    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book I)]
    [January 1, 1997]
    [Pages 867-877]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

             Appendix B / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997

    Appendix B--Nominations Submitted to the Senate

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    The following list does not include promotions of members of the
    Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations
    of Foreign Service officers.

    Submitted January 7

    Madeleine Korbel Albright,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of State, vice Warren
    Christopher, resigned.

    William S. Cohen,

    of Maine, to be Secretary of Defense, vice William J. Perry.

    Bill Richardson,

    of New Mexico, to be the Representative of the United States of America
    to the United Nations with the rank and status of Ambassador
    Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United
    States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, vice
    Madeleine Korbel Albright.

    Aida Alvarez,

    of New York, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration,
    vice Philip Lader.

    Andrew M. Cuomo,

    of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice
    Henry G. Cisneros, resigned.

    William M. Daley,

    of Illinois, to be Secretary of Commerce, vice Michael Kantor.

    Alexis M. Herman,

    of Alabama, to be Secretary of Labor, vice Robert B. Reich.

    Rodney E. Slater,

    of Arkansas, to be Secretary of Transportation, vice Federico Pena.

    Janet L. Yellen,

    of California, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice
    Joseph E. Stiglitz, resigned.

    Charlene Barshefsky,

    of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Trade Representative, with the
    rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, vice Michael
    Kantor.

    Donna Holt Cunninghame,

    of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, Corporation for National and
    Community Service, to which position she was appointed during the last
    recess of the Senate (new position).

    Jose-Marie Griffiths,

    of Tennessee, to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and
    Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2001, vice Shirley Gray
    Adamovich, term expired.

    Madeleine May Kunin,

    of Vermont, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
    America to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

    John Warren McGarry,

    of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for
    a term expiring April 30, 2001 (reappointment).

    Donald Rappaport,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department
    of Education, vice Donald Richard Wurtz, resigned.

    Karen Shepherd,

    of Utah, to be U.S. Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and
    Development, vice Lee F. Jackson, to which position she was appointed
    during the last recess of the Senate.

    Arthur I. Blaustein,

    of California, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities
    for a term expiring January 26, 2002, vice Bruce D. Benson, term
    expired.

    Dave Nolan Brown,

    of Washington, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for
    a term expiring September 17, 1998, vice John A. Gannon, term expired.

    Lorraine Weiss Frank,

    of Arizona, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for
    a term expiring January 26, 2002, vice Mikiso Hane, term expired.

    Hans M. Mark,

    of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater
    Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring
    April 17, 2002 (reappointment).

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    Susan Ford Wiltshire,

    of Tennessee, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities
    for a term expiring January 26, 2002, vice Helen Gray Crawford, term
    expired.

    Alan M. Hantman,

    of New Jersey, to be Architect of the Capitol for the term of 10 years,
    vice George Malcolm White.

    Eric L. Clay,

    of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Ralph
    B. Guy, Jr., retired.

    Merrick B. Garland,

    of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia
    Circuit, vice Abner J. Mikva, retired.

    William A. Fletcher,

    of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice
    William Albert Norris, retired.

    Richard A. Paez,

    of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice
    Cecil F. Poole, resigned.

    M. Margaret McKeown,

    of Washington, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice J.
    Jerome Farris, retired.

    Arthur Gajarsa,

    of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, vice
    Helen Wilson Nies, retired.

    James A. Beaty, Jr.,

    of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice
    James Dickson Phillips, Jr., retired.

    Ann L. Aiken,

    of Oregon, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon, vice
    James H. Redden, retired.

    Lawrence Baskir,

    of Maryland, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims for a
    term of 15 years, vice Reginald W. Gibson, retired.

    Joseph F. Bataillon,

    of Nebraska, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nebraska,
    vice Lyle E. Strom, retired.

    Colleen Kollar-Kotelly,

    of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. District Judge for the District
    of Columbia, vice Harold H. Greene, retired.

    Richard A. Lazzara,

    of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of
    Florida, vice John H. Moore II, retired.

    Donald M. Middlebrooks,

    of Florida, to be a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    Florida, vice James W. Kehoe, retired.

    Jeffrey T. Miller,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    California, vice Gordon Thompson, Jr., retired.

    Susan Oki Mollway,

    of Hawaii, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice
    Harold M. Fong, deceased.

    Margaret M. Morrow,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of
    California, vice Richard A. Gadbois, Jr., retired.

