Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, November 11, 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 7,
Mark D. Acton, of Kentucky, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2010, vice Dana Bruce Covington, Sr., term expired.

Kristie A. Kenney, of Virginia, 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 Republic of the Philippines.

John L. Palmer, of New York, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment).

John L. Palmer, of New York, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment).

John L. Palmer, of New York, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment).

Thomas R. Saving, of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment).

Thomas R. Saving, of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment).

Thomas R. Saving, of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of 4 years (reappointment).

Robert Weisberg, of Maryland, 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 Republic of Congo.

Submitted November 9

Michael Joseph Copps, of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of 5 years from July 1, 2005, (reappointment).

Carol A. Dalton, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice A. Noel Anketell Kramer, elevated.

Paul J. McNulty, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, vice James B. Comey, resigned., Janet Ann Sanderson, of Arizona, 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 Republic of Haiti.

Deborah Taylor Tate, of Tennessee, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2007, vice Michael K. Powell, resigned.

Submitted November 10

Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New Jersey, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Sandra Day O’Connor, retiring.

Duane Acklie, of Nebraska, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the 60th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Goli Ameri, of Oregon, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the 60th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Robert C. Cresanti, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, vice Phillip Bond, resigned.

Uttam Dhillon, of California, to be Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security (new position).

Leo Maury Gordon, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the U.S. Court of International Trade, vice Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr., retired.

Stephen C. King, of New York, to be a member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for the term expiring September 30, 2008, vice Jeremy H. G. Ibrahim, term expired.

Robert C. O’Brien, of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the 60th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Donald M. Payne, of New Jersey, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the 60th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Edward Randall Royce, of California, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the 60th Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

David M. Spooner, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice James J. Jochum, resigned.