[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 42 (Monday, October 20, 2003)]
[Pages 1410-1412]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

<R04>
 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 October 14

Robert L. Crandall,

of Texas, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5 
years, vice Michael S. Dukakis, term expired.

Michael D. Gallagher,

of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information, vice Nancy Victory, resigned.

Susan Johnson Grant,

of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy, vice 
Bruce Marshall Carnes, resigned.

Virginia E. Hopkins,

of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of 
Alabama, vice Edwin L. Nelson, deceased.

Stuart Ishimaru,

of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2007, vice Paul M. 
Igasaki, term expired.

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Ricardo S. Martinez,

of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of 
Washington, vice an additional position in accordance with 28 U.S.C. 
133(b)(1).

Drew R. McCoy,

of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the James 
Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation for a term of 6 years, vice Lance 
Banning.

Robert N. McFarland,

of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information 
and Technology), vice John A. Gauss, resigned.

Jon R. Purnell,

of Massachusetts, 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.

Thomas Thomas Riley,

of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco.

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 Syrian Arab Republic.

Louis S. Thompson,

of Maryland, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5 
years, vice John Robert Smith, term expired.

Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler,

of Alabama, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, vice 
Charlotte L. Beers, resigned.

Gary Lee Visscher,

of Maryland, to be a member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board for a term of 5 years, vice Isadore Rosenthal, term 
expiring.
Submitted October 15

Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale,

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 Djibouti.
Submitted October 16

Timothy John Dunn,

of Illinois, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of 
Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
Deputy Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the 
Organization of American States.

Stuart W. Holliday,

of Texas, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America 
for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of 
Ambassador.

Zalmay Khalizad,

of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Transitional Islamic State of 
Afghanistan.

Adam Marc Lindemann,

of New York, to be a member of the Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting 
for a term expiring October 27, 2005, vice Christopher D. Coursen, term 
expired.

James Curtis Struble,

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 Republic of Peru.
Withdrawn October 16

Thomas Thomas Riley,

of California, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the African 
Development Foundation for the remainder of the term expiring September 
22, 2005, vice Claude A. Allen, which was sent to the Senate on February 
27, 2003.

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Submitted October 17

 James B. Comey,

 of New York, to be Deputy Attorney General, vice Larry D. Thompson, 
resigned.