    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton (1997, Book II)]
    [July 1, 1997]
    [Pages 1845-1856]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

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             Appendix B / Administration of William J. Clinton, 1997

    Appendix B--Nominations Submitted to the Senate

    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 July 8

    Donna Jean Hrinak,

    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 Bolivia.

    Richard Dale Kauzlarich,

    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 Bosnia and
    Herzegovina.

    Submitted July 9

    August Schumacher, Jr.,

    of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and
    Foreign Agricultural Services, vice Eugene Moos, resigned.

    Jamie Rappaport Clark,

    of Maryland, to be Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, vice
    Molly H. Beattie.

    I. Miley Gonzalez,

    of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research,
    Education, and Economics, vice Karl N. Stauber.

    Saul N. Ramirez, Jr.,

    of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development,
    vice Andrew M. Cuomo.

    Submitted July 10

    Terry D. Garcia,

    of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
    Atmosphere, vice Douglas Kent Hall.

    Kathleen M. Karpan,

    of Wyoming, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation
    and Enforcement, vice Robert Jay Uram, resigned.

    Submitted July 11

    Roger Walton Ferguson,

    of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the
    Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 14 years from February
    1, 1986, vice Lawrence B. Lindsey, resigned.

    Timothy F. Geithner,

    of New York, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice David
    A. Lipton.

    Edward M. Gramlich,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal
    Reserve System for the unexpired term of 14 years from February 1, 1994,
    vice Janet L. Yellen, resigned.

    August Schumacher, Jr.,

    of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Commodity Credit Corporation, vice Eugene Moos.

    Thomas E. Scott,

    of Florida, to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida for
    the term of 4 years, vice Kendall B. Coffey, resigned.

    Shirley Robinson Watkins,

    of Arkansas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity
    Credit Corporation, vice Ellen Weinberger Haas.

    Submitted July 15

    John J. Hamre,

    of South Dakota, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, vice John P. White,
    resigned.

    Charles J. Siragusa,

    of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of New
    York, vice Michael A. Telesca, retired.

    Richard L. Young,

    of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    Indiana, vice Gene E. Brooks, retired.

    Sharon J. Zealey,

    of Ohio, to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio for the
    term of 4 years, vice Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.

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    Submitted July 16

    Richard Conway Casey,

    of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New
    York, vice Charles S. Haight, Jr., retired.

    Ronald Lee Gilman,

    of Tennessee, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice H.
    Ted Milburn, retired.

    Submitted July 17

    Felix George Rohatyn,

    of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to France.

    Submitted July 21

    Raymond C. Fisher,

    of California, to be Associate Attorney General, vice John R. Schmidt,
    resigned.

    Bill Lann Lee,

    of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Deval L.
    Patrick, resigned.

    Harold C. Pachios,

    of Maine, to be a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public
    Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 1999 (reappointment).

    Submitted July 22

    Philip Lader,

    of South Carolina, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
    Northern Ireland.

    Submitted July 23

    William F. Weld,

    of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    the United States of America to Mexico.

    Rita D. Hayes,

    of South Carolina, to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank
    of Ambassador, vice William Booth Gardner, resigned.

    Submitted July 24

    Charles R. Breyer,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
    California, vice D. Lowell Jensen, retired.

    Frank C. Damrell, Jr.,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    California, vice Edward J. Garcia, retired.

    Martin J. Jenkins,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
    California, vice Eugene F. Lynch, retired.

    Jorge C. Rangel,

    of Texas, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice William
    L. Garwood, retired.

    Submitted July 28

    John C. Angell,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Congressional and
    Intergovernmental Affairs), vice Derrick L. Forrister, resigned.

    Marshall S. Smith,

    of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, vice Madeleine
    Kunin.

    Withdrawn July 28

    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, which was sent to the Senate on
    January 9, 1997.

    Submitted July 30

    Susan Graber,

    of Oregon, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Edward
    Leavy, retired.

    Peter L. Scher,

    of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during his
    tenure of service as Special Trade Negotiator.

    Mary Anne Sullivan,

    of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of
    Energy, vice Robert Riggs Nordhaus, resigned.

    Ela Yazzie-King,

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

    Submitted July 31

    A. Richard Caputo,

    of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of
    Pennsylvania, vice Richard P. Conaboy, retired.

    G. Patrick Murphy,

    of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    Illinois, vice William D. Stiehl, retired.

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    Carlos R. Moreno,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of
    California, vice Robert M. Takasugi, retired.

