Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, April 29, 2005

The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominationsto the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers.

Submitted April 25

Robert B. Holland III, of Texas, to be U.S. Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 2 years, vice Carole Brookins, resigned.

Charles E. Johnson, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Janet Hale, resigned.

Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice John Charles Weicher.

Roger Dwayne Pierce, 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 Cape Verde.

James H. Bilbray, of Nevada, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Philip Coyle, of California, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Adm. Harold W. Gehman, Jr., USN, (Ret.), of Virginia, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

James V. Hansen, of Utah, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Gen. James T. Hill, USA, (Ret.), of Florida, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Gen. Lloyd Warren Newton, USAF, (Ret.), of Virginia, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Anthony Joseph Principi, of California, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Samuel Knox Skinner, of Illinois, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Brig. Gen. Sue Ellen Turner, USAF, (Ret.), of Texas, to be a member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (new position), to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Submitted April 27

Shara L. Aranoff, of Maryland, to be a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission for a term expiring December 16, 2012, vice Marcia E. Miller, term expired.

Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Harvey S. Rosen.

Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2009 (reappointment).

David Horton Wilkins, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Canada, vice Argeo Paul Cellucci.

Submitted April 28

Donald E. Booth, 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 Liberia.

Molly Hering Bordonaro, of Oregon, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Malta., Julie Finley, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador.

Richard J. Griffin, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security), vice Francis X. Taylor, resigned.

Richard J. Griffin, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service, vice Francis X. Taylor, resigned.

Catherine Lucille Hanaway, of Missouri, to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of 4 years, vice Raymond W. Gruender, resigned.

Joseph A. Mussomeli, 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 Kingdom of Cambodia.

Richard L. Skinner, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security, vice Clark Kent Ervin.

Kevin F. Sullivan, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education, vice Laurie Rich, resigned.

Dina Habib Powell, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs), vice Patricia de Stacy Harrison.