Appendix B—Nominations Submitted to the Senate

The following list does not include promotions Peter R. Orszag, of members of the Uniformed Services, nomina- of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office tions to the Service Academies, or nominations of Management and Budget. of Foreign Service Officers. Susan E. Rice, Submitted January 20 of the District of Columbia, to be Representa- tive of the United States of America to the Unit- Steven Chu, ed Nations, with the rank and status of Ambas- of California, to be Secretary of Energy. sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the Representative of the United States of of New York, to be Secretary of State. America in the Security Council of the United Nations. Thomas Andrew Daschle, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Health and Susan E. Rice, Human Services. of the District of Columbia, to be Representa- tive of the United States of America to the Ses- Shaun L.S. Donovan, sions of the General Assembly of the United of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and Nations during her tenure of service as Repre- Urban Development. sentative of the United States of America to the United Nations. Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Education. Christina Duckworth Romer, of California, to be a member of the Council of Timothy F. Geithner, Economic Advisers, vice Edward P. Lazear. of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury. Kenneth Lee Salazar, Eric H. Holder, Jr., of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior. of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General. Eric K. Shinseki, Lisa Perez Jackson, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Envi- Hilda L. Solis, ronmental Protection Agency. of California, to be Secretary of Labor. Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be U.S. Trade Representative, with Thomas J. Vilsack, the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture. Plenipotentiary. Dennis Cutler Blair, Ray LaHood, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National In- of Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation. telligence, vice J. Michael McConnell, resigned.

Janet Ann Napolitano, Michele A. Flournoy, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Homeland Secu- of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense rity. for Policy, vice Eric S. Edelman, resigned.

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Gary Gensler, Cecilia Elena Rouse, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of the Com- of California, to be a member of the Council modity Futures Trading Commission for a of Economic Advisers, vice Donald B. Marron, term expiring April 13, 2012, vice Rueben Jef- resigned. fery III, resigned. Mary L. Schapiro, Gary Gensler, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Commod- the Securities and Exchange Commission for a ity Futures Trading Commission, vice Rueben term expiring June 5, 2014, vice Christopher Jeffery III, resigned. Cox, resigned.

Austan Dean Goolsbee, James Braidy Steinberg, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice of Illinois, to be a member of the Council of John D. Negroponte. Economic Advisers, vice Katherine Baicker, resigned. Nancy Helen Sutley, of California, to be a member of the Council Robert F. Hale, on Environmental Quality, vice James Lau- of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense rence Connaughton. (Comptroller), vice Tina Westby Jonas, re- signed. Daniel K. Tarullo, Of Massachusetts, to be a member of the John P. Holdren, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office System for a term of 14 years from February 1, of Science and Technology Policy, vice John 2008, vice Randall S. Kroszner, term expired. M. Marburger III. Submitted January 26 Jeh Charles Johnson, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Elena Kagan, Department of Defense, vice William J. of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General of Haynes II, resigned. the United States, vice Gregory G. Garre, re- signed. Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State David W. Ogden, for Management and Resources (new posi- of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, tion). vice Mark R. Filip. Submitted January 27 Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary of Com- Timothy F. Geithner, merce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Con- of New York, to be the U.S. Governor of the rad Lautenbacher, Jr., resigned. International Monetary Fund for a term of 5 years; U.S. Governor of the International Bank William J. Lynn III, for Reconstruction and Development for a of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Sec- term of 5 years; U.S. Governor of the Inter- retary of Defense, vice Gordon England. American Development Bank for a term of 5 years; U.S. Governor of the African Robert L. Nabors II, Development Bank for a term of 5 years; U.S. of New Jersey, to be Deputy Director of the Governor of the Asian Development Bank; Office of Management and Budget, vice Ste- U.S. Governor of the African Development phen S. McMillin, resigned. Fund; U.S. Governor of the European Bank

978 Administration of Barack Obama, 2009 / Appendix B for Reconstruction and Development, vice Submitted February 27 Henry M. Paulson, Jr., resigned. David J. Hayes, Submitted January 30 of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Inte- rior, vice Patricia Lynn Scarlett, resigned. Leon E. Panetta, of California, to be Director of the Central In- Karen Gordon Mills, telligence Agency, vice General Michael V. of Maine, to be Administrator of the Small Hayden, U.S.A.F. Business Administration, vice Steven C. Pres- ton, resigned. Thomas John Perrelli, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General, Submitted March 3 vice Kevin J. O’Connor, resigned. Seth David Harris, Withdrawn February 9 of New Jersey, to be Deputy Secretary of La- Thomas Andrew Daschle, bor, vice Howard Radzely, resigned. of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Health and Submitted March 4 Human Services, which was sent to the Senate on January 20, 2009. John Berry, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of Submitted February 11 the Office of Personnel Management for a term of 4 years, vice Linda M. Springer, resigned. David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney Gener- Ronald C. Sims, al, vice J. Patrick Rowan, resigned. of Washington, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Romolo Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, A. Bernardi, resigned. of Indiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman Goldsmith III, resigned. Submitted March 10

