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Congressional Record—Senate S2614 S2614 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 21, 2020 MICHAEL H. HILL PORTIA J. BENSON IN THE AIR FORCE MICHAEL C. HILLER MARIO D. CALAD GREGORY T. HINTON II WILLIAM J. CLAYBROOKS, JR. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT SHANNON L. HORNE SCOTT S. COLE IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- MICHAEL J. HULTS PATRICK J. DILLON CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE WILLIAM R. HUMES DONYA T. DUGAN AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10 U.S.C., SECTION SAMUEL F. HUNTER III ROBERT L. B. EDWARDS 601: NATHAN C. HURT DAVID R. GARCIAMONTANO QUENTIN S. HYDE DAVID H. HAIGLER, JR. To be lieutenant general GEORGE T. JACKSON CONRAD J. JAKUBOW MAJ. GEN. SCOTT L. PLEUS CHRISTOPHER L. JENKINS BYRON J. JONES DAWN M. JOHNSON MICHAEL S. KAVADIAS THE FOLLOWING NAMED AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE JEREMY D. JOHNSON CARL S. KELLER UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RE- AARON T. JONES TRACY L. KENNEPP SERVE OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED WILLIAM A. JONES IV STEVEN M. KING UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: HERBERT L. JUDON, JR. CHAD E. LAYMAN JOE D. M. JUNGUZZA KELLY A. LELITO To be brigadier general DANIEL E. JUSTUS DENNIS S. LENE COL. DANIEL D. BOYACK MICHAEL J. KELLEY, JR. MARTIN D. LEPAK THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT DONALD S. KETTERING DOUGLAS A. LUDWICK IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- SIMON KIM RHASAAN L. LYMON CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE WILLIAM A. KRUFT VERMELE S. MARTINEZ AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION VIVEK KSHETRAPAL LAWRENCE T. MCKIERNAN 601: TAMARA R. KUREY TRACIE L. MCMILLIAN MARK C. LANE SUNNY K. MITCHELL To be lieutenant general MATTHEW S. LAWSON WILKEM D. MOLLFULLEDA RANDOLPH W. LEACH ROBERT J. MURACH LT. GEN. JOSEPH T. GUASTELLA, JR. EDMUND G. NAUGHTON CHRISTOPHER A. LECRON THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MATTHEW L. NELSON RUSTY J. LEPLEY IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- ADAMS Z. Z. ORTEGA MOE LIU CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE JASON P. PARKER, JR. DAVID L. LOWBER AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION ROBERT L. PERRYMAN, JR. SEAN T. MALIS 601: ANTHONY C. MANCARI MERITT L. PHILLIPS ANTONIO MARTINEZ DAPHANY L. PREWITT To be lieutenant general TORYA N. MATHESEVANS RUSTY G. RHOADS MAJ. GEN. GREGORY M. GUILLOT MYLES A. MCHUGH REBECCA C. RICHTER SAMUEL D. MEHAFFEY JAMES E. RIVENBARK, JR. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT EDWARD L. MIKULA MARSHALL S. SCANTLIN IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- MICHAEL SHANLEY BRADLEY J. MILLER CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ALAN L. SIMPKINS PATRICK H. MORGAN HEATHER L. SMIGOWSKI ANDREW S. MORRIS To be major general JESSE H. STALDER SHAWN R. MORRIS TRAVIS O. TRAYLOR BRIG. GEN. DAGVIN R. M. ANDERSON JOHN D. MYHRE KRISTA H. VAUGHAN BRIG. GEN. DEANNA M. BURT DAVID M. NEWMAN CLAYTON A. WHITE BRIG. GEN. CASE A. CUNNINGHAM DAVID M. NEWMAN JOHN M. V. WILDERMANN BRIG. GEN. MICHELE C. EDMONDSON DUC D. NGUYEN MITCHELL J. WISNIEWSKI BRIG. GEN. KENNETH P. EKMAN DAVID G. NOWICKI BRIG. GEN. DEREK C. FRANCE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT CROCKETT W. OAKS III BRIG. GEN. PHILIP A. GARRANT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY JOHN A. OCHWATT BRIG. GEN. ANDREW J. GEBARA UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: CHRISTOPHER B. OTOOLE BRIG. GEN. SAMUEL C. HINOTE KARL J. OTTMAR To be major BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM G. HOLT II CHRISTIAN M. PAJAK BRIG. GEN. JOEL D. JACKSON TIMOTHY E. PALUMMO NATHANIEL A. STONE BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL G. KOSCHESKI JORDAN G. PAPKOV THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT BRIG. GEN. JOHN D. LAMONTAGNE KEVIN K. PARKER TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY BRIG. GEN. LEAH G. LAUDERBACK RICKY L. PEAK UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: BRIG. GEN. RODNEY D. LEWIS SETH C. PEDERSEN BRIG. GEN. JOHN J. NICHOLS KATIE S. PIERCE To be major BRIG. GEN. JAMES D. PECCIA III JOSEPH N. PIERRE MARGARET C. BRAINARDBLAND BRIG. GEN. LANSING R. PILCH PATRICK L. POLLAK BRIG. GEN. JAMES R. SEARS, JR. