[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 18 (Monday, May 5, 2003)] [Pages 526-528] [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] <R04> Nominations Submitted to the Senate ________________________________________________________________________ The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers. ________________________________________________________________________ Submitted April 28 Claude A. Allen, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., deceased. Robert C. Brack, of New Mexico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico (new position). James O. Browning, of New Mexico, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of New Mexico, vice C. LeRoy Hansen, retired. Glen E. Conrad, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Virginia, vice James C. Turk, retired. Robert J. Conrad, Jr., of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina (new position). Allyson K. Duncan, of North Carolina, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice Samuel J. Ervin III, deceased. Mark R. Filip, of Illinois, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, vice Harry D. Leinenweber, retired. Kim R. Gibson, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, vice D. Brooks Smith, elevated. Dora L. Irizarry, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Reena Raggi, elevated. H. Brent McKnight, of North Carolina, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina (new position). Daniel P. Ryan, of Michigan, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, vice Patrick J. Duggan, retired. Gary L. Sharpe, of New York, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York, vice Thomas J. McAvoy, retired. Lonny R. Suko, of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, vice Wm. Fremming Nielsen, retired. Frank Libutti, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security (new position). Paul Morgan Longsworth, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, vice Linton F. Brooks. Nicholas Gregory Mankiw, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Robert Glenn Hubbard, resigned. Charles Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan [[Page 527]] Washington Airports Authority for the remainder of the term expiring May 30, 2006, vice Norman Y. Mineta. Joe D. Whitley, of Georgia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security (new position). Submitted April 30 Robert W. Fitts, of New Hampshire, 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 Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Vanuatu. John Richard Grimes, of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring May 19, 2006, vice Jayne G. Fawcett. John E. Herbst, of Virginia, 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 Ukraine. Georgianna E. Ignace, of Wisconsin, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring October 18, 2004, vice Kenneth Blankenship, term expired. Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, a Foreign Service Officer of Class One, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Turkmenistan. Lisa Genevieve Nason, of Alaska, to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development for a term expiring October 18, 2004, vice Thomas A. Thompson, term expired. Harry K. Thomas, Jr., 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 the People's Republic of Bangladesh. William B. Wood, of New York, 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 Republic of Colombia. Submitted May 1 Roger T. Benitez, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California (new position). Larry Alan Burns, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, (new position). Kathleen Cardone, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, (new position). James I. Cohn, of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, (new position). Marcia A. Crone, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, (new position). Dale S. Fischer, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of California, (new position). D. Michael Fisher, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Carol Los Mansmann, deceased. William Q. Hayes, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, (new position). [[Page 528]] John A. Houston, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, (new position). George A. Krol, of New Jersey, 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 Belarus. Frank Montalvo, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, (new position). Thomas W. O'Connell, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Brian E. Sheridan. R. David Proctor, of Alabama, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, (new position). Xavier Rodriguez, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, vice Edward C. Prado. Dana Makoto Sabraw, of California, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California, (new position). Gretchen C. F. Shappert, of North Carolina, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina for the term of 4 years, vice Robert J. Conrad, Jr. Earl Leroy Yeakel III, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Texas, vice James R. Nowlin, retired.