Lanny A. Breuer, Sherburne B. Abbott, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant of Texas, to be an Associate Director of the Of- Attorney General, vice Alice S. Fisher, re- fice of Science and Technology Policy, vice signed. Duncan T. Moore, resigned. Christine Anne Varney, David S. Cohen, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Thomas O. Barnett, re- of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Ter- signed. rorist Financing, Department of the Treasury, vice Patrick M. O’Brien, resigned. Submitted February 25 Dana G. Gresham, Jane Holl Lute, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Home- Secretary of Transportation, vice Simon Charles land Security, vice Paul A. Schneider, resigned. Gros.

Tony West, Alan B. Krueger, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney Gen- of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of eral, vice Gregory G. Katsas, resigned. the Treasury, vice Phillip L. Swagel, resigned.

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James N. Miller, Jr., Christopher R. Hill, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of of Rhode Island, a career member of the Se- Defense for Policy, vice Christopher Ryan nior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, Henry. to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- tentiary of the United States of America to the John Morton, Republic of Iraq. of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Julie L. Myers, re- Richard Rahul Verma, signed. of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), vice Matthew A. Submitted March 11 Reynolds, resigned.

Esther Brimmer, Melanne Verveer, of the District of Colombia, to be an Assistant of the District of Colombia, to be Ambassador at Large for Women’s Global Issues. Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs), vice Brian H. Hook, resigned. Submitted March 12

Jonathan Z. Cannon, Thomas L. Strickland, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish Environmental Protection Agency, vice Mar- and Wildlife, vice R. Lyle Laverty. cus C. Peacock, resigned. Alexander Vershbow, Ivo H. Daalder, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant of Virginia, to be U.S. Permanent Representa- Secretary of Defense, vice Mary Beth Long, tive on the Council of the North Atlantic Trea- resigned. ty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentia- Submitted March 16 ry. Ladda Tammy Duckworth, Karl Winfrid Eikenberry, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Vet- of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary erans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Affairs), vice Lisette M. Mondello, resigned. America to the Islamic Republic of Afghani- stan. R. Gil Kerlikowske, of Washington, to be Director of National Ivan K. Fong, Drug Control Policy, vice John P. Walters, re- signed. of Ohio, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice Philip J. Perry, re- Roy W. Kienitz, signed. of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, vice Jeffrey Shane, Philip H. Gordon, resigned. of the District of Colombia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Af- Gary Locke, fairs), vice Daniel Fried, resigned. of Washington, to be Secretary of Commerce.

W. Scott Gould, Demetrios J. Marantis, of the District of Colombia, to be Deputy Sec- of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy retary of Veterans Affairs, vice Gordon H. U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Mansfield, resigned. Ambassador, vice Peter F. Allgeier, resigned.

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Regina McCarthy, Submitted March 18 of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Adminis- trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Russlynn Ali, vice Jeffrey R. Holmstead, resigned. of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice Stepha- Kim N. Wallace, nie Johnson Monroe, resigned. of Texas, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Kevin I. Fromer, resigned. Susan Flood Burk, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Ex- Submitted March 17 ecutive Service, to be Special Representative of the President, with the rank of Ambassador. William V. Corr, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Health Ashton B. Carter, and Human Services, vice Tevi David Troy, re- of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of De- signed. fense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logis- tics, vice John J. Young, Jr. David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sev- Carmel Martin, enth Circuit, vice Kenneth F. Ripple, retired. of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Plan- ning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, De- William Craig Fugate, partment of Education, vice Williamson Evers, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Federal resigned. Emergency Management Agency, Department James W. Miller, of Homeland Security, vice R. David Paulison. of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agricul- ture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Servic- Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, es, vice Mark Everett Keenum, resigned. of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance), vice Paula A. Charles P. Rose, DeSutter, resigned. of Illinois, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, vice Kent D. Talbert, resigned. Demetrios J. Marantis, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy U.S. Ronald H. Weich, Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambas- of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant sador, vice Karan K. Bhatia, resigned. Attorney General, vice William Emil Moschel- la. Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Hu- Submitted March 19 man Services. April S. Boyd, Withdrawn March 17 of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Nathaniel F. Demetrios J. Marantis, Wienecke, resigned. of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the Peter Cunningham, rank of Ambassador, vice Peter F. Allgeier, re- of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for Com- signed, which was sent to the Senate on March munications and Outreach, Department of Ed- 16, 2009. ucation, vice Lauren M. Maddox.

