`[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10765-S10768]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             EXECUTIVE CALENDAR AND NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED

  Mr. DORGAN. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider Calendar 
No. 757, the nomination of William Carr; and that the Judiciary 
Committee be discharged of PN1113, the nomination of Ricardo H. 
Hinojosa; that the Senate proceed en bloc to their consideration; that 
the nominations be confirmed en bloc; the motions to reconsider be laid 
on the table en bloc; that any statements related

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thereto be printed in the Record; that no further motions be in order; 
and that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's actions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                  united states sentencing commission

       William B. Carr, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of 
     the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring 
     October 31, 2011.
       Ricardo H. Hinojosa, of Texas, to be a Member of the United 
     States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 
     2013.

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Foreign 
Relations Committee be discharged of PN730; the HELP Committee be 
discharged of PN2019, PN2020, PN2022, PN2132, PN2024, PN2104, and 
PN2119; and the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee be 
discharged of PN2058 and PN2086; and that the Senate proceed en bloc to 
their consideration; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, and the 
motions to reconsider be laid upon the table; that no further motions 
be in order, and any statements relating to the nominations be printed 
in the Record; that 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 nominations considered and confirmed en bloc are as follows:


                          department of state

       Gene Allan Cretz, of New York, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotenitiary of the United States of 
     America to Libya.


                         national science board

       Douglas D. Randall, of Missouri, to be a Member of the 
     National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a 
     term expiring May 10, 2014.
       Ray M. Bowen, of Texas, to be a Member of the National 
     Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term 
     expiring May 10, 2014.
       France A. Cordova, of Indiana, to be a Member of the 
     National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a 
     term expiring May 10, 2014.


                       U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

                         To be medical director

     Paul J. Andreason
     Wanda D. Barfield
     Charles H. Beymer
     Susan Blank
     Michael J. Boquard
     Brenton T. Burkholder
     Jay C. Butler
     Michael A. Carome
     Martin S. Cetron
     Susan T. Cookson
     Michael M. Engelgau
     Carol Friedman
     Richard P. Hedlund
     Dale J. Hu
     Stephen G. Kaler
     Newton E. Kendig
     Jeffrey B. Kopp
     Eric A. Mann
     Aubrey K. Miler
     Eric D. Mintz
     Allyn K. Nakashima
     Elena H. Page
     Brent Pennington
     Calman P. Prussin
     Steven G. Scott
     Robert J. Simonds
     Mark J. Tedesco
     Douglas B. Trout
     Jonathan T. Weber
     Jane R. Zucker

                          To be senior surgeon

     Kenneth L. Brooks
     Erlinda R. Casuga-Marquez
     Ahmed M. Elkashef
     Douglas H. Esposito
     Alicia M. Fry
     Rosemarie Hirsch
     Stephen P. Kachur
     Charles E. Lee
     Sarah R. Linde-Feucht
     Julie M. Magri
     Katherine C. Palatianos
     Mary C. Porvaznik
     Stephen M. Rudd
     Taraz Samandari
     Julia A. Schillinger
     Michael G. Wilcox
     Jason J. Woo
     Darius S. Yorichi

                             To be surgeon

     Anthony M. Dunnigan
     Mark R. Dybul
     Nancy W. Knight
     Dianna L. Mahoney
     Kelton H. Oliver
     Pragna Patel
     Tobe M. Propst
     Jeffrey D. Schulden
     David L. Sprenger
     Greggory J. Woitte
     David Wong

                     To be senior assistant surgeon

     Daisy Y. Eng
     Daniel Molina

                         To be dental director

     Michael C. Arnold
     Timothy S. Bishop
     William F. Catelli II
     John F. Caudill II
     Jeffery R. Combs
     Dean J. Coppola
     Steven D. Florer
     Carl J. Gustke
     Daniel J. Hickey
     Joseph G. Hosek
     Thomas E. Jordan
     Mary G. Murphy
     Rebecca V. Neslund
     James T. Owen
     Thomas A. Reese
     Suzanne K. Saville

                      To be senior dental surgeon

     Anita Arnold
     Ronald C. Cox
     Glen A. Eisenhuth
     Richard L. Firnhaber
     Ronald L. Fuller
     Stanley K. Gordon
     Christine K. Heng
     Arlene M. Lester
     John E. Lorincz
     Aaron R. Means, Sr.
     Kathleen M. Oconnor-Moran
     Richard D. Stricklin
     Todd M. Tovarek

