Nominations submitted to the Senate

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Nov 19, 2007

The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service officers.

Submitted November 15

Goli Ameri, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs), vice Dina Habib Powell.

Grace C. Becker, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Wan J. Kim.

Thomas C. Carper, of Illinois, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5 years, vice Sylvia de Leon, term expired.

Craig W. Duehring, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Michael L. Dominguez.

Ana M. Guevara, of Florida, to be U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 2 years, vice Jennifer L. Dorn, term expired.

Nathan J. Hochman, of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Eileen J. O'Connor.

Tracy Ralph Justesen, of Utah, to be Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, vice John H. Hager, resigned.

Neel T. Kashkari, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (new position).

Nancy A. Naples, of New York, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5 years, vice Enrique J. Sosa, resigned.

James B. Peake, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs, vice Jim Nicholson, resigned.

Denver Stutler, Jr., of Florida, to be a member of the Reform Board (Amtrak) for a term of 5 years, vice David McQueen Laney, term expiring.

Eric M. Thorson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of the Treasury, vice Harold Damelin, resigned.

Lincoln D. Almond, of Rhode Island, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, vice Ernest C. Torres, retired.

Edmund A. Booth, Jr., of Georgia, to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia for the term of 4 years, vice Lisa Godbey Wood, resigned.

Gregory A. Brower, of Nevada, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada for the term of 4 years, vice Daniel G. Bogden, resigned.

Mark S. Davis, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, vice T.S. Ellis III, retired.

Rebecca A. Gregory, of Texas, to be U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas for the term of 4 years, vice Matthew D. Orwig, resigned.

William Joseph Hawe, of Washington, to be U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Washington for the term of 4 years, vice Eric Eugene Robertson, resigned.

Reed Verne Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be U.S. Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of 4 years, vice Anthony Dichio.

Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona for the term of 4 years, vice Paul K. Charlton, resigned.

David Gregory Kays, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, vice Dean Whipple, retired.

Michael G. McGinn, of Minnesota, to be U.S. Marshal for the District of Minnesota for the term of 4 years, vice Allen Garber, retired.

Richard T. Morrison, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the U.S. Tax Court for a term of 15 years, vice Carolyn Miller Parr, term expired.

David J. Novak, of Virginia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, vice Robert E. Payne, retired.

Gene E.K. Pratter, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Franklin S. Van Antwerpen, retired.

Rod J. Rosenstein, of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., deceased.

Joseph P. Russoniello, of California, to be U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California for the term of 4 years, vice Kevin Vincent Ryan.

Carolyn P. Short, of Pennsylvania, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, vice Gene E.K. Pratter, upon elevation.

Submitted November 16

Larry Woodrow Walther, of Arkansas, to be Director of the Trade and Development Agency, vice Thelma J. Askey, resigned.