    Robert W. Pratt,

    of Iowa, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa,
    vice Harold D. Vietor, retired.

    Christina A. Snyder,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of
    California, vice Edward Rafeedie, retired.

    Clarence J. Sundram,

    of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New
    York, vice Con G. Cholakis, retired.

    Thomas W. Thrash, Jr.,

    of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
    Georgia, vice Robert L. Vining, Jr., retired.

    Marjorie O. Rendell,

    of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice
    William D. Hutchinson, deceased.

    Helene N. White,

    of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Damon
    J. Keith, retired.

    Submitted January 9

    Genta Hawkins Holmes,

    of California, 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 Australia.

    Anne W. Patterson,

    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 El Salvador.

    Arma Jane Karaer,

    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 Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently
    and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Solomon Islands, and
    as Ambas-

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    sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America
    to the Republic of Vanuatu.

    Dennis K. Hays,

    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 Suriname.

    John Francis Maisto,

    of Pennsylvania, 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 Venezuela.

    Pete Peterson,

    of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

    Edward William Gnehm, Jr.,

    of Georgia, to be a Representative of the United States of America to
    the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

    Karl Frederick Inderfurth,

    of North Carolina, to be an Alternate Representative of the United of
    America to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United
    Nations.

    Victor Marrero,

    of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of the United of America
    to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

    Keith R. Hall,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Jeffrey
    K. Harris, resigned.

    Joseph Lane Kirkland,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of
    the U.S. Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2001, vice
    Allen Weinstein, term expired.

    Yolanda Townsend Wheat,

    of Missouri, to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration
    Board for the term of 6 years expiring August 2, 2001, vice Robert H.
    Swan, term expired.

    Richard W. Bogosian,

    of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of
    service as Special Coordinator for Rwanda/Burundi.

    John Stern Wolf,

    of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of
    service as U.S. Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
    (APEC).

    Letitia Chambers,

    of Oklahoma, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of
    American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a
    term expiring May 19, 2000, vice Roy M. Huhndorf, resigned.

    Barbara Blum,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of
    the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts
    Development for a term expiring May 19, 2002 (reappointment).

    Jeanne Givens,

    of Idaho, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of
    American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a
    term expiring October 18, 2002, vice Piestewa Robert Harold Ames, term
    expired.

    Michael A. Naranjo,

    of New Mexico, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute
    of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a
    term expiring May 19, 2002, vice Beatrice Rivas Sanchez, term expired.

    Nathan Leventhal,

    of New York, to be a member of the National Council on the Arts for a
    term expiring September 3, 2002, vice William Bailey, term expired.

    Gerald N. Tirozzi,

    of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary
    Education, Department of Education, vice Thomas W. Payzant, resigned.

    Robert F. Drinan,

    of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil
    Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 3 years (new position).

    Susan Hayase,

    of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil
    Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 3 years (new position).

    Elsa H. Kudo,

    of Hawaii, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil
    Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 2 years (new position).

    Yeiichi Kuwayama,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of
    the Civil Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 3 years (new
    position).

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    Dale Minami,

    of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil
    Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 3 years (new position).

    Peggy A. Nagae,

    of Oregon, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil
    Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 3 years (new position).

    Don T. Nakanishi,

    of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil
    Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 2 years (new position).

    Leo M. Goto,

    of Colorado, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Civil
    Liberties Public Education Fund for a term of 2 years (new position).

    Mary Lucille Jordan,

    of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review
    Commission for a term of 6 years expiring August 30, 2002
    (reappointment).

    David J. Barram,

    of California, to be Administrator of General Services, vice Roger W.
    Johnson, resigned.

    Kevin L. Thurm,

    of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice
    Walter D. Broadnax, resigned.

    Rose Ochi,

    of California, to be Director, Community Relations Service, for a term
    of 4 years, vice Grace Flores-Hughes, term expired.

    Hulett Hall Askew,

    of Georgia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal
    Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 1998 (reappointment).

    Ernestine P. Watlington,

    of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal
    Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 1999 (reappointment).

    A.E. Dick Howard,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the James
    Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term of 6 years, vice Lance
    Banning.

    Jon Deveaux,

    of New York, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring October 12, 1998 (reappointment).

    Anthony R. Sarmiento,

    of Maryland, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring September 22, 1998, vice Benita C.
    Somerfield, term expired.

    Sarah McCracken Fox,

    of New York, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for
    the term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2000, vice James M. Stephens,
    term expired.