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Michelle DePass, Submitted March 24 of New York, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Marisa J. Demeo, Judith Elizabeth Ayres, resigned. of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Brian Vincent Kennedy, Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Rufus of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of La- Gunn King III, retired. bor, vice Kristine Ann Iverson, resigned. Florence Y. Pan, Kathleen A. Merrigan, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Agriculture, vice Charles F. Conner, resigned. Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Linda Turner Hamilton. Submitted March 23 Withdrawn March 24 Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Stuart Gordon Nash, Secretary of the Treasury, vice David H. Mc- of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Cormick, resigned. Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Rufus Johnnie Carson, Gunn King III, retired, which was sent to the of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Senate on January 8, 2009. State (African Affairs), vice Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, resigned. Submitted March 25 Julius Genachowski, Margaret A. Hamburg, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for of the District of Columbia, to be Commis- a term of 5 years from July 1, 2008, vice Jona- sioner of Food and Drugs, Department of than Steven Adelstein, term expired. Health and Human Services, vice Andrew von Eschenbach, resigned. Cynthia J. Giles, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Adminis- Peter A. Kovar, trator of the Environmental Protection Agen- of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of cy, vice Granta Y. Nakayama, resigned. Housing and Urban Development, vice Sheila McNamara Greenwood. Kristina M. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Energy, Dallas P. Tonsager, vice Clarence H. Albright, resigned. of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Ag- riculture for Rural Development, vice Thomas Harold Hongju Koh, C. Dorr, resigned. of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser of the De- partment of State, vice John B. Bellinger III, Submitted March 26 resigned. Luis C. de Baca, Joe Leonard, Jr., of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the Secretary of Agriculture, vice Margo M. McK- rank of Ambassador at Large, vice Mark P. ay, resigned. Lagon, resigned.

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T. Michael Kerr, Withdrawn March 31 of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Patrick Pizzella, re- Jonathan Z. Cannon, signed. of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Marcus Steven Elliot Koonin, C. Peacock, resigned, which was sent to the of California, to be Under Secretary for Sci- Senate on March 11, 2009. ence, Department of Energy, vice Raymond L. Orbach, resigned. Submitted April 2

Linda A. Puchala, Andre M. Davis, of Maryland, to be a member of the National of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, Fourth Circuit, vice Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., 2009, vice Read Van de Water, term expired. deceased.

Linda A. Puchala, Gerard E. Lynch, of Maryland, to be a member of the National of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, Second Circuit, vice Chester J. Straub, retired. 2012 (reappointment). Jo-Ellen Darcy, Yvette Roubideaux, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the of Arizona, to be Director of the Indian Health Army, vice John Paul Woodley, Jr. Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of 4 years, vice Robert G. Krysta Harden, McSwain, resigned. of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agri- culture, vice Linda Avery Strachan, resigned. Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Federal Scott Blake Harris, Railroad Administration, vice Joseph H. Board- man. of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the De- partment of Energy, vice David R. Hill, re- Submitted March 31 signed.

Thomas E. Perez, Timothy W. Manning, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney Gener- of New Mexico, to be Deputy Administrator for al, vice Wan J. Kim. National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Home- Lawrence E. Strickling, land Security, vice Dennis R. Schrader. of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of Com- merce for Communications and Information, John U. Sepulveda, vice John M.R. Kneuer. of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Vet- erans Affairs (Human Resources), vice Michael Hilary Chandler Tompkins, W. Hager. of New Mexico, to be Solicitor of the Depart- ment of the Interior, vice David Longly Bern- Submitted April 20 hardt, resigned. Peter H. Appel, Ines R. Triay, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Research of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of and Innovative Technology Administration, De- Energy (Environmental Management), vice partment of Transportation, vice Paul R. Bru- James A. Rispoli, resigned. baker, resigned.

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Helen R. Kanovsky, John Q. Easton, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the De- of Illinois, to be Director of the Institute of partment of Housing and Urban Develop- Education Science, Department of Education ment, vice Robert M. Couch. for a term of 6 years, vice Grover J. Whitehu- rst, term expired. Cameron F. Kerry, of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel of Larry J. EchoHawk, the Department of Commerce, vice Lily Fu of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of the In- Claffee, resigned. terior, vice Carl Joseph Artman, resigned.

Robert S. Rivkin, Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, a career member of the Senior For- of Illinois, to be General Counsel of the De- eign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to partment of Transportation, vice David James be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near East- Gribbin IV, resigned. ern Affairs), vice C. David Welch, resigned.

William K. Sessions III, Gabriella Cecilia Gomez, of Vermont, to be Chair of the United States of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Sentencing Commission, vice Ricardo H. Hi- Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Depart- nojosa. ment of Education, vice Holly A. Kuzmich, re- signed. John D. Trasvina, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Wallace C. Gregson, Housing and Urban Development, vice Kim of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of Kendrick, resigned. Defense, vice James Shinn.

Roger W. Baker, William A. Gunn, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Vet- of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Depart- erans Affairs (Information and Technology), ment of Veterans Affairs, vice Paul J. Hutter. vice Robert T. Howard, resigned. Priscilla E. Guthrie, Rand Beers, of Virginia, to be Chief Information Officer, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Sec- Office of the Director of National Intelligence, retary, Department of Homeland Security, vice Dale W. Meyerrose, resigned. vice Robert D. Jamison, resigned. Sandra Brooks Henriquez, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary Raphael William Bostic, of Housing and Urban Development, vice Or- of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of lando J. Cabrera. Housing and Urban Development, vice Dar- lene F. Williams, resigned. Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the Export- Michael L. Connor, Import Bank of the United States for a term of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Reclama- expiring January 20, 2013, vice James Lam- tion, vice Robert W. Johnson. bright, term expired.

Philip J. Crowley, Bonnie D. Jenkins, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of of New York, for the rank of Ambassador dur- State (Public Affairs), vice Sean Ian McCor- ing her tenure of service as Coordinator for mack, resigned. Threat Reduction Programs.

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Elizabeth Lee King, Francisco J. Sanchez, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Defense, vice Robert L. Wilkie, re- for International Trade, vice Christopher A. Pa- signed. dilla, resigned.

Howard K. Koh, David B. Sandalow, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant of Health and Human Services, vice Joxel Gar- Secretary of Energy (International Affairs and cia, resigned. Domestic Policy), vice Karen Alderman Har- bert, resigned. Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., of Mississippi, to be Secretary of the Navy, vice Miriam E. Sapiro, Donald C. Winter. of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambas- George Wheeler Madison, sador, vice John K. Veroneau, resigned. of Connecticut, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, vice Robert F. Peter S. Silva, Hoyt, resigned. of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Kathleen Martinez, Benjamin Grumbles, resigned. of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of La- M. Patricia Smith, bor, vice Neil Romano, resigned. of New York, to be Solicitor for the Department Judith A. McHale, of Labor, vice Gregory F. Jacob, resigned. of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Mary L. Smith, Public Diplomacy, vice James K. Glassman, re- of Illinois, to be an Assistant Attorney General, signed. vice Nathan J. Hochman, resigned.

A. Thomas McLellan, Mathy Stanislaus, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director of Na- of New Jersey, to be Assistant Administrator, tional Drug Control Policy, vice Scott M. Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protec- Burns, resigned. tion Agency, vice Susan P. Bodine, resigned.

Michael Nacht, Rhea S. Suh, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Defense, vice Joseph A. Benkert. Interior, vice R. Thomas Weimer, resigned.

Daniel B. Poneman, Cass R. Sunstein, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the vice Jeffrey Clay Sell, resigned. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, vice Susan Donald Michael Remy, E. Dudley. of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the De- partment of the Army, vice Benedict S. Cohen, Neal S. Wolin, resigned. of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of the Trea- sury, vice Robert M. Kimmitt, resigned. Jose D. Riojas, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veter- Robert O. Work, ans Affairs (Operations, Security, and Prepared- of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, ness), vice Charles L. Hopkins, resigned. vice Dionel M. Aviles, resigned.

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Submitted April 21 Phyllis Corrine Borzi, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of David H. Stevens, Labor, vice Bradford P. Campbell, resigned. of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Brian William F. Brinkman, D. Montgomery. of New Jersey, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy, vice Ray- Jonathan Steven Adelstein, mond L. Orbach, resigned. of South Dakota, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture, Kurt M. Campbell, vice James M. Andrew, resigned. of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Af- Thomasina Rogers, fairs), vice Christopher R. Hill, resigned. of Maryland, to be a member of the Occupa- tional Safety and Health Review Commission Anne Castle, for a term expiring April 27, 2015 (reappoint- of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the ment). Interior, vice Mark A. Limbaugh.

