[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 6 (Monday, February 13, 2006)] [Pages 226-228] [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] <R04> Nominations Submitted to the Senate ________________________________________________________________________ [[Page 227]] 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 February 6 Armando J. Bucelo, Jr., of Florida, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2008 (reappointment). Benedict S. Cohen, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, vice Steven John Morello, Sr., resigned. Todd S. Farha, of Florida, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for the remainder of the term expiring December 31, 2006, vice William Robert Timken, Jr., resigned. Todd S. Farha, of Florida, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2009 (reappointment). Robert M. McDowell, of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of 5 years from July 1, 2004, vice Kathleen Q. Abernathy, resigned. Mauricio J. Tamargo, of Florida, to be Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States for a term expiring September 30, 2009 (reappointment). Submitted February 8 Patricia P. Brister, of Louisiana, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as the Representative of the United States of America on the Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Sandra Segal Ikuta, of California, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice James R. Browning, retired. Michael Brunson Wallace, of Mississippi, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Charles W. Pickering, Sr., retired. Submitted February 10 Gordon England, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, vice Paul D. Wolfowitz, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Stephen Goldsmith, of Indiana, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2010 (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. C. Boyden Gray, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, vice Rockwell A. Schnabel, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Floyd Hall, of New Jersey, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5 years (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Tracy A. Henke, of Missouri, to be Executive Director of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security, vice C. Suzanne Mencer, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Nadine Hogan, of Florida, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter- American Foundation for a term expiring June 26, 2008 (reappointment), to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. [[Page 228]] Peter N. Kirsanow, of Ohio, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring August 27, 2008, vice Ronald E. Meisburg, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Robert D. Lenhard, of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2011, vice Danny Lee McDonald, term expired, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Ronald E. Meisburg, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board for a term of 4 years, vice Arthur F. Rosenfeld, term expired, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Michael J. Garcia, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Benjamin A. Powell, of Florida, to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (new position), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Arthur F. Rosenfeld, of Virginia, to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation Director, vice Peter J. Hurtgen, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Ellen R. Sauerbrey, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration), vice Arthur E. Dewey, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Dorrance Smith, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Victoria Clarke, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Enrique J. Sosa, of Florida, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5 years (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Hans von Spakovsky, of Georgia, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2011, vice Bradley A. Smith, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Roger W. Wallace, of Texas, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Inter- American Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2008 (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Dennis P. Walsh, of Maryland, to be a member of the National Labor Relations Board for the term of 5 years expiring December 16, 2009 (reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Steven T. Walther, of Nevada, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2009, vice Scott E. Thomas, term expired, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate. Andrew B. Steinberg, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Karan K. Bhatia.