    Magdalena G. Jacobsen,

    of Oregon, to be a member of the National Mediation Board for a term
    expiring July 1, 1999 (reappointment).

    Patricia M. McMahon,

    of New Hampshire, to be Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, Office of
    National Drug Control Policy, vice Fred W. Garcia.

    Daniel Guttman,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Occupational Safety
    and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2001, vice
    Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., term expired.

    Denis J. Hauptly,

    of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the Special Panel on Appeals for a term
    of 6 years, vice Barbara Jean Mahone, term expired.

    Sophia H. Hall,

    of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the State
    Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 1997, vice John F.
    Daffron, Jr., term expired.

    Sophia H. Hall,

    of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the State
    Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2002
    (reappointment).

    Charles A. Gueli,

    of Maryland, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National
    Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 1999,
    vice Walter Scott Blackburn, term expired.

    Niranjan S. Shah,

    of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National
    Institute of Building Sciences for a term expiring September 7, 1998,
    vice John H. Miller, term expired.

    Lowell Lee Junkins,

    of Iowa, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal
    Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, vice Edward Charles Williamson.

    Susan R. Baron,

    of Maryland, to be a member of the National Corporation for Housing
    Partnerships for the term expiring October 27, 1997 (reappointment).

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    Brig. Gen. Robert Bernard Flowers, USA,

    to be a member and President of the Mississippi River Commission.

    M.R.C. Greenwood,

    of California, to be member of the National Science Board, National
    Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Perry L.
    Adkisson, term expired.

    Vera C. Rubin,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the National Science
    Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002,
    vice Bernard F. Burke, term expired.

    John A. Armstrong,

    of Massachusetts, to be a member of the National Science Board, National
    Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Thomas B.
    Day, term expired.

    Stanley Vincent Jaskolski,

    of Ohio, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science
    Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice James Johnson
    Duderstadt, term expired.

    Jane Lubchenco,

    of Oregon, to be a member of the National Science Board, National
    Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2000, vice W. Glenn
    Campbell, term expired.

    Richard A. Tapia,

    of Texas, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science
    Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Phillip A. Griffiths,
    term expired.

    Mary K. Gaillard,

    of California, to be a member of the National Science Board, National
    Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Marye A. Fox,
    term expired.

    Bob H. Suzuki,

    of California, to be a member of the National Science Board, National
    Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Jaime Oaxaca,
    term expired.

    Eamon M. Kelly,

    of Louisiana, to be a member of the National Science Board, National
    Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2002, vice Howard E.
    Simmons, term expired.

    Heidi H. Schulman,

    of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31,
    2002, vice Martha Buchanan, resigned.

    Kerri-Ann Jones,

    of Maryland, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and
    Technology Policy, vice Jane M. Wales, resigned.

    Jerry M. Melillo,

    of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science
    and Technology Policy, vice Robert T. Watson, resigned.

    Johnny H. Hayes,

    of Tennessee, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee
    Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2005 (reappointment).

    Triruvarur R. Lakshmanan,

    of New Hampshire, to be Director of the Bureau of Transportation
    Statistics, Department of Transportation, for the term of 4 years
    (reappointment).

    D. Michael Rappoport,

    of Arizona, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K.
    Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
    Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2002 (reappointment).

    Judith M. Espinosa,

    of New Mexico, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K.
    Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
    Foundation for a term of 4 years (new position).

    Ronald Kent Burton,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K.
    Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy
    Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2002 (reappointment).

    Madeleine Korbel Albright,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a Representative of the United States
    of America to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United
    Nations.

    Anthony Lake,

    of Massachusetts, to be Director of Central Intelligence, vice John M.
    Deutch, resigned.

    Sheila Foster Anthony,

    of Arkansas, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of 7 years
    from September 26, 1995, vice Janet Dempsey Steiger, term expired.

    Submitted January 22

    Susan Bass Levin,

     of New Jersey, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S
    Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 1999,
    vice Richard C. Hackett.

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    Submitted January 28

    Federico Pena,

    of Colorado, to be Secretary of Energy, vice Hazel Rollins O'Leary,
    resigned.

    Submitted January 30

    Ann Jorgenson,

    of Iowa, to be a member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm
    Credit Administration, for a term expiring May 21, 2002, vice Gary C.
    Byrne, resigned.

    George W. Black, Jr.,

    of Georgia, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board
    for a term expiring December 31, 2001 (reappointment).

    Stanley A. Riveles,

    of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
    U.S. Commissioner to the Standing Consultative Commission.