                          To be dental surgeon

     Ruben S. Acuna
     Joyce D. Biberica
     William J. Esposito
     Katrina J. Leslie
     Anthony L. Likes
     Kimberly Woods Montoya
     Adrian R. Palmer
     Stella Yuk Kwan Lau Wisner

                          To be nurse director

     Ana Marie L. Balingit-Wines
     Eileen D. Bonneau
     Sheila D. Carnes
     Laurie S. Irwin-Pinkley
     David W. Kelly
     David L. Kerschner
     Kathleen M. Kobus
     Carol L. Konchan
     Mary M. Leemhuis
     Michael D. Lyman
     Robert W. Mayes
     Jerilyn Anderson McClain
     Genise Y. Nixon
     Monique V. Petrofsky
     Gilbert P. Rose
     Cindy L. Wilson
     Beverly R. Wright

                       To be senior nurse officer

     Victoria L. Anderson
     Linda J. Belsito
     Susan K. Brown
     Michael P. Bryce
     Annette R. Debisette
     Joanne Derdak
     Mary Y. Elkins
     Susan K. Fritz
     Byron C. Glenn
     Wanda W. Gonzalez
     Joan F. Hunter
     Mary L. Kinkade
     Colleen O. Lee
     Jaime Muniz
     Priscilla J. Powers
     Doris L. Raymond
     Letitia L. Rhodes
     Bonnie A. Saylor
     Sylvia Trent-Adams
     Joyce B. Watson
     Daniel J. Weskamp

                          To be nurse officer

     Dawn A. Anderson-Gary
     Ileana Barreto-Pettit
     Patricia A. Barrett
     Valene N. Bartmess
     Jason M. Bischoff
     Marie A. Casey
     Susanna N. Choi
     Brian R. Cronenwett
     Derwent O. Daniel
     John W. David, Jr.
     Diane Douglas
     Kimberly J. Elenberg
     Eileen M. Falzini
     Dion E. Franklund
     Barbara A. Fuller
     Serina A. Hunter-Thomas
     Jackie Kennedy-Sullivan
     Carol S. Lincoln
     Lisa A. Marunycz
     Tami L. McBride
     Alberta M. McCabe
     Sherry L. McReynolds
     Anita E. Pollard
     Letitia B. Robinson
     Thomas M. Scheidel
     Jeffery R. Semak
     Judith B. Sutcliffe
     Victoria F. Vachon

                  To be senior assistant nurse officer

     Mark D. Cruz
     Kaori Donohue
     Bryan H. Emery
     Coleen R. Fett
     Joshua E. Hardin
     James E. Thomas
     William T. Williamson
     Anh P. Wright

                     To be assistant nurse officer

     James K. Lyons
     Adriana M. Meyer-Alonzo

                        To be engineer director

     David M. Apanian
     Bryan L. Fischer
     Michael G. Gressel

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     Robert B. McVicker
     Robert J. Reiss
     Keith P. Shortall
     Mark A. Stafford
     George W. Styer
     Maurice C. West

                     To be senior engineer officer

     Steven L. Bosiljevac
     Gary S. Earnest
     Cheryl Fairfield Estill
     Chucri A. Kardous
     James H. Ludington
     Jamie D. Natour
     Steven E. Raynor
     Daniel C. Tompkins
     Dennis J. Wagner
     Marjorie E. Wallace
     Mary M. Weber
     Richard S. Wermers

                         To be engineer officer

     Steven J. Dykstra
     Keith E. Foy
     David E. Harvey
     Kelly G. Hudson
     David E. Johnson
     Mathew J. Martinson
     Jennifer E. Mosser
     Brent D. Rohlfs
     Chad A. Snell

                To be senior assistant engineer officer

     Sean T. Bush
     Jennifer Lynn Caparoso
     Jeremy B. Nickels

                        To be scientist director

     Peter I. Hartsock
     Lauren C. Iacono-Connors
     Rosa J. Key-Schwartz
     Helena O. Mishoe
     Joyce L. Smith
     William H. Taylor I, II

                         To be senior scientist

     Christine J. Benally
     John J. Eckert
     Laurence M. Grummer-Strawn
     Leslie A. MacDonald

