12 nominations — multiple organizations

Nominees (12)

• Matthew Thomas Schelp, of Missouri

  United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri

• Susan A. Thornton, of Maine

  an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs)

• Enrique J. Sosa, of Florida

  a Member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of five years

• Peter O. Murphy, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during the tenure of his service as Special Negotiator for United States-Canada Trade and Investment Issues.

• Patricia Mary Byrne, of Ohio

  an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Forty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations

• Barrington D. Parker, Jr., of New York

  United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York vice Leonard B. Sand, retired

• Adan Munoz, Jr., of Texas

  United States Marshal for the Southern District of Texas for the term of four years vice Basil S. Baker

• David W. Ogden, of Virginia

  an Assistant Attorney General

• William J. Martini, of New Jersey

  United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey

• Milan D. Smith, Jr., of California

  United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

• Timothy Shanahan, of Illinois

  a Member of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2010. (Reappointment)

• James R. Hannah, of Arkansas

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

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