    Michael P. McCuskey,

    of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of
    Illinois, vice Harold A. Baker, retired.

    Victoria A. Roberts,

    of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Michigan, vice George LaPlata, retired.

    Frederica A. Massiah-Jackson,

    of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Pennsylvania, vice Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr., retired.

    Bruce C. Kauffman,

    of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Pennsylvania, vice James McGirr Kelly, retired.

    John H. Bingler, Jr.,

    of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of
    Pennsylvania, vice Maurice B. Cohill, Jr., retired.

    James S. Gwin,

    of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio,
    vice Sam H. Bell, retired.

    Jeffrey D. Colman,

    of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
    Illinois, vice Brian B. Duff, retired.

    Rebecca R. Pallmeyer,

    of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
    Illinois, vice William T. Hart, retired.

    Dan A. Polster,

    of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio,
    vice David D. Dowd, Jr., retired.

    Algenon L. Marbley,

    of Ohio, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio,
    vice John D. Holschuh, retired.

    Jo Ann Jay Howard,

    of Texas, to be Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency
    Management Agency, vice Elaine A. McReynolds.

    Paul M. Igasaki,

    of California, to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity
    Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2002 (reappointment).

    Tadd Johnson,

    of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission
    for the term of 3 years, vice Harold A. Monteau, resigned.

    Ernest J. Moniz,

    of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Thomas Paul
    Grumbly, resigned.

    Submitted September 2

    Katherine Milner Anderson,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
    for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2000, vice
    Sheila Tate, term expired.

    Barbara K. Bodine,

    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 Yemen.

    Espiridion A. Borrego,

    of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment
    and Training, vice Preston M. Taylor, Jr., resigned.

    Dale Cabaniss,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for
    a term expiring July 29, 2002, vice Tony Armendariz, term expired.

    William Clyburn, Jr.,

    of South Carolina, to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board
    for a term expiring December 31, 2000, vice J.J. Simmons III, term
    expired.

    Hiram Arthur Contreras,

    of Texas, to be U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Texas for the
    term of 4 years, vice Basil S. Baker.

    Cardell Cooper,

    of New Jersey, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste,
    Environmental Protection Agency, vice Elliott Pearson Laws, resigned.

    Carolyn Curiel,

    of Indiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Belize.

    F. Amanda DeBusk,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice John
    Despres, resigned.

    Paula Dobriansky,

    of Maryland, to be a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public
    Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 1998, vice Pamela J. Turner, term
    expired.

    Thomas J. Dodd,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Costa Rica.

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    Douglas S. Eakeley,

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

    Jacques Gansler,

    of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
    Technology, vice Paul G. Kaminski, resigned.

    Robert Wayne Gee,

    of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Policy, Planning, and
    Program Evaluation), vice Susan Fallows Tierney, resigned.

    Lt. Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF,

    to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, vice George J. Tenet.

    Cheryl F. Halpern,

    of New Jersey, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for
    a term expiring August 13, 1999 (reappointment).

    Margaret Ann Hamburg,

    of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services,
    vice Peter Benjamin Edelman, resigned.

    John Arthur Hammerschmidt,

    of Arkansas, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board
    for a term expiring December 31, 2000 (reappointment).

    Charles N. Jeffress,

    of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Joseph A.
    Dear, resigned.

    G. Douglas Jones,

    of Alabama, to be U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama for
    a term of 4 years, vice Claude Harris.

    Richard F. Keevey,

    of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and
    Urban Development, vice John A. Knubel.

    Patricia Watkins Lattimore,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice
    Cynthia A. Metzler.

    Victor Marrero,

    of New York, to be the Permanent Representative of the United States to
    the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador, vice
    Harriet C. Babbitt.

    Kenneth Ray McFerran,

    of Arkansas, to be U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas for
    the term of 4 years, vice Hugh Dinsmore Black, Jr.

    Eva M. Plaza,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development, vice Elizabeth K. Julian.

    Dan Reicher,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency
    and Renewable Energy), vice Christine Ervin, resigned.

    Charles Rossotti,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
    vice Margaret Milner Richardson, resigned.

    Nancy H. Rubin,

    of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during her
    tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on
    the Human Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the
    United Nations, vice Geraldine A. Ferraro.

    Lange Schermerhorn,

    of New Jersey, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Djibouti.

    Brenda Schoonover,

    of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Togo.

    Charles Vincent Serio,

    of Louisiana, to be U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana
    for the term of 4 years, vice James V. Serio, Jr.

    Michael Telson,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department
    of Energy, vice Joseph F. Vivona.

