    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book I)]
    [January 1, 2008]
    [Pages 931-945]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

               Appendix B / Administration of George W. Bush, 2008

    Appendix B--Nominations Submitted to the Senate

    [[Page 931]]

    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 22

     Jonathan Baron,

     of Maryland, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National
    Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28, 2011
    (reappointment).

     Julia W. Bland,

     of Louisiana, to be a member of the National Museum and Library
    Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012, vice Margaret
    Scarlett, term expired.

     William J. Brennan,

     of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and
    Atmosphere, vice James R. Mahoney.

     Jan Cellucci,

     of Massachusetts, to be a member of the National Museum and Library
    Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012, vice Edwin Joseph
    Rigaud, term expired.

     J. Gregory Copeland,

     of Texas, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice David
    R. Hill.

     Nelson M. Ford,

     of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Army, vice Preston M. Geren.

     Joxel Garcia,

     of Connecticut, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the
    Public Health Service, subject to the qualifications therefor as
    provided by law and regulations, and to be an Assistant Secretary of
    Health and Human Services, vice John O. Agwunobi, resigned.

     Joxel Garcia,

     of Connecticut, to be Representative of the U.S. on the Executive Board
    of the World Health Organization, vice James O. Mason.

     Jeffrey J. Grieco,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for
    International Development, vice J. Edward Fox.

     William J. Hagenah,

     of Illinois, to be a member of the National Museum and Library Services
    Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012, vice Judith Ann Rapanos,
    term expired.

     Frank Philip Handy,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National
    Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28, 2011
    (reappointment).

     Mark Y. Herring,

     of South Carolina, to be a member of the National Museum and Library
    Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012, vice Renee Swartz,
    term expired.

     Dorla M. Salling,

     of Texas, to be a Commissioner of the U.S. Parole Commission for a term
    of 6 years, vice Deborah Ann Spagnoli, resigned.

     Sally Epstein Shaywitz,

     of Connecticut, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28,
    2011 (reappointment).

     Kurt Douglas Volker,

     of Pennsylvania, a career Foreign Service Officer of class One, to be
    U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic
    Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador
    Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

     Joanne Weiss,

     of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National
    Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28, 2010, vice
    James R. Davis, term expired.

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     Submitted January 23

     Anita K. Blair,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice William A.
    Navas, Jr., resigned.

     Steven G. Bradbury,

     of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman
    Goldsmith III, resigned.

     Margaret Scobey,

     of Tennessee, 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.

     D. Kathleen Stephens,

     of Montana, 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 Korea.

     Withdrawn January 23

     Andrew G. Biggs,

     of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for the term
    expiring January 19, 2013, vice James B. Lockhart III, which was sent to
    the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Andrew G. Biggs,

     of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for a term
    expiring January 19, 2013, vice James B. Lockhart III, which was sent to
    the Senate on May 16, 2007.

     E. Duncan Getchell, Jr.,

     of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice H.
    Emory Widener, Jr., retired, which was sent to the Senate on September
    6, 2007.

     Submitted January 25

     Robert J. Battista,

     of Michigan, to be member of the National Labor Relations Board for the
    term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2009, vice Dennis P. Walsh.

     Gerard Morales,

     of Arizona, to be member of the National Labor Relations Board for the
    term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2012, vice Robert J. Battista,
    term expired.

     Dennis P. Walsh,

     of Maryland, to be member of the National Labor Relations Board for the
    term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2008, vice Peter N. Kirsanow.

     Dennis P. Walsh,

     of Maryland, to be member of the National Labor Relations Board for the
    term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2013 (reappointment).

     Withdrawn January 25

     Peter N. Kirsanow,

     of Ohio, to be member of the National Labor Relations Board for the
    term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2008, vice Ronald E. Meisburg, which
    was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Dennis P. Walsh,

     of Ohio, to be member of the National Labor Relations Board for the
    term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2009 (reappointment), which was
    sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Submitted January 30

     Robert J. Callahan,

     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 Nicaragua.

     Elisebeth C. Cook,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Rachel Brand.

