE 
     TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE WILLIAM J. IHLENFELD II, RESIGNED.


                             THE JUDICIARY

       A. MARVIN QUATTLEBAUM, JR., OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE UNITED 
     STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 
     VICE CAMERON MCGOWAN CURRIE, RETIRED.
       HOLLY LOU TEETER, OF KANSAS, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS, VICE KATHRYN VRATIL, 
     RETIRED.
       ROBERT EARL WIER, OF KENTUCKY, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT 
     JUDGE FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY, VICE AMUL R. 
     THAPAR, ELEVATED.

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