    Scott E. Thomas,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Election
    Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2003 (reappointment).

    Sally Thompson,

    of Kansas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture,
    vice Anthony A. Williams.

    Thomas J. Umberg,

    of California, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of
    National Drug Control Policy, vice John P. Walters, resigned.

    Johnny Young,

    of Maryland, 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 Bahrain.

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    Thomas S. Foley,

    of Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Japan.

    Jane G. Gould,

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

    Richard J. Griffin,

    of Illinois, to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs,
    vice Stephen Anthony Trodden, resigned.

    Tadd Johnson,

    of Minnesota, to be Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission
    for the term of 3 years, vice Harold A. Monteau, resigned, to which
    position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

    Gail W. Laster,

    of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and
    Urban Development, vice Nelson A. Diaz, resigned.

    Jeanette C. Takamura,

    of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, Department of Health and
    Human Services, vice Fernando M. Torres-Gil, resigned.

    Julia Taft,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice
    Phyllis H. Oakley.

    Kirk K. Robertson,

    of Virginia, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private
    Investment Corporation, vice Christopher Finn, resigned.

    Anita M. Josey,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court
    of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Colleen
    Kollar-Kotelly.

    John M. Campbell,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court
    of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice John H. Suda.

    Submitted September 3

    R. Nicholas Burns,

    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 Greece.

    Kathryn Walt Hall,

    of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Austria.

    Tom McDonald,

    of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Zimbabwe.

    Mark Robert Parris,

    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 Turkey.

    Edward E. Schumaker III,

    of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    the United States of America to Trinidad and Tobago.

    Submitted September 4

    Raymond G. Kammer,

    of Maryland, to be Director of the National Institute of Standards and
    Technology, vice Arati Prabhakar.

    Dale A. Kimball,

    of Utah, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah, vice David
    K. Winder, retired.

    R. Roger Majak,

    of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Sue E.
    Eckert, resigned.

    Edward F. Shea,

    of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Washington, vice Alan A. McDonald, retired.

    Submitted September 8

    Lynn S. Adelman,

    of Wisconsin, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Wisconsin, vice Thomas J. Curran, retired.

    Jeremy D. Fogel,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
    California, vice Robert P. Aguilar, retired.

    Thomas M. Foglietta,

    of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    the United States of America to Italy.

    Alphonse F. La Porta,

    of New York, 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 Mongolia.

    Alexander R. Vershbow,

    of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign
    Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be U.S. Permanent
    Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
    with the

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    rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

    Submitted September 9

    Ernesta Ballard,

    of Alaska, to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service for a term
    expiring December 8, 2005, vice Susan E. Alvarado, term expired.

    Robin Lynn Raphel,

    of Washington, 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 Tunisia.

    Robert H. Beatty, Jr.,

    of West Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health
    Review Commission for the remainder of the term expiring August 30,
    1998, vice Joyce A. Doyle, resigned.

    Edward M. Gabriel,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of
    Morocco.

    Withdrawn September 9

    Patricia M. McMahon,

    of New Hampshire, to be Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, Office of
    National Drug Control Policy, vice Fred W. Garcia, which was sent to the
    Senate on January 9, 1997.

    Submitted September 10

    Robert M. Walker,

    of Tennessee, to be Under Secretary of the Army, vice Joe Robert Reeder.

    Submitted September 12

    David L. Aaron,

    of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade,
    vice Stuart E. Eizenstat, resigned.

    Betty Eileen King,

    of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America on the
    Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of
    Ambassador.

    David Satcher,

    of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services,
    vice Philip R. Lee, resigned.

    David Satcher,

    of Tennessee, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public
    Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law
    and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service
    for a term of 4 years, vice M. Joycelyn Elders.

    Mark Reid Tucker,

    of North Carolina, to be U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of North
    Carolina for the term of 4 years, vice William I. Berryhill.

    Submitted September 15

    Katharine G. Abraham,

    of Iowa, to be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of
    Labor, for a term of 4 years (reappointment).

    Corinne Claiborne Boggs,

    of Louisiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Holy See.

    Stephen W. Bosworth,

    of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    the United States of America to the Republic of Korea.

    Susan Robinson King,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice
    Susan Robinson King, resigned.

    Joseph A. Presel,

    of Rhode Island, 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 Uzbekistan.

    Richard W. Story,

    of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
    Georgia, vice William C. O'Kelley, retired.

    Submitted September 17

    Jerry MacArthur Hultin,

    of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, vice Richard Danzig,
    resigned.