Submitted April 23 David Heyman, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Victor M. Mendez, Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Stewart of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal A. Baker, resigned. Highway Administration, vice Thomas J. Mad- Thomas R. Lamont, ison, resigned. of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Stephen Alan Owens, Army, vice Ronald J. James. of Arizona, to be Assistant Administrator for John D. Porcari, Toxic Substances of the Environmental Pro- of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Trans- tection Agency, vice James B. Gulliford, re- portation, vice Thomas J. Barrett, resigned. signed. Pearlie S. Reed, Rajiv J. Shah, of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Ag- of Washington, to be Under Secretary of Agri- riculture, vice Boyd Kevin Rutherford. culture for Research, Education, and Eco- nomics, vice Gale A. Buchanan, resigned. Catherine Radford Zoi, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Submitted April 27 Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), vice Alexander A. Karsner, resigned. Daniel Benjamin, of the District of Columbia, to be Coordinator Submitted April 28 for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, vice Dell L. Dailey, Rebecca M. Blank, resigned. of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Com- merce for Economic Affairs, vice Cynthia A. Robert Orris Blake, Jr., Glassman, resigned. of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, Robert S. Litt, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Of- Asian Affairs, vice Richard A. Boucher, re- fice of the Director of National Intelligence, signed. vice Benjamin A. Powell, resigned.

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Laurie I. Mikva, Michael S. Barr, of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Di- of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the rectors of the Legal Services Corporation for a Treasury, vice David George Nason, resigned. term expiring July 13, 2010, vice Florentino Subia, term expired. Submitted May 4

Paul N. Stockton, Kathy J. Greenlee, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, Defense, vice Paul McHale, resigned. Department of Health and Human Services, vice Josefina Carbonell, resigned. Submitted April 29 Martha N. Johnson, Eric P. Goosby, of Maryland, to be Administrator of General of California, to be Ambassador at Large and Services, vice Lurita Alexis Doan, resigned. Coordinator of United States Government Ac- tivities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally. Mercedes Marquez, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Martha J. Kanter, Housing and Urban Development, vice Susan of California, to be Under Secretary of Educa- D. Peppler, resigned. tion, vice Sara Alicia Tucker, resigned. Philip Mudd, Peter M. Rogoff, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelli- of Virginia, to be Federal Transit Administrator, gence and Analysis, Department of Homeland vice James S. Simpson, resigned. Security (new position).

Andrew Charles Weber, John J. Sullivan, of Virginia, to be Assistant to the Secretary of of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biologi- Election Commission for a term expiring April cal Defense Programs, vice Frederick S. Celec. 30, 2013, vice Ellen L. Weintraub, term ex- pired. Kevin W. Concannon, of Maine, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture Submitted May 6 for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, vice Nancy Montanez-Johner, resigned. Wilma A. Lewis, of the Virgin Islands, to be an Assistant Secre- Robert M. Groves, tary of the Interior, vice C. Stephen Allred, re- of Michigan, to be Director of the Census, vice signed. Steven H. Murdock, resigned. Carmen R. Nazario, Submitted April 30 of Puerto Rico, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Charles A. Blanchard, Human Services, vice Diane D. Rath. of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the De- partment of the Air Force, vice Mary L. Walk- Jane Oates, er, resigned. of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Emily Stover DeRocco. Submitted May 1 Tara Jeanne O’Toole, Herbert M. Allison, Jr., of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Science of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of and Technology, Department of Homeland Se- the Treasury (new position). curity, vice Jay M. Cohen, resigned.

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Eric P. Schwartz, Christine M. Griffin, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration), the Office of Personnel Management, vice vice Ellen R. Sauerbrey. Howard Charles Weizmann, resigned.

Andrew J. Shapiro, Submitted May 14 of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), vice Mark Aneesh Chopra, Kimmitt, resigned. of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, vice Ellen O. Tauscher, Richard M. Russell, resigned. of California, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, Capricia Penavic Marshall, vice Robert Joseph, resigned. of the District of Columbia, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador Submitted May 11 during her tenure of service, vice Nancy Goodman Brinker, resigned. J. Randolph Babbitt, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Submitted May 18 Aviation Administration for the term of 5 years, vice Marion C. Blakey, term expired. Zachary J. Lemnios, of Massachusetts, to be Director of Defense Lorelei Boylan, Research and Engineering, vice John J. Young, of New York, to be Administrator of the Wage Jr. and Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice Paul DeCamp. Anthony W. Miller, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Edu- Jamie Michael Morin, cation, vice Raymond Simon, resigned. of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice John H. Gibson, resigned. Richard G. Newell, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the Stephen Woolman Preston, Energy Information Administration, vice Guy of the District of Columbia, to be General F. Caruso. Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice Scott W. Muller, resigned. Rosa Gumataotao Rios, of California, to be Treasurer of the United Submitted May 12 States, vice Anna Escobedo Cabral, resigned.

