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Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017 Nominations Submitted to The Administration of Donald J. Trump, 2017 Nominations Submitted to the Senate December 22, 2017 The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers. Submitted January 20 Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Elaine L. Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of Transportation. Jay Clayton, of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2021, vice Daniel M. Gallagher, Jr. (term expired). Daniel Coats, of Indiana, to be Director of National Intelligence, vice James R. Clapper, Jr. Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education. David Friedman, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Israel. Nikki R. Haley, of South Carolina, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations. Nikki R. Haley, of South Carolina, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations. John F. Kelly, of Virginia, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Robert Lighthizer, of Florida, to be United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. 1 James Mattis, of Washington, to be Secretary of Defense. Linda E. McMahon, of Connecticut, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Maria Contreras-Sweet, resigned. Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, to be Secretary of the Treasury. Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, to be United States Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States Governor of the African Development Fund, and United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank, vice Jacob Joseph Lew, resigned. Steven T. Mnuchin, of California, to be United States Governor of the International Monetary Fund, United States Governor of the African Development Bank, United States Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, and United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years, vice Jacob Joseph Lew, resigned. James Richard Perry, of Texas, to be Secretary of Energy. Mike Pompeo, of Kansas, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice John Owen Brennan. Thomas Price, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Scott Pruitt, of Oklahoma, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Andrew F. Puzder, of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Labor. Todd M. Ricketts, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce. Wilbur L. Ross, Jr., of Florida, to be Secretary of Commerce. Jeff Sessions, of Alabama, to be Attorney General. David J. Shulkin, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Rex W. Tillerson, of Texas, to be Secretary of State. 2 Seema Verma, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Marilyn B. Tavenner. Vincent Viola, of New York, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Eric Kenneth Fanning. Ryan Zinke, of Montana, to be Secretary of the Interior. Submitted March 21 Courtney Elwood, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice Caroline Diane Krass, resigned. David Malpass, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice D. Nathan Sheets. Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, vice Victor M. Mendez. Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Boyce F. Martin, Jr., retired. Heather Wilson, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of the Air Force, vice Deborah Lee James. Withdrawn March 21 Vincent Viola, of New York, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Eric Kenneth Fanning, which was sent to the Senate on January 20, 2017. Submitted March 27 Althea Coetzee, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Douglas J. Kramer. Scott Gottlieb, of Connecticut, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Robert McKinnon Califf. William Francis Hagerty IV, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan. Submitted April 4 Sigal Mandelker, 3 of New York, to be Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, vice David S. Cohen, resigned. Heath P. Tarbert, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Marisa Lago. Submitted April 6 Makan Delrahim, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice William Joseph Baer, resigned. Eric D. Hargan, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice William V. Corr, resigned. David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), vice Michael J. McCord. Submitted April 24 Vishal J. Amin, of Michigan, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of the President, vice Daniel Henry Marti. Noel J. Francisco, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States, vice Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., resigned. David James Glawe, of Iowa, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security, vice Francis Xavier Taylor. Adam Lerrick, of Wyoming, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Ramin Toloui. Elaine McCusker, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice John Conger. Brent James McIntosh, of Michigan, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, vice Christopher J. Meade, resigned. Submitted April 25 Kari A. Bingen, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice Marcel J. Lettre, II, resigned. Stephen Elliott Boyd, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Peter Joseph Kadzik. Scott P. Brown, 4 of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Independent State of Samoa. Lee Francis Cissna, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, vice Leon Rodriguez. Robert Daigle, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Department of Defense, vice Jamie Michael Morin. Robert Story Karem, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Derek H. Chollet, resigned. Kenneth P. Rapuano, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Eric Rosenbach, resigned. John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice Antony Blinken, resigned. Withdrawn April 25 Todd M. Ricketts, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, vice Bruce H. Andrews, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 20, 2017. Submitted April 28 David Bernhardt, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, vice Michael L. Connor. Ryan Dean Newman, of New Mexico, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, vice Alissa M. Starzak. Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Nani A. Coloretti. Mira Radielovic Ricardel, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, vice Eric L. Hirschhorn. David Joel Trachtenberg, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, vice Brian P. McKeon. Submitted May 2 Marshall Billingslea, 5 of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury, vice Daniel L. Glaser. Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Brian C. Deese. Submitted May 8 Amy Coney Barrett, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, vice John Daniel Tinder, retired. Matthew Bassett, of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Jim R. Esquea. John Kenneth Bush, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Danny J. Boggs, retired. Joan Louise Larsen, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice David W. McKeague, retired. Kevin Christopher Newsom, of Alabama, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Joel F. Dubina, retired. David C. Nye, of Idaho, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho, vice Edward J. Lodge, retired. Scott L. Palk, of Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, vice Stephen P. Friot, retired. Damien Michael Schiff, of California, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice George W. Miller, retired. David Ryan Stras, of Minnesota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Diana E. Murphy, retired. Submitted May 10 Neil Chatterjee, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2021, vice Anthony T. Clark, resigned. J. Christopher Giancarlo, 6 of New Jersey, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, vice Timothy G. Massad, resigned. Mark Andrew Green, of Wisconsin, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Gayle Smith. Andrew K. Maloney, of Virginia, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Anne Elizabeth Wall. Jay Patrick Murray, of Virginia, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.
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