    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 6 (Monday, February 13, 2006)]
    [Pages 226-228]
    [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 February 6

     Armando J. Bucelo, Jr.,

     of Florida, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection
    Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2008 (reappointment).

     Benedict S. Cohen,

     of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of
    the Army, vice Steven John Morello, Sr., resigned.

     Todd S. Farha,

     of Florida, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection
    Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring December 31, 2006,
    vice William Robert Timken, Jr., resigned.

     Todd S. Farha,

     of Florida, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection
    Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2009 (reappointment).

     Robert M. McDowell,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission
    for a term of 5 years from July 1, 2004, vice Kathleen Q. Abernathy,
    resigned.

     Mauricio J. Tamargo,

     of Florida, to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
    of the United States for a term expiring September 30, 2009
    (reappointment).
     Submitted February 8

     Patricia P. Brister,

     of Louisiana, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service
    as the Representative of the United States of America on the Commission
    on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the United
    Nations.

     Sandra Segal Ikuta,

     of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice
    James R. Browning, retired.

     Michael Brunson Wallace,

     of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice
    Charles W. Pickering, Sr., retired.
     Submitted February 10

     Gordon England,

     of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, vice Paul D. Wolfowitz,
    resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of
    the Senate.

     Stephen Goldsmith,

     of Indiana, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation
    for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2010
    (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the last
    recess of the Senate.

     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, vice Rockwell A. Schnabel, resigned,
    to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Floyd Hall,

     of New Jersey, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term
    of 5 years (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during
    the last recess of the Senate.

     Tracy A. Henke,

     of Missouri, to be Executive Director of the Office of State and Local
    Government Coordination and Preparedness, Department of Homeland
    Security, vice C. Suzanne Mencer, resigned, to which position she was
    appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Nadine Hogan,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-
    American Foundation for a term expiring June 26, 2008 (reappointment),
    to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the
    Senate.

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     Peter N. Kirsanow,

     of Ohio, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the
    term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2008, vice Ronald E. Meisburg, to
    which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Robert D. Lenhard,

     of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a
    term expiring April 30, 2011, vice Danny Lee McDonald, term expired, to
    which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Ronald E. Meisburg,

     of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations
    Board for a term of 4 years, vice Arthur F. Rosenfeld, term expired, to
    which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Julie L. Myers,

     of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice
    Michael J. Garcia, resigned, to which position she was appointed during
    the last recess of the Senate.

     Benjamin A. Powell,

     of Florida, to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of
    National Intelligence (new position), to which position he was appointed
    during the last recess of the Senate.

     Arthur F. Rosenfeld,

     of Virginia, to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director, vice
    Peter J. Hurtgen, resigned, to which position he was appointed during
    the last recess of the Senate.

     Ellen R. Sauerbrey,

     of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population,
    Refugees, and Migration), vice Arthur E. Dewey, resigned, to which
    position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Dorrance Smith,

     of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Victoria
    Clarke, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last
    recess of the Senate.

     Enrique J. Sosa,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5
    years (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the
    last recess of the Senate.

     Hans von Spakovsky,

     of Georgia, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a
    term expiring April 30, 2011, vice Bradley A. Smith, resigned, to which
    position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Roger W. Wallace,

     of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-
    American Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2008 (reappointment),
    to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Dennis P. Walsh,

     of Maryland, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for
    the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2009 (reappointment), to which
    position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Steven T. Walther,

     of Nevada, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term
    expiring April 30, 2009, vice Scott E. Thomas, term expired, to which
    position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

     Andrew B. Steinberg,

     of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Karan
    K. Bhatia.