Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, May 25, 2007

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 May 21

Thomas P. D’Agostino, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy, vice Linton F. Brooks, resigned.

Charles W. Grim, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of 4 years (reappointment).

Eric G. John, of Indiana, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Thailand.

Submitted May 22

Diane Auer Jones, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education, vice Sally Stroup, resigned.

Jerome F. Kever, of Illinois, to be a member of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2008 (reappointment).

Anne Woods Patterson, of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.

Michael Schwartz, of Illinois, to be a member of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2012 (reappointment).

Virgil M. Speakman, Jr., of Ohio, to be a member of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2009 (reappointment).

Submitted May 23

Ondray T. Harris, of Virginia, to be Director, Community Relations Service, for a term of 4 years, vice Sharee M. Freeman.

Withdrawn May 23

Michael E. Baroody, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of 7 years from October 27, 2006, vice Harold D. Stratton, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on March 5, 2007.

Michael E. Baroody, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, vice Harold D. Stratton, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on March 5, 2007.

Submitted May 24

Diane G. Farrell, of Connecticut, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2011, vice Joseph Max Cleland, term expired.

Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, vice Randall L. Tobias, resigned.

Preston M. Geren, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Francis J. Harvey, resigned.

James W. Holsinger, Jr., of Kentucky, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service for a term of 4 years, vice Richard H. Carmona, term expired.

Michael W. Michalak, of Michigan, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

William J. Powell, of West Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, vice W. Craig Broadwater, deceased.

Robert Charles Tapella, of Virginia, to be Public Printer, vice Bruce R. James, retired.

Amul R. Thapar, of Kentucky, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, vice Joseph M. Hood, retiring.