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                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate April 27, 2005:


                   Executive Office of the President

       BEN S. BERNANKE, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS, VICE NICHOLAS GREGORY MANKIW, 
     RESIGNED.


              United States International Trade Commission

       SHARA L. ARANOFF, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE UNITED 
     STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING 
     DECEMBER 16, 2012, VICE MARCIA E. MILLER, TERM EXPIRED.


                          Department of State

       DAVID HORTON WILKINS, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO CANADA.


                     National Labor Relations Board

       DENNIS P. WALSH, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD FOR THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS 
     EXPIRING DECEMBER 16, 2009. (REAPPOINTMENT)


                              In the Navy

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

Rear Adm. (lh) Alan S. Thompson, 0000

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

Rear Adm. (lh) Nancy J. Lescavage, 0000

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

Rear Adm. (lh) Jeffrey A. Brooks, 0000

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                           To be rear admiral

Rear Adm. (lh) Robert B. Murrett, 0000

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. Victor C. See, Jr., 0000

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler, 0000

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. Mark W. Balmert, 0000

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. Raymond E. Berube, 0000
Capt. John J. Prendergast III, 0000

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. Kevin M. McCoy, 0000
Capt. William D. Rodriguez, 0000

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