     Heather M. Hodges,

     of Ohio, 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 Ecuador.

     Barbara J. Stephenson,

     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 Panama.

     William Edward Todd,

     of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, to be
    Ambassador Extraordinary

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    and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Brunei
    Darussalam.

     Withdrawn January 30

     Dennis W. Carlton,

     of Illinois, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice
    Katherine Baicker, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on August 2,
    2007.

     Andrew J. McKenna, Jr.,

     of Illinois, to be a member of the National Security Education Board
    for a term of 4 years, vice Robert N. Shamansky, term expired, which was
    sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Submitted February 5

     Clyde R. Cook, Jr.,

     of North Carolina, to be U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of North
    Carolina for the term of 4 years, vice Charles R. Reavis.

     Hugo Llorens,

     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 Honduras.

     Marianne Matuzic Myles,

     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 Cape Verde.

     Submitted February 6

     Ralph E. Martinez,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
    of the U.S. for a term expiring September 30, 2010, vice Laramie Faith
    McNamara.

     Susan D. Peppler,

     of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development, vice Pamela Hughes Patenaude.

     Linda Thomas-Greenfield,

     of Louisiana, 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 Liberia.

     Withdrawn February 7

     Paul DeCamp,

     of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division,
    Department of Labor, vice Tammy Dee McCutchen, resigned, which was sent
    to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Submitted February 12

     Jeffrey Robert Brown,

     of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years, vice Thomas R.
    Saving.

     Jeffrey Robert Brown,

     of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
    Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years, vice Thomas R. Saving.

     Hyepin Christine Im,

     of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for National and Community Service for the remainder of the
    term expiring October 6, 2008, vice Henry Lozano, resigned.

     Hyepin Christine Im,

     of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring
    October 6, 2013 (reappointment).

     Perri Klass,

     of New York, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2009, vice William T.
    Hiller, term expired.

     Katherine Mitchell,

     of Alabama, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2010, vice Mark G.
    Yudof, resigned.

     Eduardo J. Padron,

     of Florida, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2009, vice Juan R.
    Olivarez, term expired.

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     Alexa E. Posny,

     of Kansas, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2008, vice Carol C.
    Gambill, term expired.

     Timothy Shanahan,

     of Illinois, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2010 (reappointment).

     Richard Kenneth Wagner,

     of Florida, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2009 (reappointment).

     Laysha Ward,

     of Minnesota, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring
    December 27, 2012, vice Mimi Mager, term expired.

     Withdrawn February 12

     Warren Bell,

     of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31,
    2012, vice Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, resigned, which was sent to the Senate
    on January 9, 2007.

     Patricia Mathes,

     of Texas, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2007, vice Mark G.
    Yudof, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     John L. Palmer,

     of New York, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
    Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment), which was
    sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     John L. Palmer,

     of New York, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years
    (reappointment), which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     John L. Palmer,

     of New York, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment),
    which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Thomas R. Saving,

     of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years
    (reappointment), which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Thomas R. Saving,

     of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-
    Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability
    Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment), which was
    sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Thomas R. Saving,

     of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment),
    which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Submitted February 14

     Jeffrey Robert Brown,

     of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
    Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years, vice
    Thomas R. Saving.

     David Gustafson,

     of Virginia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a term of 15
    years, vice Carolyn P. Chiechi, term expired.

     William T. Lawrence,

     of Indiana, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    Indiana, vice John Daniel Tinder, elevated.

     Joseph Evan LeBaron,

     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 State of Qatar.

    [[Page 935]]

     Stephen James Nolan,

     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 Botswana.

     Elizabeth Crewson Paris,

     of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a
    term of 15 years, vice Joel Gerber, retired.

     Samuel W. Speck,

     of Ohio, to be a Commissioner on the part of the U.S. on the
    International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, vice Dennis L.
    Schornack.

     Submitted February 25

     Joseph A. Benkert,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Peter Cyril
    Wyche Flory, resigned.

     Donald E. Booth,

     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 Zambia.

