[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.