William J. Wilkins, Submitted May 19 of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Coun- sel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Philip L. Verveer, Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the District of Columbia, for the rank of of the Treasury, vice Donald Korb, resigned. Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter- Jeffrey D. Zients, national Communications and Information of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Di- Policy in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, rector for Management, Office of Manage- and Business Affairs and U.S. Coordinator for ment and Budget, vice Clay Johnson III, re- International Communications and Informa- signed. tion Policy.

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Submitted May 20 be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- tiary of the United States of America to the Re- Bartholomew Chilton, public of Kosovo. of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Com- modity Futures Trading Commission for a term J. Michael Gilmore, expiring April 13, 2013 (reappointment). of Virginia, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense, vice Colin Scott Cole Fulton, Charles E. McQueary. of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Gordon S. Heddell, Roger Romulus Martella, Jr. of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector General, Department of Defense, vice Claude Alejandro N. Mayorkas, M. Kicklighter, resigned. of California, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Nicole Lurie, Homeland Security, vice Emilio T. Gonzalez. of Maryland, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, Submitted May 21 subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Assistant Secre- Paul T. Anastas, tary for Preparedness and Response, Depart- of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Administra- ment of Health and Human Services, vice W. tor of the Environmental Protection Agency, Craig Vanderwagen, resigned. vice George M. Gray, resigned. Deborah Matz, Cranston J. Mitchell, of Virginia, to be a member of the National of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the U.S. Credit Union Administration Board for a term Parole Commission for a term of 6 years (reap- expiring April 10, 2015, vice Rodney E. Hood, pointment). term expired. Nancy J. Powell, Dennis M. McCarthy, of Iowa, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Director of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of De- General of the Foreign Service, vice Harry K. fense, vice Thomas Forrest Hall. Thomas, Jr., resigned. Ellen Gloninger Murray, Submitted June 1 of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Charles E. Patricia A. Butenis, Johnson, resigned. of Virginia, a career member of the Senior For- eign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Charles H. Rivkin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary of the United States of America to the Demo- and Plenipotentiary of the United States of cratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to America to France, and to serve concurrently serve concurrently and without additional com- and without additional compensation as Ambas- pensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Plenipotentiary of the United States of America United States of America to Monaco. to the Republic of Maldives. Evan J. Segal, Christopher William Dell, of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Financial Officer, of New Jersey, a career member of the Senior Department of Agriculture, vice Charles R. Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to Christopherson, Jr., resigned.

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Thomas Alfred Shannon, Jr., Submitted June 4 of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to Preet Bharara, be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- of New York, to be U.S. Attorney for the tiary of the United States of America to the Southern District of New York for the term of Federative Republic of Brazil. 4 years, vice Michael J. Garcia, resigned.

Sonia Sotomayor, Julia Akins Clark, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Da- Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term vid H. Souter, retiring. of 5 years, vice Colleen Duffy Kiko, resigned.

Submitted June 2 Tristram J. Coffin, of Vermont, to be U.S. Attorney for the Dis- Daniel Ginsberg, trict of Vermont for the term of 4 years, vice of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Thomas D. Anderson, resigned. Secretary of the Air Force, vice Craig W. Duehring. Ernest W. DuBester, of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal La- Louis B. Susman, bor Relations Authority for a term of 5 years of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary expiring July 29, 2012, vice Dale Cabaniss, re- and Plenipotentiary of the United States of signed. America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Jenny A. Durkan, of Washington, to be U.S. Attorney for the Submitted June 3 Western District of Washington for the term of 4 years, vice John McKay, resigned. Laurie Susan Fulton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary Paul Joseph Fishman, and Plenipotentiary of the United States of of New Jersey, to be U.S. Attorney for the Dis- America to Denmark. trict of New Jersey for the term of 4 years, vice Christopher James Christie, resigned. Raymond M. Jefferson, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor B. Todd Jones, for Veterans’ Employment and Training, vice of Minnesota, to be U.S. Attorney for the Dis- Charles S. Ciccolella, resigned. trict of Minnesota for the term of 4 years, vice Rachel K. Paulose, resigned. Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant John P. Kacavas, Secretary of the Treasury, vice Peter B. Mc- of New Hampshire, to be U.S. Attorney for Carthy, resigned. the District of New Hampshire for the term of 4 years, vice Thomas P. Colantuono, resigned. Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Finan- Christopher H. Schroeder, cial Officer, Department of the Treasury, vice of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney Peter B. McCarthy, resigned. General, vice Elisebeth C. Cook, resigned.