     Carol Dillon Kissal,

     of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Small Business Administration,
    vice Eric M. Thorson.

     Scot A. Marciel,

     of California, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service
    as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Association of
    Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Affairs.

     Nancy E. McEldowney,

     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 Bulgaria.

     Stephen George McFarland,

     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 Republic of Guatemala.

     Gillian Arlette Milovanovic,

     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 Mali.

     Submitted February 26

     Kenneth E. Carfine,

     of Maryland, to be a member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight
    Board for a term expiring September 21, 2010, vice Robert M. Tobias,
    term expired.

     Peter E. Cianchette,

     of Maine, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Costa Rica.

     Colm F. Connolly,

     of Delaware, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Delaware,
    vice Kent A. Jordan, elevated.

     E. Edwin Eck,

     of Montana, to be a member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight
    Board for a term expiring September 14, 2008, vice Karen Hastie
    Williams, term expired.

     Sheila McNamara Greenwood,

     of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development, vice Steven B. Nesmith, resigned.

     Paul A. Schneider,

     of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Michael
    Jackson, resigned.

     Withdrawn February 26

     Peter E. Cianchette,

     of Maine, to be a member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight
    Board for a term expiring September 14, 2010, vice Nancy Killefer, term
    expired, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Stanley C. Suboleski,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy),
    vice Jeffrey D. Jarrett, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on
    December 11, 2007.

    [[Page 936]]

     Catherine G. West,

     of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Internal Revenue
    Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2008, vice
    Karen Hastie Williams, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on
    January 9, 2007.

     Submitted February 27

     Nanci E. Langley,

     of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission
    for a term expiring November 22, 2012, vice Dawn A. Tisdale, term
    expired.

     Ronald D. Rotunda,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties
    Oversight Board for a term of 4 years expiring January 29, 2012 (new
    position).

     Daniel W. Sutherland,

     of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Privacy and Civil Liberties
    Oversight Board for a term of 6 years expiring January 29, 2014 (new
    position).

     Francis X. Taylor,

     of Maryland, to be a member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties
    Oversight Board for a term of 2 years expiring January 29, 2010 (new
    position).

     Submitted March 5

     James B. Cunningham,

     of New York, 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.

     Kerry Kennedy,

     of New York, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.
    Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2011, vice Laurie
    Susan Fulton, term expired.

     Ikram U. Khan,

     of Nevada, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.
    Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2009, vice Holly J.
    Burkhalter, term expired.

     Stephen D. Krasner,

     of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S.
    Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2011, vice Charles
    Edward Horner, term expired.

     Alexander Passantino,

     of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division,
    Department of Labor, vice Paul DeCamp.

     Neil Suryakant Patel,

     of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
    Communications and Information, vice John M.R. Kneuer.

     Donald Gene Teitelbaum,

     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 Republic of Ghana.

     Frank Charles Urbancic, Jr.,

     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 Republic of Cyprus.

     J. Robinson West,

     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, 2011
    (reappointment).

     Submitted March 11

     Mimi Alemayehou,

     of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Director of the African
    Development Bank for a term of 5 years, vice Cynthia Shepard Perry, term
    expired.

     Rear Admiral Jonathan W. Bailey,

     NOAA, to be a member of the Mississippi River Commission.

     Kiyo A. Matsumoto,

     of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New
    York, vice Edward R. Korman, retired.

     Cathy Seibel,

     of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New
    York, vice Richard Conway Casey, deceased.

     William Clifford Smith,

     of Louisiana, to be a member of the Mississippi River Commission for a
    term of 9 years (reappointment).

    [[Page 937]]

     Submitted March 13

     G. Steven Agee,

     of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice J.
    Michael Luttig, resigned.

     Barbara McConnell Barrett,

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

     David R. Hill,

     of Missouri, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental
    Protection Agency, vice Roger Romulus Martella, Jr.

     T. Vance McMahan,

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

     Withdrawn March 13

     Charles A. Gargano,

     of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to the Republic of Austria, which was sent to
    the Senate on November 7, 2007.