    Gloria Tristani,

    of New Mexico, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission
    for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 1998, vice Reed E.
    Hundt, resigned.

    Gloria Tristani,

    of New Mexico, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission
    for a term of 5 years from July 1, 1998 (reappointment).

    Submitted September 18

    Paul R. Carey,

    of New York, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    for the term expiring June 5, 2002, vice Steven Mark Hart Wallman, term
    expired.

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    Jose Gerardo Troncoso,

    of Nevada, to be U.S. Marshal for the District of Nevada for the term of
    4 years, vice Herbert Lee Brown.

    Laura S. Unger,

    of New York, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    for the term expiring June 5, 2001, vice J. Carter Beese, Jr., resigned.

    Withdrawn September 18

    William F. Weld,

    of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    the United States of America to Mexico, which was sent to the Senate on
    July 23, 1997.

    Submitted September 19

    M. John Berry,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Bonnie
    R. Cohen.

    Terrence J. Brown,

    of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Career Minister, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for
    International Development, vice Larry E. Byrne, resigned.

    Mary Ann Cohen,

    of California, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a term of 15
    years after she takes office (reappointment).

    Seth Waxman,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the U.S., vice
    Drew S. Days III, resigned.

    Submitted September 22

    Richard Frank Celeste,

    of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to India.

    Submitted September 24

    Shaun Edward Donnelly,

    of Indiana, 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 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.

    George Caram Steeh III,

    of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Michigan, vice Barbara K. Hackett, retired.

    Arthur J. Tarnow,

    of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Michigan, vice Julian A. Cook, Jr., retired.

    Edward S. Walker, Jr.,

    of Maryland, 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 Israel.

    Submitted September 25

    David Timothy Johnson,

    of Georgia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
    Head of the United States Delegation to the Organization for Security
    and Cooperation in Europe.

    Stanley Tuemler Escudero,

    of Florida, 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 Azerbaijan.

    Daniel Fried,

    of the District of Columbia, 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
    Poland.

    Stanley Marcus,

    of Florida, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice
    Peter T. Fay, retired.

    B. Lynn Pascoe,

    of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of
    service as Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh.

    James Carew Rosapepe,

    of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Romania.

    Peter Francis Tufo,

    of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Hungary.

    David W. Wilcox,

    of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Joshua
    Gotbaum.

    Submitted September 26

    Arthur Bienenstock,

    of California, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and
    Technology Policy, vice Ernest J. Moniz.

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    Joseph B. Dial,

    of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading
    Commission for the term expiring June 19, 2001 (reappointment).

    James E. Hall,

    of Tennessee, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board
    for a term expiring December 31, 2002 (reappointment).

    Alphonso Maldon, Jr.,

    of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, vice Hershel
    Wayne Gober.

    Submitted September 30

    Kathryn Linda Haycock Proffitt,

    of Arizona, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Malta.

    William H. Twaddell,

    of Rhode Island, 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 Republic of Nigeria.

    Submitted October 1

    Steven J. Green,

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

    Daniel Charles Kurtzer,

    of Maryland, 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 Arab Republic of Egypt.

    Duncan T. Moore,

    of New York, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and
    Technology Policy, vice Lionel Skipwith Johns, resigned.

    Steven Karl Pifer,

    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 Ukraine.

    Submitted October 3

    Timothy Michael Carney,

    of Washington, 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 Haiti.

    Cameron R. Hume,

    of New York, 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 and Popular Republic of
    Algeria.

    Stanley Louis McLelland,

    of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Jamaica.

    F. Whitten Peters,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force,
    vice Rudy de Leon.

    Joseph Thompson,

    of New York, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of
    Veterans Affairs, vice Raymond John Vogel, resigned.

    Submitted October 6

    A. Peter Burleigh,

    of California, to be a Representative of the United States of America to
    the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his
    tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of
    America to the United Nations.

    James Catherwood Hormel,

    of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Luxembourg.

    Gerald S. McGowan,

    of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Portugal.

    Lyndon Lowell Olson, Jr.,

    of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Sweden.

    Bill Richardson,

    of New Mexico, to be a Representative of the United States of America to
    the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his
    tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to
    the United Nations.

    Richard Sklar,

    of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of
    America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations
    during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of
    America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform.

    Nancy E. Soderberg,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Alternate Representative of the
    United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United
    Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

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    Nancy E. Soderberg,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate Representative of the
    United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the
    United Nations during her tenure of service as Alternate Representative
    of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the
    United Nations.