    Richard J. Tarplin,

    of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services,
    vice Jerry D. Klepner, resigned.

    Submitted February 4

    Jeffrey A. Frankel,

    of California, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice
    Martin Neil Baily, resigned.

    Submitted February 5

    Sophia H. Hall,

    of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the State
    Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2000
    (reappointment).

    Marsha Mason,

    of New Mexico, to be a member of the National Council on the Arts for a
    term expiring September 3, 2002, vice Louise M. McClure, term expired.

    Lyle Weir Swenson,

    of South Dakota, to be U.S. Marshal for the District of South Dakota,
    vice Robert Dale Ecoffey, resigned.

    Theodore Francis Verheggen,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety
    and Health Review Commission for a term expiring August 30, 2002, vice
    Arlene Holen, term expired.

    Withdrawn February 5

    Sophia H. Hall,

    of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the State
    Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2002
    (reappointment).

    Submitted February 6

    Ellen Seidman,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office of Thrift
    Supervision for a term of 5 years, vice Timothy Ryan, resigned.

    Submitted February 11

    Tracey D. Conwell,

    of Texas, to be a member of the National Museum Services Board for a
    term expiring December 6, 2001, vice Fay S. Howell, term expired.

    Joaquin L.G. Salas,

    of Guam, to be U.S. Marshal for the District of Guam and concurrently
    U.S. Marshal for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands for the
    term of 4 years, vice Jose R. Mariano.

    Patricia A. Broderick,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior
    Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice
    Harriett Rosen Taylor, term expired.

    Mary Ann Gooden Terrell,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior
    Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Richard
    Stephen Salzman, term expired.

    Submitted February 12

    Alan S. Gold,

    of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    Florida, vice Jose A. Gonzales, Jr., retired.

    Anthony W. Ishii,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    California, vice Robert E. Coyle, retired.

    Lynne Lasry,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    California, vice John S. Rhodes, Sr., retired.

    Ivan L.R. Lemelle,

    of Louisiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Louisiana, vice Veronica D. Wicker, deceased.

    Submitted February 25

    Wyche Fowler, Jr.,

    of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

    Princeton Nathan Lyman,

    of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Career Minister, to be an Assistant

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    Secretary of State, vice Douglas Joseph Bennet, Jr., resigned.

    Submitted March 3

    Joel I. Klein,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice
    Anne Bingaman, resigned.

    Robert S. LaRussa,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Susan G.
    Esserman.

    Submitted March 6

    James B. King,

    of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management
    for a term of 4 years (reappointment).

    Submitted March 11

    Robert Clarke Brown,

    of Ohio, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan
    Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring November 22, 1999,
    vice Jack Edwards, term expired.

    Submitted March 12

    Letitia Chambers,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a Representative of the United States
    of America to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United
    Nations.

    James Catherwood Hormel,

    of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of
    America to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the United
    Nations.

    Prezell R. Robinson,

    of North Carolina, to be an Alternate Representative of the United
    States of America to the 51st Session of the General Assembly of the
    United Nations.

    Submitted March 19

    James H. Atkins,

    of Arkansas, to be a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment
    Board for a term expiring September 25, 2000 (reappointment).

    Kathryn O'Leary Higgins,

    of South Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, vice Thomas P. Glynn,
    resigned.

    Kevin Emanuel Marchman,

    of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development, vice Joseph Shuldiner.

    Richard Thomas White,

    of Michigan, to be a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
    of the United States for a term expiring September 30, 1999
    (reappointment).

    Submitted March 21

    Stuart E. Eizenstat,

    of Maryland, to be an Under Secretary of State, vice Joan E. Spero,
    resigned.

    Kenneth M. Mead,

    of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Transportation, vice
    Mary Sterling, resigned.

    Thomas R. Pickering,

    of New Jersey, to be an Under Secretary of State, vice Peter Tarnoff,
    resigned.

    Anabelle Rodriguez,

    of Puerto Rico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto
    Rico, vice Raymond L. Acosta, resigned.

    Michael D. Schattman,

    of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas,
    vice Harold Barefoot Sanders, Jr., retired.

    Hilda G. Tagle,

    of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.

    Submitted April 7

    James B. King,

    of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management
    for a term of 4 years (reappointment), to which position he was
    appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

    Submitted April 8

    James William Blagg,

    of Texas, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas for the
    term of 4 years, vice Ronald F. Ederer, resigned.