                            To be scientist

     Rachel N. Avchen
     Dan-My T. Chu
     Danice K. Eaton
     Lisa N. Pealer
     Diana L. Schneider

              To be environmental health officer director

     Alan S. Echt
     Robert F. Hennes
     Michael E. Herring
     Joseph L. Hughart
     Robert S. Newsad
     Douglas C. Pickup
     Richard E. Turner
     Paul T. Young

               To be senior environmental health officer

     Eric J. Esswein
     Deborah A. Greco
     William J. Greim
     Michael P. Keiffer
     Joe L. Maloney
     David H. McMahon
     Gary D. Perlman
     Edward A. Pfister
     Edwin Vazquez

                   To be environmental health officer

     Charles M. Blue
     William C. Crump
     Timothy E. Jiggens
     Mary B. O'Connor
     Harrichand Rhambarose
     Daniel J. Yereb

          To be senior assistant environmental health officer

     Robert A. Gibbs
     Christopher T. Smith

                       To be veterinary director

     Sean F. Altekruse
     Stephanie I. Harris
     Hugh M. Mainzer
     Stephanie R. Ostrowski

                    To be senior veterinary officer

     Terri R. Clark
     Victoria A. Hampshire
     Alfred W. Montgomery
     Daniel R. Oleary

                        To be veterinary officer

     Gregory L. Langham

                       To be pharmacist director

     J. R. Eric Edwards
     Mary A. Fong
     Marie B. Greenwood
     George J. Havens II
     Martin Jagers
     Anthony E. Keller
     Michael R. Lilla
     M. Carlene McIntyre
     Murray F. Potter
     Nicholas A. Quaglietta
     Renee J. Roncone
     Margaret A. Simoneau
     Thomas J. Troshynski

                        To be senior pharmacist

     Christine Hee-Kyung Chung
     Michelle Dillahunt
     Terry A. Hook
     Mary E. Kremzner
     Nitin K. Patel
     Robert G. Pratt
     Nita Sood
     Brenda L. Stodart
     Matthew J. Tarosky
     Lisa L. Tonrey

                            To be pharmacist

     Matthew R. Baker
     David A. Bates
     William H. Bender
     Sye D. Bennefield
     Mary A. Bickel
     Bradley M. Bishop
     Michael P. Bourg
     Catherine Y. Chew
     Chae Un Chong
     Tamara A. Close
     Michael A. Eddy
     Rebecca E. Garner
     Gary B. Hobbs
     Marci C. Kiester
     Kristy M. Klinger
     Vlada Matusovsky
     Nina C. Mezu-Nwaba
     Margaret A. Rincon
     Spencer S. Salis
     Tina M. Spence
     Jacqueline K. Thomas
     Vasavi T. Thomas
     Gerardo Z. Vazquez
     Chi-Ann Yu Wu

                         To be senior dietitian

     Juli M. Haws
     Ann M. Staten

                            To be dietitian

     Robert M. Collison

                         To be senior therapist

     Jessie Whitehurst
     Rita B. Shapiro

                            To be therapist

     Corey S. Dahl
     Frederick V. Lief
     Henry P. McMillan
     Robert E. Roe, Jr.
     Jon M. Schultz

                     To be health services director

     William M. Gosman
     Greg A. Ketcher
     Robert J. Lyon
     W. Henry MacPherson
     Margaret A. McDowell
     Michael R. Miner
     Janet Reen Saul

                  To be senior health services officer

     Carol E. Auten
     Gregory D. Cliff
     Valerie A. Darden
     Michael J. Flood
     Mark S. Floss
     Richard R. Kauffman
     Elijah K. Marlin, Jr.
     Philip S. McRae
     Sheila P. Merriweather
     David J. Miler
     Sunil Patel
     Anthony Sanchez
     Phillip L. Toy
     Jeanean D. Willis-Marsh

                     To be health services officer

     David J. Bellware
     Keith W. Cespon
     Rhondalyn R. Cox
     Gregory J. Flaitz
     Anna T. Gonzales
     Dione Marie Harjo
     Beth Anne Henson
     Theresa A. Minter
     Daisy D. Mitchell
     Michelle A. Pelkey
     Jacqueline D. Rodrigue
     Tobey Manns Royal
     Scott J. Salvatore
     Angela K. Shen

            To bie senior assistant health services officer

     Brian T. Burt
     Sean R. Byrd
     Torrey B. Darkenwald
     Eduardo R. Faytong
     James D. Hall, Jr.
     Carl A. Huffman I, II
     Jason S. Jurkowski
     Raquel A. Peat
     Angel E. Sanchez
     Stephen C. Smith
     Anthony A. Walker
     Darin S. Wiegers
     Elaine C. Wolff


                         NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD

       G.P. Peterson of Colorado, to be a Member of the National 
     Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term 
     expiring May 10, 2014.


                      NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS

       Barbara Ernst Prey, of New York, to be a Member of the 
     National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 
     2014.


                       u.s. public health service

                         To be medical director

     Matthew T. McKenna
     Zachary Taylor III

                          To be senior surgeon

     Timothy R. Cote
     Juliette Morgan

                             To be surgeon

     Henry C. Baggett III
     Edward C. Doo
     Paul D. Heiderscheidt
     John T. Redd
     Joseph P. Simon

                     To be senior assistant surgeon

     Scott J. Filler
     Monique R. Fountain
     Ana I. Guzman
     Karen C. Lee
     Lori A. Pollack
     James J. Sejvar
     Michael C. Thigpen

                      To be senior dental surgeon

     Seyed H. Mortazavi

                          To be dental surgeon

     Juan K. Packer
     Phillip A. Wilson
     Paul A. Wong

                 To be senior assistant dental surgeon

     Jodine C. Anderson

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     Carol L. McDaniel

                          To be nurse director

     Holly A. Williams

                       To be senior nurse officer

     Ann M. McCarthy

                          To be nurse officer

     Kristal E. Dye
     Susan E. Erwin
     Martin A. Foreman
     Brant B. Goode
     Veronica M. Gordon
     Jerri L. McGinnis
     Dorothy R. Merchant
     Elvira D. Mosely
     Rebecca S. Noe
     Arlene M. Patuc
     Carolyn R. Stacy-Wilkin
     Debra Tubbs

                  To be senior assistant nurse officer

     Anne M. Arceo
     Helen E. Ballantyne
     Demetrius Chapman
     Summer A. Cutting
     Dan Fletcher III
     Melissa A. George
     Shawna L. Hutchins
     Deborah N. Lamping

                         To be engineer officer

     Jeffrey A. Murray

                To be senior assistant engineer officer

     Varsha B. Savalia

                            To be scientist

     David J. McIntyre
     Danisha L. Robbins

               To be senior environmental health officer

     Paul M. Lewis

                   To be environmental health officer

     Brian L. Lewelling
     Mathew J. Thomas
     John T. Whitesides

          To be senior assistant environmental health officer

     Jeffrey T. Dickson
     Molly E. Patton

                            To be pharmacist

     Steven A. Labrozzi
     Judy L. Rose
     Jamie L. Shaddon

                   To be senior assistant pharmacist

     Kristina J. Ballinger
     Jefferson Fredy
     Katie E. Johnson
     Randi R. Lanier
     Jeffrey J. Mallette
     Lori B. Moore
     Allison M. Paynter
     Vincent S. Sansone
     Courtney M. Suggs
     Judith B. Thompson
     Leo B. Zadecky

                    To be senior assistant therapist

     James M. Cowher

                 To be health services officer director

     Clifford D. Brown

                     To be health services officer

     Irwin W. Fish

             To be senior assistant health services officer

     Julia H. Bryan
     Alnissa T. Carter
     Michael C. Clay
     Martha S. Fermin
     Lori A. Goodman
     Rachael Trimpert Schmidt
     Cameron C. Scott
     Michael R. Tilus
     Emily J. Williams

             To be junior assistant health services officer

     Kristi R. Anderson
     Keren Arkin
     Sarah E. Coleman
     Matthew R. Daab
     James C. Decker
     Dimana Dimitrova
     Elizabeth A. Franklin
     David M. Gianferante
     Marilou Gonzalez
     Rebecca Hardy
     Amy J. Hatcher
     Sara A. Kierpiec
     Tina Pattaratornkosohn
     Jeffrey R. Strich
     Xi Hua Yang
     John I. Young


                               judiciary

       Alfred S. Irving, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
     an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
     Columbia for the term of fifteen years.
       Kathryn A. Oberly, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
     Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals 
     for the term of fifteen years.

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