    Kenneth R. Wykle,

    of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration,
    vice Rodney E. Slater.

    Submitted October 8

    Betty Eileen King,

    of Maryland, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of
    America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations
    during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of
    America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

    Phyllis E. Oakley,

    of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice Toby Trister
    Gati.

    Stanford G. Ross,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Social Security
    Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2002, vice William C.
    Brooks.

    Michael B. Thornton,

    of Virginia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a term of 15 years
    after he takes office, vice Lapsley Walker Hamblem, Jr., retired.

    Christopher C. Ashby,

    of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
    the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

    James Hudson Bailey,

    of Wisconsin, to be Deputy Director of the Federal Emergency Management
    Agency, vice Harvey G. Ryland, resigned.

    Mark Erwin,

    of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas
    Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 1999,
    vice Gordon D. Giffin, term expired.

    Garr M. King,

    of Oregon, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Oregon, vice
    Helen J. Frye, retired.

    James A. Larocco,

    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 State of Kuwait.

    Norman K. Moon,

    of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of
    Virginia, vice Jackson L. Kiser, retired.

    Submitted October 9

    Ida L. Castro,

    of New York, to be Director of the Women's Bureau, Department of Labor,
    vice Karen Beth Nussbaum, resigned.

    Richard W. Fisher,

    of Texas, to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of
    Ambassador, vice Charlene Barshefsky.

    Thomas H. Fox,

    of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the
    Agency for International Development, vice Henrietta Holsman Fore.

    Kevin Gover,

    of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Ada E.
    Deer, resigned.

    Joy Harjo,

    of New Mexico, to be a member of the National Council on the Arts for a
    term expiring September 3, 2002, vice William E. Strickland, Jr., term
    expired.

    Fred P. Hochberg,

    of New York, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business
    Administration, vice Ginger Ehn Lew.

    Donald C. Lubick,

    of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Leslie
    B. Samuels, resigned.

    Carl Spielvogel,

    of New York, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a
    term expiring August 13, 1999 (reappointment).

    Harriet C. Babbitt,

    of Arizona, to be Deputy Administrator of the Agency for International
    Development, vice Carol J. Lancaster, resigned.

    Mary Mel French,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the
    rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service.

    Robert T. Grey, Jr.,

    of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
    U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament.

    David B. Hermelin,

    of Michigan, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Norway.

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    Robert S. Warshaw,

    of New York, to be Associate Director for National Drug Control Policy,
    vice Rose Ochi, resigned.

    Submitted October 20

    Kermit Lipez,

    of Maine, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, vice Conrad K.
    Cyr, retired.

    A. Howard Matz,

    of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of
    California, vice Harry L. Hupp, retired.

    Submitted October 22

    Daryl L. Jones,

    of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air Force, vice Sheila Widnall,
    resigned.

    Richard M. McGahey,

    of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Anne H. Lewis.

    William J. Lynn III,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense
    (Comptroller), vice John Hamre.

    William Dale Montgomery,

    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 Croatia.

    Submitted October 23

    Linda Key Breathitt,

    of Kentucky, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    for a term expiring June 30, 2002, vice Donald Farley Santa, Jr., term
    expired.

    Curt Herbert, Jr.,

    of Mississippi, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory
    Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 1999, vice
    Elizabeth Anne Moler.

    Frank D. Yturria,

    of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American
    Foundation for a term expiring June 26, 2002 (reappointment).

    Paul J. Hoeper,

    of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Gilbert F.
    Decker, resigned.

    Submitted October 24

    William R. Ferris,

    of Mississippi, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the
    Humanities for a term of 4 years, vice Sheldon Hackney, resigned.

    Curt Hebert, Jr.,

    of Mississippi, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory
    Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 1999, vice
    Elizabeth Anne Moler.

    L. Paige Marvel,

    of Maryland, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a term of 15 years
    after she takes office, vice Lawrence A. Wright, retired.

    Withdrawn October 24

    Curt Herbert, Jr.,

    of Mississippi, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory
    Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 1999, vice
    Elizabeth Anne Moler, which was sent to the Senate on October 23, 1997.

    Submitted October 27

    Peter J. Hurtgen,

    of Florida, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the
    term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2001, vice John E. Higgins, Jr.

    Wilma B. Liebman,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the National Labor
    Relations Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 16,
    1997, vice Margaret Browning.

    Wilma B. Liebman,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the National Labor
    Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2002
    (reappointment).

    Withdrawn October 27

    Hershel W. Gober,

    of Arkansas, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs, vice Jesse Brown,
    resigned, which was sent to the Senate on July 31, 1997.

