[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: WILLIAM J. CLINTON (2000, Book I)] [January 1, 2000] [Pages 1291-1298] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]Appendix B / Administration of William J. Clinton, 2000Appendix B--Nominations Submitted to the Senate [[Page 1291]] 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 24 Alan Greenspan,of New York, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of 4 years (reappointment). Edward B. Montgomery, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, vice Kathryn O'Leary Higgins, resigned. Submitted January 31 Nicholas P. Godici, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, vice Philip G. Hampton II. Richard Court Houseworth, of Arizona, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring December 25, 2001, vice Joseph H. Neely, resigned. Donna Tanoue, of Hawaii, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of 6 years (reappointment). Scott O. Wright, of Missouri, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for the remainder of the term expiring December 10, 2003, vice Joseph E. Stevens, Jr. Submitted February 1 Nathan O. Hatch, of Indiana, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2006, vice John Haughton D'Arms, resigned. Ross L. Wilson, 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 the Republic of Azerbaijan. Submitted February 2 Karl William Hofmann, 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 the Togolese Republic. Susan S. Jacobs, 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 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Vanuatu. Janet A. Sanderson, of Arizona, 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. John F. Tefft, 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 Lithuania. Thomas G. Weston, of Michigan, 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 Cyprus. Lauress L. Wise II, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Education Statistics for a term expiring June 21, 2003, vice Pascal D. Forgione, Jr., term expired. Donald Y. Yamamoto, 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 Republic of Djibouti. [[Page 1292]] Submitted February 7 Carey Cavanaugh, of Florida, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh and New Independent States Regional Conflicts. Rust Macpherson Deming, 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 Republic of Tunisia. John W. Limbert, of Vermont, 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. Roger A. Meece, 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. Ronald E. Neumann, 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 Bahrain. Submitted February 9 John Antoon II, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, vice G. Kendall Sharp, retired. Robert J. Cindrich, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Timothy K. Lewis, retired. John R. Dinger, 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 Mongolia. Audrey G. Fleissig, of Missouri, to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of 4 years, vice Edward L. Dowd, Jr., resigned. Phyllis J. Hamilton, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of California, vice an additional position in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 133(b)(1). Douglas Alan Hartwick, 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic. Christopher Robert Hill, 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 Poland. 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 Venezuela. Kent R. Markus, of Ohio, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice David A. Nelson, retired. Danny Lee McDonald, of Oklahoma, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2005 (reappointment). Christopher A. McLean, of Nebraska, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture, vice Wally B. Beyer. John Martin O'Keefe, of Virginia, a career member of the the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United State of America to the Kyrgyz Republic. Mary Ann Peters, 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh. Marc Racicot, of Montana, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2004, vice Reatha Clark King, resigned. Bradley A. Smith, of Ohio, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2005, vice Lee Ann Elliott, resigned. Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2004, vice Carol W. Kinsley, term expired. Submitted February 10 Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of career minister, to be Ambassador [[Page 1293]] Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Australia. Ronald D. Godard, of Texas, 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. Daniel A. Johnson, 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 Suriname. V. Manuel Rocha, 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 Republic of Bolivia. Michael J. Senko, 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 the Marshall Islands, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Kiribati. Submitted February 22 John Edward Herbst, 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 the Republic of Uzbekistan. Howard Franklin Jeter, of South Carolina, 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. A. Elizabeth Jones, 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 the Federal Republic of Germany. Rose M. Likins, 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 the Republic of El Salvador. Donnie R. Marshall, of Texas, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, vice Thomas A. Constantine, resigned. Laurence E. Pope, of Maine, 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. Johnnie B. Rawlinson, of Nevada, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Melvin T. Brunetti, retired. Submitted February 23 Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York for the term of 4 years, vice Zachary W. Carter, resigned. Thomas M. Slonaker, of Arizona, to be Special Trustee, office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior, vice Paul N. Homan. Michelle Andrews Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Howard Monroe Schloss, resigned. E. Ashley Wills, of Georgia, 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 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. Submitted February 24 Nina V. Fedoroff, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2006, vice Claudia I. Mitchell-Kernan. Patrick Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, vice George Edward Moose. Diana S. Natalicio, of Texas, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2006 (reappointment). Submitted February 28 Nicholas G. Garaufis, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Charles P. Sifton, retired. [[Page 1294]] Gerard E. Lynch, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice John E. Sprizzo, retired. Daniel Marcus, of Maryland, to be Associate Attorney General, vice Raymond C. Fisher. Submitted March 2 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, 2004, to which position she was appointed during the recess of the Senate from November 19, 1999, to January 24, 2000. Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, 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 Ukraine. Bonnie J. Campbell, of Iowa, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice George G. Fagg, retired. Thomas P. Furey, of Oregon, 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 Kingdom of Nepal. Submitted March 9 Madelyn R. Creedon, of Indiana, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration (new position). S. David Fineman, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, vice Norma Levy Shapiro, retired. Mary A. McLaughlin, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, vice Marvin Katz, retired. Submitted March 20 Gregory Robert Dahlberg, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army, vice Bernard Daniel Rostker. William A. Eaton, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Administration), vice Patrick Francis Kennedy. Marc Grossman, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice Edward William Gnehm, Jr. John McAdam Mott, 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 Truman Aldrich Morrison III, retired. Bernard Daniel Rostker, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, vice Rudy de Leon. Submitted March 22 Arthur C. Campbell, of Tennessee, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development (new position). Nuria I. Fernandez, of Illinois, to be Federal Transit Administrator, vice Gordon J. Linton, resigned. Lawrence George Rossin, 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 Republic of Croatia. Bruce Sundlun, of Rhode Island, to be a member of the National Security Education Board for a term of 4 years, vice Eamon M. Kelly, term expired. John A. White, Jr., of Arkansas, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2006 (reappointment). Submitted March 23 Gordon S. Heddell, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Labor, vice Charles C. Masten, resigned. Julio F. Mercado, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of Drug Enforcement, vice Donnie R. Marshall. Manuel Trinidad Pacheco, of Arizona, to be a member of the National Security Education Board for a term of 4 years (reappointment). Steven S. Reed, of Kentucky, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky for the term of 4 years, vice Walter Michael Troop, resigned. [[Page 1295]] Beth Susan Slavet, of Massachusetts, to be Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, vice Benjamin Leader Erdreich, resigned. Ella Wong-Rusinko, of Virginia, to be Alternate Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, vice Hilda Gay Legg, resigned. Submitted March 27 Gregory G. Govan, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Chief U.S. Delegate to the Joint Consultative Group (new position). Roger L. Hunt, of Nevada, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada (new position). Beverly B. Martin, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, vice G. Ernest Tidwell, retired. Withdrawn March 27 Jose Antonio Perez, of California, to be U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of California for the term of 4 years, vice Stephen Simpson Gregg, which was sent to the Senate on January 6, 1999. Gail S. Tusan, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia vice, G. Ernest Tidwell, retired, which was sent to the Senate on August 3, 1999. Submitted March 30 J. Randolph Babbitt, of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of 3 years (new position). Robert W. Baker, of Texas, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of 3 years (new position). Edward M. Bolen, of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of 3 years (new position). Debbie D. Branson, of Texas, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of 3 years (new position). Geoffrey T. Crowley, of Wisconsin, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of 2 years (new position). Robert A. Davis, of Washington, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of 2 years (new position). Kendall W. Wilson, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of one year (new position). Submitted April 4 Carol W. Kinsley, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term of one year (new position). Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation for a term expiring May 10, 2006 (reappointment). Robert B. Rogers, of Missouri, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2001, vice Marlee Matlin, term expired. Barbara W. Snelling, of Vermont, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2001, vice Dennis L. Bark, term expired. Warren M. Washington, of Colorado, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2006 (reappointment). Submitted April 5 Jay A. Garcia-Gregory, of Puerto Rico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, vice Raymond L. Acosta, retired. Submitted April 6 Kent J. Dawson, of Nevada, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada, vice a new position created by Public Law 106-113, approved November 29, 1999. Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be a member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration for the remainder of the term expiring October 13, 2000, vice Marsha P. Martin. [[Page 1296]] Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be a member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration for a term expiring October 13, 2006 (reappointment). Submitted April 25 Brian Dean Curran, 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 Haiti. Mark D. Gearan, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term of 2 years (new position). Jose Antonio Perez, of California, to be U.S. Marshal for the Central District of California for the term of 4 years, vice Michael R. Ramon, resigned. Russell John Qualliotine, of New York, to be U.S. States Marshal for the Southern District of New York for the term of 4 years, vice Martin James Burke. Linda B. Riegle, of Nevada, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada, vice Johnnie B. Rawlinson, elevated. Laura Taylor Swain, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Thomas P. Griesa, retired. Daniel G. Webber, Jr., of Oklahoma, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma, vice Patrick M. Ryan, resigned. Sharon P. Wilkinson, 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 the Republic of Mozambique. Withdrawn April 25 Thomas P. Furey, of Oregon, 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 Kingdom of Nepal, which was sent to the Senate on March 2, 2000. Submitted April 27 Edward M. Bolen, of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of 2 years (new position). Norman J. Pattiz, of California, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2001, vice David W. Burke, resigned. Withdrawn April 27 Edward M. Bolen, of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council for a term of 3 years (new position), which was sent to the Senate on March 30, 2000. Submitted May 1 John Ramsey Johnson, 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 Ellen Segal Huvelle, elevated. Submitted May 2 James Edgar Baker, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of 15 years to expire on the date prescribed by law, vice Walter T. Cox III, term expired. Submitted May 3 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, 2006 (reappointment). Dennis M. Cavanaugh, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice Alfred M. Wolin, retiring. Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy (new position). Marc B. Nathanson, of California, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2001 (reappointment). Marc B. Nathanson, of California, to be Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (new position). Barbara J. Sapin, of Maryland, to be a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board for the term of 7 years expiring March 1, 2007, vice Benjamin Leader Erdreich, resigned. [[Page 1297]] Submitted May 8 Owen James Sheaks, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance) (new position). Submitted May 9 Paul C. Huck, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, vice Kenneth L. Ryskamp, retired. Marjorie Ransom, 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 Republic of Yemen. Submitted May 11 Barry Edward Carter, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Sally A. Shelton. John W. Darrah, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, vice George M. Marovich, retired. Joan Humphrey Lefkow, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, vice Ann C. Williams, elevated. Ricardo Morado, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, vice Filamon B. Vela, retired. Michael J. Reagan, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois (new position). George Z. Singal, of Maine, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Maine, vice Morton A. Brody, deceased. Mark S. Wrighton, of Missouri, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2006, vice Robert M. Solow, term expired. Submitted May 17 Roger W. Kallock, of Ohio, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness (new position). Robert Mays Lyford, of Arkansas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2002, vice Harvey Sigelbaum, term expired. Submitted May 23 Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy (new position). Jayne G. Fawcett, of Connecticut, 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, 2006, vice Alfred H. Qoyawayma, term expired. Don Harrell, of New York, to be a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring September 25, 2002, vice Jerome A. Stricker, term expired. Withdrawn May 23 Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Energy Research, vice Martha Anne Krebs, which was sent to the Senate on April 13, 2000. Nicholas P. Godici, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, vice Philip G. Hampton II, which was sent to the Senate on January 31, 2000. Submitted May 25 Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico for the term of 4 years, vice John Joseph Kelly, resigned. Robin Chandler Duke, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Norway. Robert S. LaRussa, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, vice David L. Aaron, resigned. Marc E. Leland, of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2003, vice Max M. Kampleman, term expired. Stephen M. Orlofsky, of New Jersey, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Morton I. Greenberg, retiring. Donald J. Sutherland, of New York, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence [[Page 1298]] in Education Foundation for a term expiring August 11, 2002 (reappointment). Harriet M. Zimmerman, of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2003 (reappointment). Submitted June 6 Lisa Gayle Ross, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Nancy Killefer, resigned. Lisa Gayle Ross, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury, vice Nancy Killefer, resigned. K. Gary Sebelius, of Kansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Kansas, vice G. Thomas Van Bebber, retiring. Kenneth O. Simon, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, vice Sam C. Pointer, Jr., retired. John E. Steele, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida (new position). Withdrawn June 6 James M. Lyons, of Colorado, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, vice John P. Moore, retired, which was sent to the Senate on September 22, 1999. Submitted June 8 Holly J. Burkhalter, 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 W. Scott Thompson, term expired. John Train, of New York, to be a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board for a term expiring October 11, 2003, vice Scott B. Lukins, term expired. Submitted June 13 Richard A. Boucher, of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Public Affairs), vice James P. Rubin. Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Charles A. Hunnicutt, resigned. Submitted June 16 Allan I. Mendelowitz, of Connecticut, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2007, vice Bruce A. Morrison, term expired. Ruth Martha Thomas, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Linda Lee Robertson, resigned. Withdrawn June 16 Bruce A. Morrison, of Connecticut, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2007 (reappointment), which was sent to the Senate on October 29, 1999.