    Calvin D. Buchanan,

    of Mississippi, to be U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of
    Mississippi for a term of 4 years, vice Robert Q. Whitwell, resigned.

    James Allan Hurd, Jr.,

    of the Virgin Islands, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of the
    Virgin Islands for the term of 4 years, vice James W. Diehm, resigned.

    Ruth Y. Tamura,

    of Hawaii, to be a member of the National Museum Services Board for a
    term expiring December 6, 2001 (reappointment).

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    John D. Trasvina,

    of California, to be Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair
    Employment Practices for a term of 4 years, vice William Ho-Gonzalez,
    term expired.

    Submitted April 14

    Eric H. Holder, Jr.,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General, vice Jamie
    S. Gorelick, resigned.

    Submitted April 15

    Yerker Andersson,

    of Maryland, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 1999 (reappointment).

    Linda Jane Zack Tarr-Whelan,

    of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as
    U.S. Representative to the Commission on the Status of Women of the
    Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

    Submitted April 16

    Brian Dean Curran,

    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 Mozambique.

    Olivia A. Golden,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Family
    Support, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Mary Jo Bane,
    resigned.

    Gina McDonald,

    of Kansas, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 1998, vice Larry Brown, Jr., term expired.

    Bonnie O'Day,

    of Minnesota, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 1998 (reappointment).

    Submitted April 18

    George John Tenet,

    of Maryland, to be Director of Central Intelligence, vice John M.
    Deutch, resigned.

    Withdrawn April 18

    Anthony Lake,

    of Massachusetts, to be Director of Central Intelligence, vice John M.
    Deutch, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 1997.

    Submitted April 22

    Elizabeth Anne Moler,

    of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice Charles B. Curtis,
    resigned.

    Submitted April 25

    Andrew J. Pincus,

    of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, vice
    Ginger Ehn Lew.

    Submitted April 28

    Michael J. Armstrong,

    of Colorado, to be an Associate Director of the Federal Emergency
    Management Agency, vice Richard Thomas Moore, resigned.

    Edward William Gnehm, Jr.,

    of Georgia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice
    Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton.

    Submitted May 6

    Jackie M. Clegg,

    of Utah, to be First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the
    United States for a term expiring January 20, 2001, vice Martin A.
    Kamarck.

    James A. Harmon,

    of New York, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United
    States for a term expiring January 20, 2001, vice Martin A. Kamarck,
    resigned.

    Richard Sklar,

    of California, to be Representative of the United States of America to
    the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of
    Ambassador.

    Submitted May 15

    Henry Harold Kennedy, Jr.,

    of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. District Judge for the District
    of Columbia, vice Joyce Hens Green, retired.

    Rodney W. Sippel,

    of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and Western
    Districts of Missouri, vice Stephen N. Limbaugh, retired.

    Submitted May 19

    William P. Greene, Jr.,

    of West Virginia, to be an Associate Judge of the United States Court of
    Veterans Appeals for the term of 15 years, vice Hart T. Mankin,
    deceased.

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    Submitted May 20

    A. Peter Burleigh,

    of California, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, to be the Deputy Representative of the United States
    of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador
    Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, vice Edward William Gnehm, Jr.

    James W. Pardew, Jr.,

    of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
    U.S. Special Representative for Military Stabilization in the Balkans.

    Submitted May 22

    Kenneth S. Apfel,

    of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring
    January 19, 2001 (new position).

    Marc Grossman,

    of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice John Christian
    Kornblum.

    John Christian Kornblum,

    of Michigan, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    the United States of America to Germany, vice Charles E. Redman.

    Stanley O. Roth,

    of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice Winston Lord.

    David J. Scheffer,

    of Virginia, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues.

    Submitted May 23

    James P. Rubin,

    of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice Thomas E.
    Donilon.

    Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal
    Communications Commission for a term of 5 years from July 1, 1995, vice
    Andrew Camp Barrett, resigned.

    William E. Kennard,

    of California, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission
    for a term of 5 years from July 1, 1996, vice James H. Quello, term
    expired.

    Paul Simon,

    of Illinois, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring September 22, 1998, vice Sharon
    Darling, term expired.

    Bonnie R. Cohen,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of State, vice
    Richard Menifee Moose.

    Submitted June 2

    James Franklin Collins,

    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 Russian Federation.

    Janice R. Lachance,

    of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel
    Management, vice Lorraine Allyce Green, resigned.