     David R. Hill,

     of Missouri, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental
    Protection Agency, vice Jeffrey R. Holmstead, resigned, which was sent
    to the Senate on December 3, 2007.

     Submitted March 31

     Luis Aguilar,

     of Georgia, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2010, vice Roel C.
    Campos, resigned.

     Constance S. Barker,

     of Alabama, to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity
    Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2011, vice Cari M. Dominguez,
    resigned.

     Robert Stephen Beecroft,

     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 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

     Victoria Ray Carlson,

     of Iowa, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2010 (reappointment).

     Lily Fu Claffee,

     of Illinois, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, vice
    John J. Sullivan.

     Chad Colley,

     of Florida, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2010 (reappointment).

     Kristen Cox,

     of Utah, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2009, vice Linda Wetters, term expired.

     Tyler D. Duvall,

     of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, vice
    Jeffrey Shane, resigned.

     Marvin G. Fifield,

     of Utah, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2008, vice Graham Hill, term expired.

     Marvin G. Fifield,

     of Utah, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2011 (reappointment).

     John H. Hager,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2009, vice Robert Davila, term expired.

     Michael E. Leiter,

     of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the National
    Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National
    Intelligence, vice John S. Redd, resigned.

     Lisa Mattheiss,

     of Tennessee, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for
    a term expiring September 17, 2010 (reappointment).

     Katherine O. McCary,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2009, vice Milton Aponte, term expired.

    [[Page 938]]

     Kameran L. Onley,

     of Washington, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Mark
    A. Limbaugh.

     Anne Rader,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2010 (reappointment).

     Philip Thomas Reeker,

     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
    Macedonia.

     Miguel R. San Juan,

     of Texas, to be U.S. Executive Director of the Inter-American
    Development Bank for a term of 3 years, vice Hector E. Morales, term
    expired.

     A. Ellen Terpstra,

     of New York, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S.
    Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Richard T.
    Crowder.

     Renee L. Tyree,

     of Arizona, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2009, vice Kathleen Martinez, term expired.

     John R. Vaughn,

     of Florida, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2010 (reappointment).

     Christopher R. Wall,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Christopher
    A. Padilla.

     Elisse Walter,

     of Maryland, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    for a term expiring June 5, 2012, vice Annette L. Nazareth, term
    expired.

     Tony J. Williams,

     of Washington, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for
    a term expiring September 17, 2009, vice Young Woo Kang, term expired.

     Submitted April 2

     Brandon Chad Bungard,

     of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations
    Authority for a term of 5 years, vice Colleen Duffy Kiko, resigned.

     William J. Burns,

     of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign
    Service, class of Career Minister, to be an Under Secretary of State
    (Political Affairs), vice R. Nicholas Burns, resigned.

     Elaine C. Duke,

     of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Management, Department of
    Homeland Security, vice Paul A. Schneider.

     John P. Hewko,

     of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice
    Andrew B. Steinberg.

     Richard E. Hoagland,

     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 the Republic of
    Kazakhstan.

     Janice L. Jacobs,

     of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Bureau of
    Consular Affairs), vice Maura Ann Harty, resigned.

     Jeffrey F. Kupfer,

     of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice Jeffrey Clay Sell,
    resigned.

     Alexa E. Posny,

     of Kansas, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2011 (reappointment).

     Marie L. Yovanovitch,

     of Connecticut, 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 Armenia.

    [[Page 939]]

     Submitted April 3

    Bartholomew H. Chilton,

    of Delaware, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading
    Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2013 (reappointment).

    Scott O'Malia,

    of Michigan, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading
    Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2012, vice Reuben Jeffery III,
    resigned.

     Submitted April 7

     Peter William Bodde,

     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 Republic of Malawi.

    Submitted April 15

    Michele M. Leonhart,

    of California, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, vice Karen P.
    Tandy, resigned.

    Stephen Joseph Murphy III,

     of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Michigan, vice Patrick J. Duggan, retired.

    Helene N. White,

    of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Susan
    Bieke Neilson, deceased.