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Joyce White Vance, Polly Trottenberg, of Alabama, to be U.S. Attorney for the North- of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of ern District of Alabama for the term of 4 years, Transportation, vice Tyler D. Duvall, resigned. vice Alice Howze Martin. Arturo A. Valenzuela, Submitted June 8 of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Af- Anne Elizabeth Derse, fairs), vice Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., resigned. of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to Submitted June 9 be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- Robert S. Adler, tiary of the United States of America to the Re- of North Carolina, to be a Commissioner of the public of Lithuania. Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of 7 years from October 27, 2007, vice David C. Jacobson, Stuart M. Statler, resigned. of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America Kenneth H. Merten, to Canada. of Virginia, a career member of the Senior For- eign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassa- Robert Malcolm McDowell, dor Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal United States of America to the Republic of Communications Commission for a term of 5 Haiti. years from July 1, 2009 (reappointment). Maria Otero, Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Ele- Secretary of State (Democracy and Global Af- mentary and Secondary Education, Depart- fairs), vice Paula J. Dobriansky, resigned. ment of Education, vice Kerri Layne Briggs. William E. Spriggs, Ignacia S. Moreno, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of La- of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney Gen- bor, vice Leon R. Sequeira, resigned. eral, vice Ronald Jay Tenpas, resigned. Inez Moore Tenenbaum, Stuart Gordon Nash, of South Carolina, to be a Commissioner of the of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of 7 years from October 27, 2006, vice Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Harold D. Stratton, resigned. Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Rafael Diaz, term expired. Inez Moore Tenenbaum, of South Carolina, to be Chairman of the Con- Carlos Pascual, sumer Product Safety Commission, vice Harold of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador D. Stratton, resigned. Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Unit- ed States of America to Mexico. Submitted June 10

Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, Robert V. Abbey, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for Advoca- of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of cy, Small Business Administration, vice Thomas Land Management, vice James L. Caswell, re- M. Sullivan. signed.

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Harry R. Hoglander, Rocco Landesman, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Na- of New York, to be Chairperson of the Nation- tional Mediation Board for a term expiring Ju- al Endowment for the Arts for a term of 4 ly 1, 2011 (reappointment). years, vice Dana Gioia, resigned.

Timothy J. Roemer, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, of Indiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to India. America to the United Republic of Tanzania. Submitted June 11 John R. Nay, Michael Anthony Battle, Sr., of Michigan, a career member of the Senior of Georgia, to be Representative of the United Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, States of America to the African Union, with to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordi- tentiary of the United States of America to the nary and Plenipotentiary. Republic of Suriname.

Donald Sternoff Beyer, Jr., John R. Norris, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary of the District of Columbia, to be a member of and Plenipotentiary of the United States of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission America to Switzerland, and to serve concur- for the remainder of the term expiring June rently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentia- 30, 2012, vice Joseph Timothy Kelliher, re- ry of the United States of America to the Prin- signed. cipality of Liechtenstein. Daniel M. Rooney, Martha Larzelere Campbell, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordi- of Michigan, a career member of the Senior nary and Plenipotentiary of the United States Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, of America to Ireland. to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- tentiary of the United States of America to the Richard J. Schmierer, Republic of the Marshall Islands. of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, Donald Henry Gips, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary tentiary of the United States of America to the and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Sultanate of Oman. America to the Republic of South Africa.

Gordon Gray, Pamela Jo Howell Slutz, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior of Texas, a career member of the Senior For- Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, eign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- tentiary of the United States of America to the tiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Tunisia. Republic of Burundi.