    Submitted June 3

    Beth Nolan,

    of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Walter Dellinger.

    Submitted June 5

    Robert Charles Chambers,

    of West Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    West Virginia, vice Elizabeth V. Hallanan, retired.

    Christopher Droney,

    of Connecticut, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of
    Connecticut, vice Alan H. Nevas, retired.

    Janet C. Hall,

    of Connecticut, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of
    Connecticut, vice T.F. Gilroy Daly, deceased.

    Katharine Sweeney Hayden,

    of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey,
    vice H. Lee Sarokin, elevated.

    Submitted June 10

    Patrick A. Shea,

    of Utah, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, vice Jim Baca.

    Submitted June 11

    David R. Andrews,

    of California, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State (new
    position).

    Timberlake Foster,

    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 Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

    Ralph Frank,

    of Washington, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, to be Am-

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    bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
    America to the Kingdom of Nepal.

    Jane Garvey,

    of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation
    Administration for the term of 5 years, vice David Russell Hinson,
    resigned.

    John C. Holzman,

    of Hawaii, 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh.

    Karl Frederick Inderfurth,

    of North Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian
    Affairs, vice Robin Lynn Raphel.

    Nancy Jo Powell,

    of Iowa, 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 Uganda.

    Amelia Ellen Shippy,

    of Washington, 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 Malawi.

    Robert L. Mallett,

    of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, vice David J. Barram.

    George A. Omas,

    of Mississippi, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission for a
    term expiring October 14, 2000, vice Wayne Arthur Schley, term expired.

    Submitted June 12

    Susan E. Rice,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice
    George Edward Moose.

    Submitted June 17

    Shirley Robinson Watkins,

    of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition,
    and Consumer Services, vice Ellen Weinberger Haas, resigned.

    Submitted June 18

    Frank M. Hull,

    of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice
    Phyllis A. Kravitch, resigned.

    Submitted June 19

    Louis Caldera,

    of California, to be a Managing Director of the Corporation for National
    and Community Service, vice Shirley Sachi Sagawa.

    Stephen R. Sestanovich,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador at Large and Special
    Adviser to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States.

    Submitted June 23

    Martin S. Indyk,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice
    Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr., resigned.

    Submitted June 25

    Rudy de Leon,

    of California, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
    Readiness, vice Edwin Dorn, resigned.

    Sonia Sotomayor,

    of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, vice J.
    Daniel Mahoney, deceased.

    Submitted June 26

    Gordon D. Giffin,

    of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Canada.

    W. Scott Gould,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce,
    vice Thomas R. Bloom.

    W. Scott Gould,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department
    of Commerce, vice Thomas R. Bloom.

    Maura Harty,

    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 Paraguay.

    Curtis Warren Kamman,

    of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign
    Service, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Colombia.

    James F. Mack,

    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 Co-operative Republic of Guyana.

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    Wendy Ruth Sherman,

    of Maryland, to be Counselor of the Department of State, and to have the
    rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service.

    Anne Marie Sigmund,

    of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign
    Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic.

    Keith C. Smith,

    of California, 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 Lithuania.

    Daniel V. Speckhard,

    of Wisconsin, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, to be
    Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
    America to the Republic of Belarus.

    Jerome B. Friedman,

    of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Virginia, vice Robert G. Doumar, retired.

    Ronnie L. White,

    of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Missouri, vice George F. Gunn, Jr., retired.

    George Donohue,

    of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation
    Administration, vice Linda Hall Daschle.

    Gary Gensler,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Darcy E.
    Bradbury.

    Nancy Killefer,

    of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice George
    Munoz.

    Nancy Killefer,

    of Florida, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury,
    vice George Munoz.

    George Munoz,

    of Illinois, to be President of the Overseas Private Investment
    Corporation, vice Ruth R. Harkin, resigned.

    Robert G. Stanton,

    of Virginia, to be Director of the National Park Service (new position).

    Catherine E. Woteki,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for
    Food Safety (new position).

    Kneeland C. Youngblood,

    of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the United States
    Enrichment Corporation for a term expiring February 24, 2002
    (reappointment).

    Submitted June 27

    James S. Ware,

    of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice J.
    Clifford Wallace, retired.

    Nancy-Ann Min DeParle,

    of Tennessee, to be Administrator of the Health Care Financing
    Administration, vice Bruce C. Vladeck.

    David A. Lipton,

    of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Jeffrey
    R. Shafer, resigned.