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[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S10776]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                         DISCHARGED NOMINATIONS

  The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of the following nominations and the nominations were 
confirmed:

       FOREIGN SERVICE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ASIF J. CHAUDHRY 
     AND ENDING WITH ALAN D. HRAPSKY, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE 
     RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON NOVEMBER 17, 2008.

  The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was 
discharged from further consideration of the following nomination and 
the nomination was confirmed:

       COAST GUARD NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH CAPTAIN JOHN H. KORN 
     AND ENDING WITH CAPTAIN MICHAEL N. PARKS, WHICH NOMINATIONS 
     WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2008.

  The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation was 
discharged from further consideration of the following nominations and 
the nominations were confirmed:

       NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NOMINATIONS 
     BEGINNING WITH KYLE W. RYAN AND ENDING WITH RYAN A. WARTICK, 
     WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN 
     THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON OCTOBER 1, 2008.

       NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NOMINATIONS 
     BEGINNING WITH ANDREW R. COLEGROVE AND ENDING WITH FAITH C. 
     OPATRNY, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND 
     APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON OCTOBER 1, 2008.

  The Senate Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further 
consideration of the following nomination and the nomination was 
confirmed:

       RICARDO H. HINOJOSA, OF TEXAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE UNITED 
     STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 31, 
     2013.

  The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations was discharged from further 
consideration of the following nomination and the nomination was 
confirmed:

       GENE ALLAN CRETZ, OF NEW YORK, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO LIBYA.

  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was 
discharged from further consideration of the following nominations and 
the nominations were confirmed:

       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.
       G. P. PETERSON, OF COLORADO, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL 
     SCIENCE BOARD, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, FOR A TERM 
     EXPIRING MAY 10, 2014.
       BARBARA ERNST PREY, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 3, 
     2014.
       PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MATTHEW T. 
     MCKENNA AND ENDING WITH JOHN I. YOUNG, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE 
     RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON OCTOBER 1, 2008.

       PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH PAUL J. 
     ANDREASON AND ENDING WITH ELAINE C. WOLFF, WHICH NOMINATIONS 
     WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL 
     RECORD ON NOVEMBER 17, 2008.
  The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
was discharged from further consideration of the following nominations 
and the nominations were confirmed:

       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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