[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 18 (Monday, May 5, 2003)]
[Pages 526-528]
[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 April 28

 Claude A. Allen,

 of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice 
Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., deceased.

 Robert C. Brack,

 of New Mexico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico 
(new position).

 James O. Browning,

 of New Mexico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New 
Mexico, vice C. LeRoy Hansen, retired.

 Glen E. Conrad,

 of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of 
Virginia, vice James C. Turk, retired.

 Robert J. Conrad, Jr.,

 of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District 
of North Carolina (new position).

 Allyson K. Duncan,

 of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, 
vice Samuel J. Ervin III, deceased.

 Mark R. Filip,

 of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of 
Illinois, vice Harry D. Leinenweber, retired.

 Kim R. Gibson,

 of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, vice D. Brooks Smith, elevated.

 Dora L. Irizarry,

 of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New 
York, vice Reena Raggi, elevated.

 H. Brent McKnight,

 of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District 
of North Carolina (new position).

 Daniel P. Ryan,

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

 Gary L. Sharpe,

 of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New 
York, vice Thomas J. McAvoy, retired.

 Lonny R. Suko,

 of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Washington, vice Wm. Fremming Nielsen, retired.

 Frank Libutti,

 of New York, to be Under Secretary for Information Analysis and 
Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security (new 
position).

 Paul Morgan Longsworth,

 of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear 
Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, vice Linton 
F. Brooks.

 Nicholas Gregory Mankiw,

 of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, 
vice Robert Glenn Hubbard, resigned.

 Charles Darwin Snelling,

 of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Metropolitan

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Washington Airports Authority for the remainder of the term expiring May 
30, 2006, vice Norman Y. Mineta.

 Joe D. Whitley,

 of Georgia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security (new 
position).
 Submitted April 30

 Robert W. Fitts,

 of New Hampshire, 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 Papua New Guinea, and 
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
Solomon Islands and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Republic of Vanuatu.

 John Richard Grimes,

 of Massachusetts, 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 Jayne G. Fawcett.

 John E. Herbst,

 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 Ukraine.

 Georgianna E. Ignace,

 of Wisconsin, 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 October 18, 2004, vice Kenneth Blankenship, term expired.

 Tracey Ann Jacobson,

 of the District of Columbia, a Foreign Service Officer of Class One, to 
be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to Turkmenistan.

 Lisa Genevieve Nason,

 of Alaska, 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 October 18, 2004, vice Thomas A. Thompson, term expired.

 Harry K. Thomas, Jr.,

 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh.

 William B. Wood,

 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 Colombia.
 Submitted May 1

 Roger T. Benitez,

 of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of 
California (new position).

 Larry Alan Burns,

 of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, (new position).

 Kathleen Cardone,

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

 James I. Cohn,

 of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of 
Florida, (new position).

 Marcia A. Crone,

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

 Dale S. Fischer,

 of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of 
California, (new position).

 D. Michael Fisher,

 of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice 
Carol Los Mansmann, deceased.

 William Q. Hayes,

 of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, (new position).

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 John A. Houston,

 of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, (new position).

 George A. Krol,

 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 the Republic of Belarus.

 Frank Montalvo,

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

 Thomas W. O'Connell,

 of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Brian E. 
Sheridan.

 R. David Proctor,

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

 Xavier Rodriguez,

 of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 
vice Edward C. Prado.

 Dana Makoto Sabraw,

 of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, (new position).

 Gretchen C. F. Shappert,

 of North Carolina, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of 
North Carolina for the term of 4 years, vice Robert J. Conrad, Jr.

 Earl Leroy Yeakel III,

 of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, 
vice James R. Nowlin, retired.