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                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF EUGENE HICKOK, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE UNDER SECRETARY OF 
                               EDUCATION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session and the HELP Committee be discharged from 
the consideration of the following nomination: Eugene Hickok, to be 
Under Secretary of Education, that the nomination be considered and 
confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, that any 
statements thereon be printed in the Record, the President be 
immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate return to 
legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:


                        department of education

       Eugene Hickok, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of 
     Education.

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