    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 01, 2000]
    [Page 693]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

    72                 U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth         Johnnie B. Rawlinson, confirmed July 21.
                        Circuit

    Agriculture Department

    108                Administrator, Rural Utilities Service   Chris McLean confirmed June 7.

    Commerce Department

    133                Secretary of Commerce                    Norman Y. Mineta, confirmed July 20, vice William M.
                                                                 Daley.

    Defense Department

    157                General Counsel                          Douglas A. Dworkin confirmed June 9.

    Energy Department

    214                Under Secretary for Nuclear Security     Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF, confirmed June 14.
                        and Administrator for Nuclear Security
    214                Director of Science                      Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, confirmed July 26.

    State Department

    303                U.S. Ambassador to Argentina             James Donald Walsh confirmed June 9.
    303                U.S. Ambassador to Australia             Edward William Gnehm confirmed June 9.
    303                U.S. Ambassador to Bolivia               V. Manuel Rocha confirmed June 9.
    303                U.S. Ambassador to Colombia              Anne Woods Patterson confirmed June 9.
    303                U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador           Rose M. Likins confirmed June 9.
    303                U.S. Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan            Martin O'Keefe confirmed June 9.
    303                U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania             John F. Tefft confirmed June 9.
    303                U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia              John R. Dinger confirmed June 9.
    304                U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea      Susan S. Jacobs confirmed June 9.
    304                U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay              David N. Greenlee confirmed June 9.
    304                U.S. Ambassador to the Solomon Islands   Susan S. Jacobs confirmed June 9.
    304                U.S. Ambassador to Suriname              Daniel A. Johnson confirmed June 9.
    304                U.S. Ambassador to Turkey                Robert Pearson confirmed June 9.
    304                U.S. Ambassador to Vanuatu               Susan S. Jacobs confirmed June 9.
    304                U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela             Donna Jean Hrinak confirmed June 9.

    Veterans Affairs Department

    360                Secretary of Veterans Affairs            Togo D. West, Jr., resigned July 25.
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