[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.