Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, February 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 February 14

John B. Bellinger III, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, vice William Howard Taft IV.

R. Nicholas Burns, of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs), vice Marc Isaiah Grossman, resigned.

C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice William J. Burns.

Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice J. Dickson Phillips, Jr., retired., Janice R. Brown, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice Stephen F. Williams, retired.

Richard A. Griffin, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Damon J. Keith, retired.

Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice Patricia M. Wald, retired.William James Haynes II, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice H. Emory Widener, Jr., retired.

Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice Laurence H. Silberman, retired.

David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Richard F. Suhrheinrich, retired.

William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Thomas G. Nelson, retired.

Susan Bieke Neilson, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Cornelia G. Kennedy, retired.

Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice William L. Garwood, retired.

William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice Emmett Ripley Cox, retired.

Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice James L. Ryan, retired.

Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice a new position created by Public Law 107-273, approved November 2, 2002.

Sean F. Cox, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, vice Lawrence P. Zatkoff, retired.

Paul A. Crotty, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Harold Baer, Jr., retired.

James C. Dever III, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, vice W. Earl Britt, retired.

Thomas L. Ludington, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, vice Paul V. Gadola, retired.

Daniel P. Ryan, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, vice Patrick J. Duggan, retired.

J. Michael Seabright, of Hawaii, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice Alan C. Kay, retired.

Peter G. Sheridan, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice Stephen M. Orlofsky, resigned.

Jennifer M. Anderson, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Steffen W. Graae, retired.

Laura A. Cordero, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Shellie F. Bowers, retired.

A. Noel Anketell Kramer, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals for the term of 15 years, vice John M. Steadman, retired., Juliet JoAnn McKenna, of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Nan R. Shuker, retired.

Gretchen C.F. Shappert, of North Carolina, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, for the term of 4 years, vice Robert J. Conrad, Jr., resigned.Earl C. Aguigui, of Guam, to be U.S. Marshal for the District of Guam and concurrently U.S. Marshal for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands for the term of 4 years, vice Joaquin L.G. Salas, term expired.

Adolfo A. Franco, of Virginia, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2008, vice Jeffrey Davidow, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the recess of the Senate from January 6, 2005, to January 20, 2005.

Gregory B. Jaczko, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of 5 years expiring June 30, 2008, vice Greta Joy Dicus, term expired, to which position he was appointed during the recess of the Senate from January 6, 2005, to January 20, 2005.

Peter B. Lyons, of Virginia, to be a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the term of 5 years expiring June 30, 2009, vice Richard A. Meserve, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the recess of the Senate from January 6, 2005, to January 20, 2005.

Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2006, vice Harriet C. Babbitt, term expired, to which position he was appointed during the recess of the Senate from January 6, 2005, to January 20, 2005.

Submitted February 15

Lester M. Crawford, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Mark B. McClellan.

Submitted February 17

Anthony Jerome Jenkins, of the Virgin Islands, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands for the term of 4 years, vice James Allan Hurd, Jr., resigned.

Stephen Joseph Murphy III, of Michigan, to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan for the term of 4 years, vice Jeffrey Gilbert Collins, resigned.

Submitted February 18

Michael Jackson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, vice James M. Loy, resigned.

Jonathan Brian Perlin, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs for a term of 4 years, vice Robert H. Roswell, resigned.

Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, vice J. Steven Griles, resigned.