    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 3 (Monday, January 23, 2006)]
    [Pages 97-98]
    [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 January 18

     Ben S. Bernanke,

     of New Jersey, to be U.S. Alternate Governor of the International
    Monetary Fund for a term of 5 years, vice Alan Greenspan.

     Donald T. Bliss,

     of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
    Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the
    International Civil Aviation Organization.

     Richard A. Boucher,

     of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Career Minister, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian
    Affairs, vice Christina B. Rocca.

     Gale A. Buchanan,

     of Georgia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research,
    Education, and Economics, vice Joseph J. Jen, resigned.

     Patricia A. Butenis,

     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 the People's Republic of Bangladesh.

     Robert M. Couch,

     of Alabama, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association,
    vice Ronald Rosenfeld.

     Tyler D. Duvall,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Emil
    H. Frankel.

     Preston M. Geren,

     of Texas, to be Under Secretary of the Army, vice R.L. Brownlee,
    resigned.

     James B. Gulliford,

     of Missouri, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the
    Environmental Protection Agency, vice Stephen L. Johnson, resigned.

     Roger Shane Karr,

     of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
    Transportation, vice Nicole R. Nason.

     Nicole R. Nason,

     of Virginia, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety
    Administration, vice Jeffrey William Runge.

     David L. Norquist,

     of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland
    Security, vice Andrew B. Maner.

     David C. Sanborn,

     of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Maritime Administration, vice
    William Schubert.

     Jackie Wolcott Sanders,

     of Virginia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of
    America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations
    during her tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United
    States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations.

     Jackie Wolcott Sanders,

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

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     John A. Simon,

     of Maryland, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private
    Investment Corporation, vice Ross J. Connelly, resigned.

     James S. Simpson,

     of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator, vice Jennifer L.
    Dorn.

     Mark D. Wallace,

     of Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of
    America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations,
    during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of
    America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform.

     Mark D. Wallace,

     of Florida, to be Representative of the United States of America to the
    United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of
    Ambassador, vice Patrick Francis Kennedy.
     Withdrawn January 18

     Eugene Hickok,

     of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National Council on the
    Humanities for the remainder of the term expiring January 26, 2008, vice
    Sidney McPhee, which was sent to the Senate on October 17, 2005.