[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 15 (Monday, April 16, 2007)]
[Pages 450-451]
[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 10

 Robert M. Couch,

 of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, vice Keith E. Gottfried, resigned.

 Charles Lewis English,

 of New York, 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina.

 Miriam K. Hughes,

 of Florida, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of 
Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of 
Micronesia.

 Michael J. Kussman,

 of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, vice Jonathan Brian Perlin, resigned.

 Peter B. McCarthy,

 of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Sandra 
L. Pack.

 Cameron Munter,

 of California, 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 Serbia.

 Robert B. Nolan,

 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 Kingdom of Lesotho.

 Michael G. Vickers,

 of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Thomas W. 
O'Connell.

 John L. Withers II,

 of Maryland, 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 Albania.

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 Submitted April 11

 Charles L. Hopkins,

 of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
(Operations, Preparedness, Security and Law Enforcement) (new position).

 Peter Michael McKinley,

 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 Republic of Peru.
 Withdrawn April 11

 Alex A. Beehler,

 of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, 
vice Nikki Rush Tinsley, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on 
January 9, 2007.

 William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr.,

 of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, vice Jeffrey R. Holmstead, resigned, which was sent 
to the Senate on January 9, 2007.