    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 43, Number 42 (Monday, October 22, 2007)]
    [Pages 1382-1383]
    [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 October 16

     Gus P. Coldebella,

     of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland
    Security, vice Philip J. Perry, resigned.

     Simon Charles Gros,

     of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice
    Roger Shane Karr, resigned.

     Deborah K. Jones,

     of New Mexico, 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 State of Kuwait.

     Patrick Francis Kennedy,

     of Illinois, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of
    Career Minister, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management), vice
    Henrietta Holsman Fore.

     Joseph J. Murin,

     of Pennsylvania, to be President, Government National Mortgage
    Association, vice Robert M. Couch, resigned.

     Brian Stacy Miller,

     of Arkansas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of
    Arkansas, vice George Howard, Jr., deceased.
     Withdrawn October 16

     Andrew R. Cochran,

     of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency,
    vice Nikki Rush Tinsley, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on July
    31, 2007.
     Submitted October 18

     Joaquin F. Blaya,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a
    term expiring August 13, 2008 (reappointment).

     Joaquin F. Blaya,

     of Florida, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a
    term expiring August 13, 2011 (reappointment).

     Edward E. Kaufman,

     of Delaware, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for
    a term expiring August 13, 2009 (reappointment).

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     Susan M. McCue,

     of Virginia, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for
    a term expiring August 13, 2010, vice Norman J. Pattiz, term expired.

     Allan I. Mendelowitz,

     of Connecticut, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board
    for a term expiring February 27, 2014 (reappointment).

     Dennis M. Mulhaupt,

     of California, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
    for a term expiring August 13, 2008, vice Blanquita Walsh Cullum, term
    expired.

     Dennis M. Mulhaupt,

     of California, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
    for a term expiring August 13, 2011 (reappointment).

     Steven J. Simmons,

     of Connecticut, to be a member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors
    for a term expiring August 13, 2009 (reappointment).