[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 7 (Monday, February 20, 2006)]
[Pages 279-280]
[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 13

 Robert Irwin Cusick, Jr.,

 of Kentucky, to be Director of the Office of Government Ethics for a 
term of 5 years, vice Amy L. Comstock, resigned.

 Donald J. DeGabrielle, Jr.,

 of Texas, to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas for 
the term of 4 years, vice Michael Taylor Shelby.

 James Lambright,

 of Missouri, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United 
States for a term expiring January 20, 2009, vice Philip Merrill, 
resigned.

 Dennis R. Spurgeon,

 of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), 
(new position).
 Submitted February 14

 Jerome A. Holmes,

 of Oklahoma, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of 
Oklahoma, vice Sven E. Holmes, resigned.

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 Jon T. Rymer,

 of Tennessee, to be Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, vice Gaston L. Gianni, Jr.

 Milan D. Smith, Jr.,

 of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice A. 
Wallace Tashima, retired.

 Frank D. Whitney,

 of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District 
of North Carolina, vice H. Brent McKnight, deceased.
 Submitted February 17

 Linda Avery Strachan,

 of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Mary 
Kirtley Waters.

 Randall L. Tobias,

 of Indiana, to be Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International 
Development, vice Andrew S. Natsios, resigned.

 David F. Kustoff,

 of Tennessee, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee 
for the term of 4 years, vice Terrell Lee Harris, resigned.

 John Charles Richter,

 of Oklahoma, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma 
for the term of 4 years, vice Robert Garner McCampbell, resigned.

 Amul R. Thapar,

 of Kentucky, to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky 
for the term of 4 years, vice Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, resigned.