[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 17 (Monday, May 1, 2006)]
[Pages 821-823]
[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 April 24

 Gustavo Antonio Gelpi,

 of Puerto Rico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto 
Rico, vice Hector M. Laffitte, retired.

 Philip S. Gutierrez,

 of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of 
California, vice Terry J. Hatter, Jr., retired.

 Daniel Porter Jordan III,

 of Mississippi, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of 
Mississippi, vice Tom S. Lee, retired.

 Erik C. Peterson,

 of Wisconsin, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin 
for the term of 4 years, vice J.B. Van Hollen, resigned.

 Anita K. Blair,

 of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice 
Michael L. Dominguez.

 Paul A. Denett,

 of Virginia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, vice 
David Safavian.

 Anne E. Derse,

 of Maryland, 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 Republic of Azerbaijan.

 Robert S. Ford,

 of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of 
Counselor, to be

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Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

 Dirk Kempthorne,

 of Idaho, to be Secretary of the Interior, vice Gale Ann Norton, 
resigned.

 Mark V. Rosenker,

 of Maryland, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board 
for a term of 2 years, vice Ellen G. Engleman, term expired.

 Leslie V. Rowe,

 of Washington, 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 Papua New Guinea, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
Solomon Islands and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the 
United States of America to the Republic of Vanuatu.

 Daniel S. Sullivan,

 of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business 
Affairs), vice Earl Anthony Wayne.
 Withdrawn April 24

 John G. Emling,

 of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Brett 
T. Palmer, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on February 27, 2006.
 Submitted April 25

 April H. Foley,

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

 Tracey Ann Jacobson,

 of the District of Columbia, a career member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of 
Tajikistan.

 Kevin J. Martin,

 of North Carolina, to be a member of the Federal Communications 
Commission for a term of 5 years from July 1, 2006 (reappointment).

 Sue C. Payton,

 of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Marvin 
R. Sambur.

 Steven C. Preston,

 of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, 
vice Hector V. Barreto, Jr., resigned.

 Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood,

 of Guam, to be Judge for the District Court of Guam for the term of 10 
years, vice John S. Unpingco, term expired.

 Gaddi H. Vasquez,

 of California, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service 
as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and 
Agriculture.

 Lawrence A. Warder,

 of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Education, vice 
Jack Martin, resigned.
 Submitted April 27

 Robert Anthony Bradtke,

 of Maryland, 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 Republic of Croatia.

 Robert J. Portman,

 of Ohio, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice 
Joshua B. Bolten.

 Dale Klein,

 of Texas, to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the 
term of 5 years expiring June 30, 2011, vice Nils J. Diaz, term 
expiring.

 James B. Lockhart III,

 of Connecticut, to be Director of the Office of Federal Housing 
Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development for a 
term of 5 years, vice Armando Falcon, Jr., resigned.

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