[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 31 (Monday, August 6, 2007)]
[Pages 1043-1044]
[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 July 31

Andrew R. Cochran,

of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, 
vice Nikki Rush Tinsley, resigned.

Robert L. Smolen,

of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, vice Thomas P. D'Agostino.
Submitted August 2 *

A. Paul Anderson,

of Florida, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring 
June 30, 2012 (reappointment).

Dennis W. Carlton,

of Illinois, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice 
Katherine Baicker, resigned.

Julie Fisher Cummings,

of Michigan, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
for National and Community Service for a term expiring September 14, 
2011, vice William A. Schambra, term expired.

Cynthia Dyer,

of Texas, to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, 
Department of Justice, vice Diane M. Stuart, resigned.

John A. Gastright,

of South Carolina, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as U.S. Coordinator for Afghanistan, Department of State.

Mark D. Gearan,

of New York, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
for National and Community Service for a term expiring December 1, 2010 
(reappointment).

Carl B. Kress,

of California, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term 
expiring June 30, 2011, vice Steven Robert Blust, resigned.

Tom Osborne,

of Nebraska, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2012, 
vice Cynthia Boich, term expiring.

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Jeffrey William Runge,

of North Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and 
Chief Medical Officer, Department of Homeland Security (new position).

Alan D. Solomont,

of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring 
October 6, 2009 (reappointment).

Margaret Spellings,

of Texas, to be designated a Representative of the United States of 
America to the Thirty-fourth Session of the General Conference of the 
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

Donna N. Williams,

of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2009, 
vice Marc Racicot, term expired.
Submitted August 3

Stuart Ishimaru,

of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2012 (reappointment).
    * These nominations were released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on August 3.
Withdrawn August 3

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, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.