Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, November 18, 2005

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 November 16

Richard T. Crowder, of Virginia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, office of the U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Allen Frederick Johnson, resigned.,
Marc L. Kesselman, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, vice Nancy Southard Bryson.

Peter N. Kirsanow, of Ohio, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2008, vice Ronald E. Meisburg.

Claudia A. McMurray, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, vice John F. Turner, resigned.

Daniel Meron, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Health and Human Services, vice Alex Azar II.

Submitted November 17

Dennis Bottorff, of Tennessee, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2011 (new position).

Robert M. Duncan, of Kentucky, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2011 (new position).

William B. Sansom, of Tennessee, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2009 (new position).

Howard A. Thrailkill, of Alabama, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2007 (new position).

Susan Richardson Williams, of Tennessee, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for the term prescribed by law, vice Glenn L. McCullough, Jr., term expired.

Submitted November 18

David Longly Bernhardt, of Colorado, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, vice Sue Ellen Wooldridge.

James D. McGee, of Florida, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Union of Comoros.

Michael W. Michalak, of Michigan, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Senior Official to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum.