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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate
proceed to the en bloc consideration of the following nominations:
Executive Calendar Nos. 178, 181, 395, 397, 400, 401, 404, 405, 406,
and 361.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The clerk will report the nominations en bloc.
The legislative clerk read the nominations of Kenneth S. George, of
Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United
States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay; W. Patrick
Murphy, of Vermont, 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 K. Bell, of Pennsylvania, a Career Member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire; Jonathan R. Cohen, of California, 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 Arab Republic of Egypt; Christopher
Landau, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the United States of America to the United Mexican States; Richard
B. Norland, of Iowa, 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 Libya; Philip S.
Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Career Ambassador, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Colombia; Jessica E. Lapenn, of New York, a Career
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to
be Representative of the United States of America to the African Union,
with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary; Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, 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 Federal Republic of Nigeria; and Eliot Pedrosa, of
Florida, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-American
Development Bank for a term of three years.
Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the
nominations with no intervening action or debate; that if confirmed,
the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon table; that
the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action; that no
further motions be in order; and that any statements relating to the
nominations be printed in the Record.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the George,
Murphy, Bell, Cohen, Landau, Norland, Goldberg, Lapenn, Leonard, and
Pedrosa nominations en bloc?
The nominations were confirmed en bloc.
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