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT DAVID W. PORTER BRIG. GEN. DONNA D. SHIPTON TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MURRAY S. POWELL BRIG. GEN. DANIEL L. SIMPSON UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: DYLAN W. PRESLEY BRIG. GEN. MARK H. SLOCUM TRAVIS L. QUESENBERRY To be lieutenant colonel BRIG. GEN. PHILLIP A. STEWART COURTNEY T. RAY BRIG. GEN. EDWARD W. THOMAS, JR. JASON M. REHERMAN MICHAEL B. MCGUIRE ANDREW M. RISH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY MICHAEL A. ROBBINS TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT JEFFREY N. ROBERTS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED ANDREW H. ROBERTSON WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND WILLIAM R. ROBERTSON To be major RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: PEDRO L. ROSARIO III RALPH PEAN DANE M. SANDERSEN To be lieutenant general BRYAN S. SCHILLER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ANDRE H. SCHLAPPE TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MAJ. GEN. DENNIS S. MCKEAN KEVIN R. SCHOOLER JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL’S CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT DAVID P. SCHWARTZ U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND 7064: IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED AMER SHAH To be lieutenant colonel WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND BRIAN D. SHERIDAN RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: MICHAEL B. SHERIDAN CHRISTOPHER M. HARTLEY JENNIFER M. SIEGEL To be lieutenant general TANYA E. SIMMONS f MAJ. GEN. JOHN S. KOLASHESKI BRIAN J. SLAUGHTER JAMES C. SLAUGHTER DISCHARGED NOMINATIONS THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT RYAN T. SMITH IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED WILLIAM J. SMITH, JR. The Senate Committee on Environ- WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RICHARD K. SNODGRASS ment and Public Works was discharged RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: SHANNA R. SPEARS BRENT R. STALDER from further consideration of the fol- To be lieutenant general PETER M. STEMNISKI lowing nominations by unanimous con- MAJ. GEN. ROGER L. CLOUTIER DANIEL A. STILL THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ADAM C. STRAUB sent and the nominations were con- IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED JASON M. SWAIM firmed: UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: BRADLEY S. D. TALLEY PETER P. THIEDE DAVID A. WRIGHT, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE A MEM- To be major general KEVIN C. TRUSLOW BER OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR MICHAEL J. TUCKER THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2025. BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL L. PLACE CHRISTOPHER T. HANSON, OF MICHIGAN, TO BE A MEM- CRAIG V. UTLEY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT BER OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FOR CHANDA O. VALENTINE IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2024. ANGEL D. VEGAMONTANEZ WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND JONATHAN E. VELASQUEZ f RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: MICHELLE M. VERGARA JAMES W. WALDROP CONFIRMATIONS To be lieutenant general JAMES A. WALTON LT. GEN. RAYMOND S. DINGLE THOMAS J. WESTRICK, JR. Executive nominations confirmed by BLAINE A. WHITE IN THE NAVY CALVIN L. WILLIAMS the Senate May 21, 2020: THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT LAWRENCE E. WILLIAMS OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL RICKY L. WILLIAMS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED GARY C. WONG INTELLIGENCE UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT JOHN L. RATCLIFFE, OF TEXAS, TO BE DIRECTOR OF To be rear admiral TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE RESERVE OF THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE. ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: REAR ADM. (LH) SHOSHANA S. CHATFIELD DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE To be colonel THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT KENNETH J. BRAITHWAITE, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED BRIAN E. BART SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:38 May 22, 2020 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4637 Sfmt 9801 E:\CR\FM\A21MY6.005 S21MYPT1 dlhill on DSK120RN23PROD with SENATE May 21, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2615 To be rear admiral (lower half) To be lieutenant general AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH LAURA A. ABBOTT AND ENDING WITH ANDREW P. ZWIRLEIN, WHICH CAPT. CYNTHIA A. KUEHNER MAJ. GEN. SHAUN Q. MORRIS NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 11, IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- 2020. WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH RYAN S. COMBEST AND ENDING WITH RACHEL S. VAN SCIVER, RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE 601: To be vice admiral AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON To be lieutenant general MAY 11, 2020. REAR ADM. YANCY B. LINDSEY AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF MEGAN A. SHERWOOD, TO THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MAJ.
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