8 nominations — multiple organizations

Nominees (8)

• Fara Damelin, of Virginia

  Inspector General, Federal Communications Commission.

• Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, of California

  Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy

• Orson G. Swindle, III, of Georgia

  an Assistant Secretary of Commerce

• William Braniff, of California

  United States Attorney for the Southern District of California for the term of four years vice Peter K. Nunez, resigned

• Robert Gordon Houdek, of Illinois

  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Eritrea

• Timothy Earl Jones, Sr., of Georgia

  a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for the term of six years

• Donald E. Powell, of Texas

  Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for a term of five years

• General Lloyd W. Newton, United States Air Force, Retired, of Connecticut

  a Member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate

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