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Vinai K. Thummalapally, Juan M. Garcia III, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Na- and Plenipotentiary of the United States of vy, vice William A. Navas, Jr., resigned. America to Belize. Deborah A.P. Hersman, Joseph W. Westphal, of Virginia, to be a member of the National of New York, to be Under Secretary of the Ar- Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2013 (reappointment). my, vice Nelson M. Ford. Deborah A.P. Hersman, Submitted June 16 of Virginia, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term of 2 Nicole A. Avant, years, vice Mark V. Rosenker, term expired. of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of David J. Kappos, America to the Commonwealth of the Baha- of California, to be Under Secretary of Com- mas. merce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, vice Howard W. Gutman, Jonathan W. Dudas, resigned. of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr., America to Belgium. of Maryland, to be a Federal Maritime Com- missioner for the term expiring June 30, 2012, Submitted June 17 vice A. Paul Anderson, resigned. James J. Markowsky, Vilma S. Martinez, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary of Energy (Fossil Energy), vice Jeffrey D. Jar- and Plenipotentiary of the United States of rett, resigned. America to Argentina. Warren F. Miller, Jr., Withdrawn June 17 of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), vice Dennis R. Spur- Donald Michael Remy, geon. of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the De- partment of the Army, vice Benedict S. Cohen, Robert Perciasepe, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on April of New York, to be Deputy Administrator of the 20, 2009. Environmental Protection Agency, vice Marcus C. Peacock, resigned. Submitted June 18 Submitted June 19 Edward M. Avalos, Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary of Agri- of New Jersey, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the culture for Marketing and Regulatory Pro- Third Circuit, vice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., elevat- grams, vice Bruce I. Knight, resigned. ed.

Miguel Humberto Diaz, Beverly B. Martin, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador Extraordinary of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Eleventh Circuit, vice R. Lanier Anderson III, America to the Holy See. retired.

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Mark Henry Gitenstein, Jerry P. Lanier, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador of North Carolina, a career member of the Se- Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Unit- nior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be ed States of America to Romania. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentia- ry of the United States of America to the Re- Craig E. Hooks, public of Uganda. of Kansas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Warren F. Miller, Jr., Luis Luna, resigned. of New Mexico, to be Director of the Office of Submitted June 22 Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, De- partment of Energy, vice Edward F. Sproat John R. Bass, III, resigned. of New York, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Am- Teddy Bernard Taylor, bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of of Maryland, a career member of the Senior the United States of America to Georgia. Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- Charles F. Bolden, Jr., tentiary of the United States of America to of Texas, to be Administrator of the National Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice and without additional compensation as Am- Michael D. Griffin, resigned. bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ertharin Cousin, the United States of America to the Solomon of Illinois, for the rank of Ambassador during Islands and Ambassador Extraordinary and her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to Plenipotentiary of the United States of Ameri- the United Nations Agencies for Food and Ag- ca to the Republic of Vanuatu. riculture. Submitted June 23 James B. Foley, of New York, a career member of the Senior Joan M. Evans, Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of Vet- to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo- erans Affairs (Congressional and Legislative tentiary of the United States of America to the Affairs), vice Christine O. Hill, resigned. Republic of Croatia. Submitted June 24 Lori Garver, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the James Legarde Hudson, National Aeronautics and Space Administra- of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Direc- tion, vice Shana L. Dale, resigned. tor of the European Bank for Reconstruction Kenneth E. Gross, Jr., and Development, vice Kenneth L. Peel. of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Am- John Victor Roos, bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary the United States of America to the Republic and Plenipotentiary of the United States of of Tajikistan. America to Japan.

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James B. Smith, Samuel Louis Kaplan, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraor- of Minnesota, to be Ambassador Extraordinary dinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States and Plenipotentiary of the United States of of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. America to the Kingdom of Morocco.

Submitted June 25 David Killion, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Am- Meredith Attwell Baker, bassador during his tenure of service as the U.S. of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Permanent Representative to the United Na- Communications Commission for the remain- tions Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Or- der of the term expiring June 30, 2011, vice ganization. Kevin J. Martin, resigned. James Knight, Mignon L. Clyburn, of Alabama, a career member of the Senior of South Carolina, to be a member of the Fed- Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Am- eral Communications Commission for a term of bassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of 5 years from July 1, 2007, vice Deborah Taylor the United States of America to the Republic of Tate, term expired. Benin. Karen Kornbluh, Judith Gail Garber, of New York, to be Representative of the Unit- of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary ed States of America to the Organization for and Plenipotentiary of the United States of Economic Cooperation and Development, with America to the Republic of Latvia. the rank of Ambassador.

Christopher A. Hart, Bruce J. Oreck, of Colorado, to be a member of the National of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring and Plenipotentiary of the United States of December 31, 2012, vice Steven R. Chealand- America to the Republic of Finland. er, resigned. Charles Aaron Ray, Charlene Edwards Honeywell, of Maryland, a career member of the Senior of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to Middle District of Florida, vice Susan C. Buck- be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- lew, retired. tiary of the United States of America to the Re- public of Zimbabwe. Kerri-Ann Jones, of Maine, to be an Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey L. Viken, for Oceans and International Environmental of South Dakota, to be U.S. District Judge for and Scientific Affairs, vice Claudia A. McMur- the District of South Dakota, vice Lawrence L. ray, resigned. Piersol, retiring.

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