12 nominations — multiple organizations

Nominees (12)

• Charles R. Breyer, of California

  a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission for a term expiring October 31, 2015

• Lee L. Verstandig, of the District of Columbia

  Under Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

• Gordon S. Brown, of California

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania

• R. Grant Smith, of New Jersey

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

• William P. Greene, Jr., of West Virginia

  an Associate Judge of the United States Court of Veterans Appeals for the term of fifteen years

• Patricia A. Coan, of Colorado

  United States District Judge for the District of Colorado vice Zita A. Weinshienk, retired

• Grover J. Whitehurst, of New York

  Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement, Department of Education

• Samuel Knox Skinner, of Illinois

  a Member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission.

• Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia

  a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for the term of five years expiring July 1, 2009. (Reappointment)

• Cass R. Sunstein, of Massachusetts

  Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

• Robert Melvin Worthington, of Utah

  Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education, Department of Education

• Atul Keshap, of Virginia

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Maldives

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