[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 21 (Monday, May 29, 2006)]
[Page 1035]
[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 May 23

 Richard E. Hoagland,

 of the District of Columbia, 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 
Armenia.

 Clifford M. Sobel,

 of New Jersey, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of 
the United States of America to the Federative Republic of Brazil.
 Submitted May 24

 Patrick W. Dunne,

 of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Policy 
and Planning), vice Claude M. Kicklighter, resigned.
 Submitted May 25

 Anna Blackburne-Rigsby,

 of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Judge of the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of 15 years, vice Frank Ernest 
Schwelb, retiring.

 Robert O. Blake, Jr.,

 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 Democratic Socialist Republic of 
Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Maldives.

 Elizabeth Dougherty,

 of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the National Mediation 
Board for a term expiring July 1, 2009, vice Read Van de Water, term 
expiring.

 Phyllis D. Thompson,

 of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Judge of the District of 
Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of 15 years, vice John A. Terry, 
retired.