14 nominations — multiple organizations

Nominees (14)

• Katherine Vidal, of California

  Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office

• Joshua M. Kindred, of Alaska

  United States District Judge for the District of Alaska

• Andrea L. Thompson, of South Dakota

  Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security

• James Daniel Phillips, of Kansas

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

• Robert Bigger Oakley, of Louisiana

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate

• John Corbett O'Meara, of Michigan

  United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan vice Horace W. Gilmore, retired

• Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon

  a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2000

• Joseph E. Stevens, Jr., of Missouri

  a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring December 10, 2003. (Reappointment)

• Steven Clayton Stafford, of California

  United States Marshal for the Southern District of California for the term of four years

• Joan E. Lancaster, of Minnesota

  United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota

• Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi

  United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit

• Jerome A. Holmes, of Oklahoma

  United State District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma

• Alexa E. Posny, of Kansas

  a Member of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2008

• Daniel J. Becker, of Utah

  a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2010

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