    Alphonso Maldon, Jr.,

    of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, vice Hershel
    Wayne Gober, which was sent to the Senate on September 26, 1997.

    Submitted October 28

    Katherine L. Archuleta,

    of Colorado, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of
    American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for the
    remainder of the term expiring May 19, 2000, vice LaDonna Harris,
    resigned.

    Joseph Robert Brame III,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for
    the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 1999, vice John C. Truesdale.

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    Sallyanne Harper,

    of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection
    Agency, vice Jonathan Z. Cannon, resigned.

    Hank Brown,

    of Colorado, to be a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public
    Diplomacy for a term expiring April 6, 2000, vice Walter R. Roberts,
    term expired.

    Penne Percy Korth,

    of Texas, to be a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public
    Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2000, vice William Hybl, term
    expired.

    Susanne T. Marshall,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board for
    the term of 7 years expiring March 1, 2004, vice Antonio C. Amador,
    resigned.

    Submitted October 31

    Beverly Baldwin Martin,

    of Georgia, to be U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia for
    the term of 4 years, vice James Lamar Wiggins.

    Robert M. McNamara, Jr.,

    of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency
    (new position).

    Submitted November 3

    John Charles Horsley,

    of Washington, to be Associate Deputy Secretary of Transportation, vice
    Michael Huerta.

    Submitted November 5

    Rebecca M. Blank,

    of Illinois, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice
    Alicia Haydock Munnell, resigned.

    Darryl R. Wold,

    of California, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a
    term expiring April 30, 2001, vice Joan D. Aikens, term expired.

    Submitted November 6

    John Paul Hammerschmidt,

    of Arkansas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term of 4 years (new
    position).

    Christine O.C. Miller,

    of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Federal
    Claims for a term of 15 years (reappointment).

    Rosemary S. Pooler,

    of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, vice Frank
    X. Altimari, retired.

    Robert D. Sack,

    of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, vice Roger
    J. Miner, retired.

    Jeanne Hurley Simon,

    of Illinois, to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and
    Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2002 (reappointment).

    Submitted November 7

    Donald J. Barry,

    of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, vice
    George T. Frampton, Jr., resigned.

    Robert T. Dawson,

    of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of
    Arkansas, vice H. Franklin Waters, retired.

    Joan Avalyn Dempsey,

    of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community
    Management (new position).

    Alan Greenspan,

    of New York, to be U.S. Alternate Governor of the International Monetary
    Fund for a term of 5 years (reappointment).

    Winter D. Horton, Jr.,

    of Utah, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for
    Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2002, vice Carolyn
    R. Bacon, term expired.

    Elaine D. Kaplan,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special
    Counsel, for the term of 5 years, vice Kathleen Day Koch, term expired.

    Wilma A. Lewis,

    of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of
    Columbia, vice Eric H. Holder, Jr., resigned.

    Robert J. Shapiro,

    of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for
    Economic Affairs, vice Everett M. Ehrlich.

    Withdrawn November 7

    James S. Ware,

    of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice J.
    Clifford Wallace, retired, which was sent to the Senate on June 27,
    1997.

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    Submitted November 8

    Ronald M. Gould,

    of Washington, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice
    Robert R. Beezer, retired.

    Sam A. Lindsay,

    of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas
    (new position).

    Barry G. Silverman,

    of Arizona, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice William
    Cameron Canby, Jr., retired.

    Orson Swindle,

    of Hawaii, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of 7 years
    from September 26, 1997, vice Roscoe Burton Starek III, term expired.

    Donna Tanoue,

    of Hawaii, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal
    Deposit Insurance Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring
    October 3, 2000, vice Ricki Rhodarmer Tigert, resigned.

    Donna Tanoue,

    of Hawaii, to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal
    Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of 5 years, vice Ricki
    Rhodarmer Tigert, resigned.

    Mozelle Willmont Thompson,

    of New York, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for the term of 7 years
    from September 26, 1996, vice Christine A. Varney, resigned.

    Joseph Robert Brame III,

    of Virginia, 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.

    Sarah McCracken Fox,

    of New York, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for
    the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 1999, vice John C. Truesdale.

    Cyril Kent McGuire,

    of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and
    Improvement, Department of Education, vice Sharon Porter Robinson,
    resigned.

    Withdrawn November 8

    Joseph Robert Brame III,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for
    the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 1999, vice John C. Truesdale,
    which was sent to the Senate on October 28, 1997.

    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, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 1997.