14 nominations — multiple organizations

Nominees (14)

• Matthew T. Harrington, of Virginia

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Lesotho

• Karen LeCraft Henderson, of South Carolina

  United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina vice William W. Wilkins, Jr

• John Florian Kordek, of Illinois

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Botswana

• Karen L. Gillmor, of Ohio

  Director of the Women's Bureau, Department of Labor

• Robert F. Goodwin, of Maryland

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Western Samoa

• Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island

  United States Attorney for the District of Rhode Island for the term of four years

• Everett Alvarez, Jr., of Maryland

  a Member of the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences for a term expiring May 1, 1999. (Reappointment)

• Yvette Kane, of Pennsylvania

  United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

• Norman Y. Mineta, of California

  Secretary of Commerce

• Roberto Ibarra Lopez, of Texas

  a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of two years.

• Hans von Spakovsky, of Georgia

  a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2011

• Kevin J. O'Connor, of Connecticut

  Associate Attorney General

• Grayling Grant Williams, of Maryland

  Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security

• John D. Ward, of Colorado

  Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement

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