[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 30 (Monday, August 1, 2005)]
[Pages 1231-1234]
[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 25

 Jennifer L. Dorn,

 of Nebraska, to be U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 2 
years, vice Robert B. Holland III, term expired.

 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.

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 Richard Henry Jones,

 of Nebraska, 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.

 Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr.,

 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 the Arab Republic of 
Egypt.

 Darlene F. Williams,

 of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, vice Dennis C. Shea, resigned.

 Martin J. Gruenberg,

 of Maryland, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term expiring December 27, 2012 
(reappointment).
 Submitted July 27

 Sandra Frances Ashworth,

 of Idaho, to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2009 (reappointment).

 Jan Cellucci,

 of Massachusetts, to be a member of the National Commission on 
Libraries and Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2009, 
vice Joan Challinor, term expired.

 Keith E. Gottfried,

 of California, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, vice Richard A. Hauser, resigned.

 Alfred Hoffman,

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

 Bertha K. Madras,

 of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director for Demand Reduction, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, vice Andrea G. Barthwell.

 Diane Rivers,

 of Arkansas, to be a member of the National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science for a term expiring July 19, 2009, vice Jack E. 
Hightower, term expired.

 Mark S. Schneider,

 of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Education Statistics 
for a term expiring June 21, 2009, vice Robert Lerner.
 Submitted July 28

 Roland Arnall,

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

 Joseph Frank Bianco,

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

 Timothy Mark Burgess,

 of Alaska, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska, vice 
James K. Singleton, Jr., retired.

 George M. Gray,

 of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, vice J. Paul Gilman, resigned.

 Christine M. Griffin,

 of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2009, vice Paul Steven Miller, 
term expired.

 Emil W. Henry, Jr.,

 of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Wayne 
Abernathy.

 Kathryn Higgins,

 of South Dakota, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety 
Board for a term expiring December 31, 2009, vice Carol Jones Carmody, 
resigned.

 William E. Kovacic,

 of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner for a term of 7 years 
from September 26, 2004, vice Orson Swindle, resigned.

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 Barry F. Lowenkron,

 of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, vice Lorne W. Craner, resigned.

 Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr.,

 of Tennessee, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Tennessee, vice R. Allan Edgar, retiring.

 William Paul McCormick,

 of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Samoa.

 Edward McGaffigan, Jr.,

 of Virginia, to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 
the term of 5 years expiring June 30, 2010 (reappointment).

 James F.X. O'Gara,

 of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, vice Barry D. Crane.

 John J. Young, Jr.,

 of Virginia, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, vice 
Ronald M. Sega.
 Submitted July 29

 John G. Roberts, Jr.,

 of Maryland, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
United States, vice Sandra Day O'Connor, retiring.

 Naomi Churchill Earp,

 of Virginia, to be a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2010 (reappointment).

 Robert Joseph Henke,

 of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
(Management), vice William H. Campbell, resigned.

 Mark Hofflund,

 of Idaho, to be a member of the National Council on the Arts for the 
remainder of the term expiring September 3, 2008, vice James McBride, 
resigned.

 Franklin L. Lavin,

 of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, 
vice Grant D. Aldonas, resigned.

 Terry Neese,

 of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Mint for a term of 5 years, vice 
Henrietta Holsman Fore.

 Francis Rooney,

 of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Holy See.

 Josette Sheeran Shiner,

 of Virginia, to be United States Alternate Governor of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 5 
years; United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank for a term of 5 years; United States Alternate Governor 
of the African Development Bank for a term of 5 years; United States 
Alternate Governor of the African Development Fund; United States 
Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; and United States 
Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, vice Alan Phillip Larson.

 William F. Tuerk,

 of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial 
Affairs, vice John W. Nicholson, resigned.
 Withdrawn July 29

 Albert Henry Konetzni, Jr.,

 of New York, to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for 
the term of 5 years expiring June 30, 2009, vice Richard A. Meserve, 
resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 4, 2005.

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