    Withdrawn April 15

    Stephen Joseph Murphy III,

    of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Susan
    Bieke Neilson, deceased, which was sent to the Senate on March 19, 2007.

    Submitted April 17

    Kelly Harrison Rankin,

    of Wyoming, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming for the term
    of 4 years, vice Matthew Hansen Mead, resigned.

     Submitted April 23

     Christine O. Hill,

     of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs
    (Congressional Affairs), vice Thomas E. Harvey, resigned.

     C. Steven McGann,

     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 the Fiji Islands, and to
    serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador
    Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the
    Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of
    Kiribati.

     T. Vance McMahan,

     of Texas, 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 on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

     Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick,

     of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Regina B.
    Schofield, resigned.

     Submitted April 24

     Kristen Silverberg,

     of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of America to the
    European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary.

     Lyndon L. Olson, Jr.,

     of Texas, to be a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public
    Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2008, vice Harold C. Pachios, term
    expired.

     Withdrawn April 24

     C. Boyden Gray,

     of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States
    of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador
    Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, which was sent to the Senate on
    January 9, 2007.

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     Withdrawn April 28

     George A. Krol,

     of New Jersey, 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 Turkmenistan, which was sent to the
    Senate on June 27, 2007.

     Submitted April 29

     Eric J. Boswell,

     of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State
    (Diplomatic Security), vice Richard J. Griffin, resigned.

     Eric J. Boswell,

     of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office of Foreign
    Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of
    service, vice Richard J. Griffin, resigned.

     Paul G. Gardephe,

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

     Patricia McMahon Hawkins,

     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 Togolese Republic.

     Clark Waddoups,

     of Utah, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Utah, vice Paul
    G. Cassell, resigned.

     Submitted April 30

     Michael M. Anello,

     of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of
    California, vice Napoleon A. Jones, retired.

     Submitted May 1

     Liliana Ayalde,

     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 Republic of Paraguay.

     Tatiana C. Gfoeller-Volkoff,

     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 Kyrgyz Republic.

     Steven C. Preston,

     of Illinois, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice
    Alphonso R. Jackson, resigned.

     Sean Joseph Stackley,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Delores M.
    Etter, resigned.

     Submitted May 6

     Cynthia L. Bauerly,

     of Minnesota, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a
    term expiring April 30, 2011, vice Robert D. Lenhard.

     Caroline C. Hunter,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a
    term expiring April 30, 2013, vice Michael E. Toner, resigned.

     Donald F. McGahn,

     of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Election
    Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2009, vice David M. Mason, term
    expired.

     Troy A. Paredes,

     of Missouri, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission
    for a term expiring June 5, 2013, vice Paul S. Atkins, resigned.

     Withdrawn May 6

     Robert J. Battista,

     of Michigan, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for
    the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2009, vice Dennis P. Walsh,
    which was sent to the Senate on January 25, 2008.

     Robert D. Lenhard,

     of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a
    term expiring April 30, 2011, vice Danny Lee McDonald, term expired,
    which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

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     David M. Mason,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a
    term expiring April 30, 2009 (reappointment), which was sent to the
    Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Submitted May 7

     William Walter Wilkins III,

     of South Carolina, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of South
    Carolina for the term of 4 years, vice Reginald I. Lloyd, resigned.

     Submitted May 8

     Glen E. Conrad,

     of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice H.
    Emory Widener, retired.

     Donetta Davidson,

     of Colorado, to be a member of the Election Assistance Commission for a
    term expiring December 12, 2011 (reappointment).

     Rosemary E. Rodriguez,

     of Colorado, to be a member of the Election Assistance Commission for a
    term expiring December 12, 2011 (reappointment).

     Submitted May 13

     John R. Beyrle,

     of Michigan, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    of the United States of America to the Russian Federation.

     Rosemary Anne DiCarlo,

     of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign
    Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Alternate Representative of
    the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United
    Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

     Rosemary Anne DiCarlo,

     of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign
    Service, class of Minister-Counselor, 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.

     Carol Ann Rodley,

     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 Kingdom of Cambodia.

     Submitted May 20

     Asif J. Chaudhry,

     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 Moldova.

     Husein A. Cumber,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Surface Transportation Board for a
    term expiring December 31, 2013, vice W. Douglas Buttrey, term expiring.

     Tina S. Kaidanow,

     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
    Kosovo.

     Withdrawn May 20

     A. Paul Anderson,

     of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring
    June 30, 2012 (reappointment), which was sent to the Senate on August 2,
    2007.

     Arlene Holen,

     of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety
    and Health Review Commission for a term of 6 years, expiring August 30,
    2010, vice Robert H. Beatty, Jr., term expired, which was sent to the
    Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Hans von Spakovsky,

     of Georgia, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a
    term expiring April 30, 2011, vice Bradley A. Smith, resigned, which was
    sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Submitted May 22

     Michael B. Bemis,

     of Mississippi, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Tennessee Valley Authority

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    for a term expiring May 18, 2013, vice Skila Harris, resigned.

     Patrick J. Durkin,

     of Connecticut, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17,
    2009, vice Ned L. Siegel, term expired.

     John J. Faso,

     of New York, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the James
    Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring May 29, 2013,
    vice David Wesley Fleming, term expired.

     David F. Girard-diCarlo,

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

     Joe Manchin III,

     of West Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the James
    Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring November 5,
    2012, vice George Perdue, term expired.

     Harvey M. Tettlebaum,

     of Missouri, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the James
    Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term expiring October 3,
    2012, vice Marc R. Pacheco, term expired.

     Submitted June 3

     James Culbertson,

     of North Carolina, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
    of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

     Alan W. Eastham, Jr.,

     of Arkansas, 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 the Congo.

     Cheryl Feldman Halpern,

     of New Jersey, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2014
    (reappointment).

     Dennis Michael Klein,

     of Kentucky, to be U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky
    for the term of 4 years, vice John Schickel, resigned.

     Kenneth L. Peel,

     of Maryland, to be U.S. Director of the European Bank for
    Reconstruction and Development, vice Mark Sullivan, resigned.

     David H. Pryor,

     of Arkansas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2014
    (reappointment).

     Bruce M. Ramer,

     of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the
    Corporation for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31,
    2012, vice Warren Bell.

     Elizabeth Sembler,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
    for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2014, vice
    Claudia Puig, term expired.

     Loretta Cheryl Sutliff,

     of Nevada, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
    for Public Broadcasting for a term expiring January 31, 2012, vice Frank
    Henry Cruz, term expired.

     W. Stuart Symington,

     of Missouri, 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 Rwanda.

     Submitted June 4

     William B. Carr, Jr.,

     of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission for a
    term expiring October 31, 2011, vice John R. Steer.

     Withdrawn June 4

     John R. Steer,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission for a
    term expiring October 31, 2011 (reappointment), which was sent to the
    Senate on January 9, 2007.

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     Submitted June 10

     John O. Agwunobi,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the African
    Development Foundation for a term expiring February 9, 2014, vice
    Ephraim Batambuze, term expired.

     Frederick S. Celec,

     of Virginia, to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear
    and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, vice Dale Klein, resigned.

     Julius E. Coles,

     of Georgia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the African
    Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 2011, vice
    Willie Grace Campbell, term expired.

     Morgan W. Davis,

     of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the African
    Development Foundation for a term expiring November 13, 2013, vice
    Edward Brehm, term expired.

     Marylyn Andrea Howe,

     of Massachusetts, to be a member of the National Council on Disability
    for a term expiring September 17, 2011 (reappointment).

     John Melvin Jones,

     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 Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

     John W. Leslie, Jr.,

     of Connecticut, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the African
    Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 2013
    (reappointment).

     Heather McCallum,

     of Georgia, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2011, vice Cynthia Allen Wainscott, term
    expiring.

     Lonnie C. Moore,

     of Kansas, to be a member of the National Council on Disability for a
    term expiring September 17, 2011 (reappointment).

