6 nominations — multiple organizations

Nominees (6)

• Evelyn Padin, of New Jersey

  United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey

• Linda A. Akers, of Arizona

  United States Attorney for the District of Arizona for the term of four years vice Stephen M. McNamee, resigned

• James B. Comey, of New York

  United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York for the term of four years

• Michael W. Marine, of Vermont

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

• Barbara McConnell Barrett, of Arizona

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

• Donald P. Hodel, of Oregon

  Secretary of Energy, to which position he was appointed during the current recess of the Senate

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Executive nominations require Senate confirmation under Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution. A simple majority is required to confirm.