7 nominations — multiple organizations

Nominees (7)

• Deborah Lynn Halvorson Bush, of Illinois

  a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expiring August 28, 2027

• Cynthia Dyer, of Virginia

  Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large

• Rachel P. Kovner, of New York

  United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York

• Frederick Vollrath, of Virginia

  an Assistant Secretary of Defense.

• Donald L. Kohn, of Virginia

  a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2002

• Michael F. Duffy, of the District of Columbia

  a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission for a term of six years expiring August 30, 2012 (Reappointment), to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate

• Anthony W. Ryan, of Massachusetts

  an Under Secretary of the Treasury

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