Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, January 27, 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 January 25

Thomas J. Barrett, of Alaska, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation (new position).

Steven G. Bradbury, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman Goldsmith III, resigned.

Vanessa Lynne Bryant, of Connecticut, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut, vice Dominic J. Squatrito, retired.

Renee Marie Bumb, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice William H. Walls, retired.

Michael A. Chagares, of New Jersey, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Michael Chertoff, resigned.

Rajkumar Chellaraj, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Administration), vice William A. Eaton, resigned.

Brian M. Cogan, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Frederic Block, retired.

Thomas M. Golden, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, vice Franklin Van Antwerpen, elevated.

S. Pamela Gray, 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 Susan Rebecca Holmes, retired.

Andrew J. Guilford, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Dickran M. Tevrizian, Jr., retired.

Noel Lawrence Hillman, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice William G. Bassler, retired.

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

Gray Hampton Miller, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, vice Ewing Werlein, Jr., retired.

Richard T. Miller, of Texas, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.

Richard T. Miller, of Texas, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.

Susan Davis Wigenton, of New Jersey, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Jersey, vice John W. Bissell, retired.

Submitted January 27

Thomas P. D’Agostino, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, vice Everet Beckner, resigned.

Randall S. Kroszner, of New Jersey, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systemfor the unexpired term of 14 years from February 1, 1994, vice Edward M. Gramlich, resigned.

Boyd Kevin Rutherford, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Michael J. Harrison, resigned.

Kevin M. Warsh, of New York, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of 14 years from February 1, 2004, vice Ben S. Bernanke, resigned.