Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, June 16, 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 June 12

Randall M. Fort, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Intelligence and Research), vice Thomas Fingar, resigned.

Margo M. McKay, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Vernon Bernard Parker.

Stephen S. McMillin, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Joel David Kaplan.

Drue Pearce, of Alaska, to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects for the term prescribed by law (new position).

Marc Spitzer, of Arizona, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2011, vice Nora Mead Brownell, resigned.

Lisa Godbey Wood, of Georgia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, vice Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., retiring.

Submitted June 16

Mark R. Abbott, of Oregon, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Jane Lubchenco, term expired.

Geoffrey S. Bacino, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board for a term expiring February 27, 2013, vice Franz S. Leichter, term expired.

Camilla Persson Benbow, of Tennessee, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Warren M. Washington, term expired.

John T. Bruer, of Missouri, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice John A. White, Jr., term expired.

Josiah Bunting III, of Rhode Island, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice Wright L. Lassiter, Jr., term expired.

Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring June 19, 2011 (reappointment).

Thomas C. Foley, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ireland.

Patricia D. Galloway, of Washington, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Diana S. Natalicio, term expired.

Jose-Marie Griffiths, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Nina V. Fedoroff, term expired.

Mary Haybeck, of Maryland, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice James R. Stoner, Jr., term expired.

Karl Hess, of Illinois, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for the remainder of the term expiring May 10, 2008, vice Delores M. Etter, resigned.

Robert S. Martin, of Texas, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice Jeffrey D. Wallin, term expired.

Wilfred M. McClay, of Tennessee, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012 (reappointment).

Nancy Montanez-Johner, of Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, vice Eric M. Bost.

Nancy Montanez-Johner, of Nebraska, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, vice Eric M. Bost.

Manfredi Piccolomini, of New York, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice Andrew Ladis, term expired.

Thomas N. Taylor, of Kansas, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Daniel Simberloff, term expired.

Richard F. Thompson, of California, to be a member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2012, vice Mark S. Wrighton, term expired.

Kenneth R. Weinstein, of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice David Hertz, term expired.

Jay Winik, of Maryland, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2012, vice Nathan O. Hatch, term expired.