     Christina Alvarado Shanahan,

     of North Carolina, to be a member of the National Council on Disability
    for a term expiring September 17, 2011, vice Patricia Pound, term
    expired.

     Submitted June 12

     Matthew S. Petersen,

     of Utah, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term
    expiring April 30, 2011, vice Hans von Spakovsky.

     Submitted June 16

     Michele Jeanne Sison,

     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 Republic of Lebanon.

     James Christopher Swan,

     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 Djibouti.

    Submitted June 18

    J.V. Schwan,

    of Virginia, to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission
    for a term expiring June 16, 2017, vice Deanna Tanner Okur, term
    expired.

     Submitted June 19

     Diane Barone,

     of Nevada, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring January 30, 2011, vice Donald D.
    Deshler, term expired.

     Mary E. Curtis,

     of Massachusetts, to be a member of the National Institute for Literacy
    Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2011, vice Carmel
    Borders, term expiring.

     Gregory G. Garre,

     of Maryland, to be Solicitor General of the United States, vice Paul D.
    Clement, resigned.

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     Richard G. Olson, Jr.,

     of New Mexico, 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 United Arab Emirates.

     Michael O'Neill,

     of Maryland, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia,
    vice Gladys Kessler, retired.

     Brent R. Orrell,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Emily Stover
    DeRocco.

     Jeffrey Adam Rosen,

     of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia,
    vice Thomas F. Hogan, retired.

     J. Patrick Rowan,

     of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Kenneth L.
    Wainstein.

     Submitted June 24

     Holly A. Kuzmich,

     of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional
    Affairs, Department of Education, vice Terrell Halaska, resigned.

     Christopher M. Marston,

     of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Management, Department of
    Education, vice Michell C. Clark, resigned.

     Lyndon L. Olson, Jr.,

     of Texas, to be a member of the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public
    Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2011 (reappointment).

     David D. Pearce,

     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 People's Democratic Republic of
    Algeria.

     Withdrawn June 24

     J. Gregory Copeland,

     of Texas, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice David
    R. Hill, which was sent to the Senate on January 22, 2008.

     Submitted June 25

     Santanu K. Baruah,

     of Oregon, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration,
    vice Steven C. Preston, resigned.

     Michael Bruce Donley,

     of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air Force, vice Michael W. Wynne,
    resigned.

     Jason J. Fichtner,

     of Virginia, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for the term
    expiring January 19, 2013, vice Andrew G. Biggs, resigned.

     James A. Williams,

     of Virginia, to be Administrator of General Services, vice Lurita
    Alexis Doan, resigned.

     Submitted June 26

     Richard A. Anderson,

     of Georgia, to be a member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight
    Board for a term expiring September 14, 2013, vice Paul Jones, term
    expiring.

     Joseph F. Bader,

     of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Defense Nuclear
    Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2012
    (reappointment).

     Mary Lucille Jordan,

     of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health
    Review Commission for a term of 6 years expiring August 30, 2014
    (reappointment).

     Peter Robert Kann,

     of New Jersey, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
    for a term expiring August 13, 2010, vice James K. Glassman, resigned.

     Mark Everett Keenum,

     of Mississippi, to be a member of the Farm Credit Administration Board,
    Farm Credit Administration for a term expiring May 21, 2014, vice Nancy
    C. Pellett, term expired.

     Michael Meehan,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for
    a term expiring August 13, 2010, vice D. Jeffrey Hirschberg, term
    expired.

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     Matthew A. Reynolds,

     of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative
    Affairs), vice Jeffrey Thomas Bergner, resigned.

     Withdrawn June 26

     D. Jeffrey Hirschberg,

     of Wisconsin, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for
    a term expiring August 13, 2007 (reappointment), which was sent to the
    Senate on January 9, 2007.

     Submitted June 27

     Thomas A. Betro,

     of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of State, vice Howard
    J. Krongard, resigned.

     Brian H. Hook,

     of Iowa, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International
    Organization Affairs), vice Kristen Silverberg.