Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, March 3, 2006

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 February 27

John G. Emling, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Brett T. Palmer, resigned.

Timothy Anthony Junker, of Iowa, to be U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of 4 years, vice John Edward Quinn.

Patrick Carroll Smith, Sr., of Maryland, to be U.S. Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina for the term of 4 years, vice Gregory Allyn Forest, resigned.

William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr., of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Jeffrey R. Holmstead, resigned.

Submitted March 2

Mickey D. Barnett, of New Mexico, to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2013, vice Robert F. Rider, term expired.

John W. Cox, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, vice Carin M. Barth, resigned.

George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice W. Robert Pearson, resigned.

Katherine C. Tobin, of New York, to be a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service for a term expiring December 8, 2012, vice S. David Fineman, term expired.