`[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 177 (Thursday, November 20, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10776-S10777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate, Thursday, November 20, 
2008:


                           IN THE COAST GUARD

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED 
     STATES COAST GUARD TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 14, 
     U.S.C. SECTION 271:

                    To be rear admiral (lower half)

CAPTAIN JOHN H. KORN

[[Page S10777]]

CAPTAIN WILLIAM D. LEE
CAPTAIN CHARLES D. MICHEL
CAPTAIN ROY A. NASH
CAPTAIN MICHAEL N. PARKS


                          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 PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO LIBYA.


           NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

       BARBARA ERNST PREY, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 3, 
     2014.


                      NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

       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.


                             THE 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.


                  UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION

       RICARDO H. HINOJOSA, OF TEXAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE UNITED 
     STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING OCTOBER 31, 
     2013.
       WILLIAM B. CARR, JR., OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF 
     THE UNITED STATES SENTENCING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING 
     OCTOBER 31, 2011.


                            FOREIGN SERVICE

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


            NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

       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.


                         PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

       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.`