[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 34, Number 28 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Pages 1359-1360]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Nominations Submitted to the Senate

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The following list does not include promotions of members of the 
Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations 
of Foreign Service officers.

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Submitted July 7

Carolyn H. Becraft,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice Bernard 
Daniel Rostker.

Ruby Butler DeMesme,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Rodney 
A. Coleman, resigned.

Bert T. Edwards,

of Maryland, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of State, vice 
Richard L. Greene, resigned.

Patrick T. Henry,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Sara E. 
Lister, resigned.

Joseph H. Melrose, Jr.,

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 Sierra Leone.

John Shattuck,

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

David G. Carpenter,

of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice Eric James 
Boswell, resigned.

David G. Carpenter,

of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to 
have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service, vice Eric 
James Boswell.

Robert Patrick Finn,

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 Tajikistan.

Richard Henry Jones,

of Nebraska, 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.

Charles F. Kartman,

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 Envoy for the Korean Peace Talks.

Kathryn Dee Robinson,

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 Republic of Ghana.

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Submitted July 9

Simon Ferro,

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

D. Bambi Kraus,

of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the board of Trustees of 
the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts 
Development for a term expiring May 19, 2004, vice Marion G. Chambers.

William B. Milam,

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 Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Withdrawn July 9

Carlos Pascual,

of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
Agency for International Development, vice Thomas A. Dine, resigned, 
which was sent to the Senate on June 11, 1998.
Submitted July 10

William B. Traxler, Jr.,

of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit, vice Donald Stuart Russell, deceased.

Mary Beth West,

of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Executive 
Service, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans, Fisheries, and Space.
Withdrawn July 10

Mary Beth West,

of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Executive 
Service, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Space, which was sent 
to the Senate on February 24, 1998.