    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 41, Number 36 (Monday, September 12, 2005)]
    [Pages 1373-1375]
    [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 September 6

     John G. Roberts, Jr.,

     of Maryland, to be Chief Justice of the United States, vice William H.
    Rehnquist, deceased.

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     James M. Andrew,

     of Georgia, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of
    Agriculture, vice Hilda Gay Legg, resigned.

     Thomas O. Barnett,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice R. Hewitt Pate.

     Santanu K. Baruah,

     of Oregon, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic
    Development, vice David A. Sampson.

     Orlando J. Cabrera,

     of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
    Development, vice Michael Minoru Fawn Liu, resigned.

     David B. Dunn,

     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 Togolese Republic.

     Delores M. Etter,

     of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice John J.
    Young.

     Emilio T. Gonzalez,

     of Florida, to be Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
    Services, Department of Homeland Security, vice Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.

     Lyons Gray,

     of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental
    Protection Agency, vice Charles Johnson.

     James S. Halpern,

     of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a
    term of fifteen years (reappointment).

     Jeffrey D. Jarrett,

     of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil
    Energy), vice Michael Smith, resigned.

     Brenda LaGrange Johnson,

     of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
    United States of America to Jamaica.

     Clay Lowery,

     of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice
    Randal Quarles.

     John E. Maupin, Jr.,

     of Tennessee, to be a member of the Social Security Advisory Board for
    a term expiring September 30, 2010, vice Gerald M. Shea, term expired.

     Mark McKinnon,

     of Texas, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a
    term expiring August 13, 2008, vice Joaquin F. Blaya, term expired.

     John M. Molino,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Policy
    and Planning), vice Claude M. Kicklighter, resigned.

     Lisette M. Mondello,

     of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Public and
    Intergovernmental Affairs), vice Cynthia R. Church, resigned.

     George J. Opfer,

     of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs,
    vice Richard J. Griffin.

     Ellen R. Sauerbrey,

     of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population,
    Refugees, and Migration), vice Arthur E. Dewey, resigned.

     Jacqueline Ellen Schafer,

     of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the
    U.S. Agency for International Development, vice Emmy B. Simmons.

     Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.,

     of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western
    Hemisphere Affairs), vice Roger Francisco Noriega.

     Alexander R. Vershbow,

     of the District of Columbia, 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 the Republic of
    Korea.

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     Donald C. Winter,

     of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy, vice Gordon England.

     Michael W. Wynne,

     of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air Force, vice James G. Roche.
     Withdrawn September 6

     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, which was sent to the
    Senate on July 29, 2005.
     Submitted September 8

     Charles R. Christopherson, Jr.,

     of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture,
    vice Edward R. McPherson, resigned.

     Dale W. Meyerrose,

     of Indiana, to be Chief Information Officer, Office of the Director of
    National Intelligence (new position).

     Edward F. Sproat III,

     of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive
    Waste Management, Department of Energy, vice Margaret S. Y. Chu,
    resigned.