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EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

The following executive reports of committees were submitted:

By Mr. THURMOND, from the Committee on Armed Services:
The following named Captains in the line of the United
States Navy for promotion to the permanent grade of Rear
Admiral (lower half), pursuant to Title 10, United States
Code, section 624, subject to qualifications therefore as
provided by law:

unrestricted line officer

To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. Stephen Hall Baker, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
Capt. John Joseph Bepko III, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Jay Alan Campbell, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
Capt. Robert Charles Chaplin, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. James Cutler Dawson, Jr., 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Malcolm Irving Fages, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Veronica Zasadni Froman, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Scott Allen Fry, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
Capt. Gregory Gordon Johnson, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Stephen Irvin Johnson, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Joseph John Krol, Jr., 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Stephen Robert Loeffler, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. John Thomas Lyons III, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. James Irwin Maslowski, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Richard Walter Mayo, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
Capt. Michael Glenn Mullen, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.
Capt. Larry Don Newsome, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
Capt. Richard Jerome Nibe, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
Capt. Paul Scott Semko, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
Capt. Robert Gary Sprigg, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
Capt. Robert Timothy Ziemer, 000-00-0000, United States
Navy.

engineering duty officer

To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. Osie V. Combs, Jr., 000-00-0000, United States Navy.

aerospace engineering duty officer

To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. Jeffrey Alan Cook, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
The following named officer for appointment to the grade of
vice admiral in the United States Navy while assigned to a
position of importance and responsibility under title 10
U.S.C., section 601:

To be vice admiral

Rear Adm. Dennis C. Blair, 000-00-0000.

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The following named captain in the line of the United
States Navy for promotion to the permanent grade of rear
admiral (lower half), pursuant to Title 10, United States
Code, Section 624, subject to qualifications, therefore, as
provided by law:

unrestricted line officer

To be rear admiral (lower half)

Capt. John B. Padgett III, 000-00-0000, United States Navy.
The following named officer for appointment in the United
States Air Force to the grade of major general under the
provisions of title 10, United States Code, section 624:

To be major general

Brig. Gen. John B. Hall, Jr., 000-00-0000, Regular Air
Force.
The following named officer for appointment to the grade of
lieutenant general while assigned to a position of importance
and responsibility under Title 10, United States Code,
section 601:

To be lieutenant general

Maj. Gen. Brett M. Dula, 000-00-0000, United States Air
Force.
The following named officer for appointment to the grade of
lieutenant general while assigned to a position of importance
and responsibility under title 10, United States Code,
section 601:

To be lieutenant general

Maj. Gen. Nicholas B. Kehoe, III, 000-00-0000, United
States Air Force.
The following named officer for appointment to the grade of
lieutenant general on the retired list pursuant to the
provisions of Title 10, United States Code, section 1370:

To be lieutenant general

Lt. Gen. Thad A. Wolfe, 000-00-0000, United States Air
Force.
The following named officer for appointment to the grade of
lieutenant general while assigned to a position of importance
and responsibility under Title 10, United States Code,
section 601:

To be lieutenant general

Maj. Gen. James F. Record, 000-00-0000, United States Air
Force.
The following named Medical Corps Competitive Category
officers for appointment in the Regular Army of the United
States to the grade of brigadier general under the provisions
of title 10, U.S.C., sections 611(a) and 624(c):

To be brigadier general

Col. George J. Brown, 000-00-0000, United States Army.
Col. Robert F. Griffin, 000-00-0000, United States Army.
The following named officer for promotion in the Regular
Army of the United States to the grade indicated under title
10, U.S.C., sections 611(a) and 624(c):

To be brigadier general

Col. Bettye H. Simmons, 000-00-0000, United States Army.
The following named officers for promotion in the Regular
Army of the United States to the grade indicated, under the
provisions of title 10, United States Code, Sections 611(a)
and 624:

To be permanent major general

Brig. Gen. Robert W. Roper, Jr., 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Edward L. Andrews, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. David K. Heebner, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Morris J. Boyd, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Robert R. Hicks, Jr., 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Stewart W. Wallace, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. James M. Wright, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Charles W. Thomas, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. George H. Harmeyer, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. John F. Michitsch, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Lon E. Maggart, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Henry T. Glisson, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Thomas N. Burnette, Jr., 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. David H. Ohle, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Milton Hunter, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. James T. Hill, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Greg L. Gile, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. James C. Riley, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Randall L. Rigby, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Daniel J. Petrosky, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Michael B. Sherfield, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. James C. King, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Joseph G. Garrett, III, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Leroy R. Goff, III, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Daniel G. Brown, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. William P. Tangney, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Charles S. Mahan, Jr., 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. John J. Maher, III, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, 000-00-0000.
Brig. Gen. Claudia J. Kennedy, 000-00-0000.

(The above nominations were reported with the recommendation that
they be confirmed.)
Mr. THURMOND. Mr. President, from the Committee on Armed Services, I
report favorably the attached listing of nominations.
Those identified with a single asterisk (*) are to be placed on the
Executive Calendar. Those identified with a double asterisk (**) are to
lie on the Secretary's desk for the information of any Senator since
these names have already appeared in the Records of March 8, April 24,
September 5, 8, 19, October 10, 11, and 19, 1995, and to save the
expense of printing again.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
(The nominations ordered to lie on the Secretary's desk were printed
in the Records of March 8, April 24, September 5, 8, 19, October 10,
11, and 19, 1995 at the end of the Senate proceedings.)
*In the Navy there are 23 promotions to the grade of rear
admiral (lower half) (list begins with Stephen Hall Baker)
(Reference No. 234-1)
**In the Naval Reserve there are 332 promotions to the
grade of captain (list begins with John M. Abernathy III)
(Reference No. 257-1)
*Captain John B. Padgett, III, USN to be rear admiral
(lower half) (Reference No. 275)
**In the Navy there is 1 promotion to the grade of
lieutenant commander (Robert W. Ernst) (Reference No. 343-1)
*Brigadier General John B. Hall, Jr., USAF to be major
general (Reference No. 426)
*In the Army there are 30 promotions to the grade of major
general (list begins with Robert W. Roper, Jr.) (Reference
No. 533)
**In the Navy there are 1,240 promotions to the grade of
lieutenant commander (list begins with Timothy A. Adams)
(Reference No. 623-1)
**In the Navy there are 741 appointments to the grade of
commander and below (list begins with Albert M. Carden)
(Reference No. 628-1)
Total: 2,369.
* Rear Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USN to be vice admiral
(Reference No. 472)
** In the Air Force there are 2,360 promotions to the grade
of major (list begins with Tarek C. Abboushi) (Reference No.
611)
* Major General Brett M. Dula, USAF to be lieutenant
general (Reference No. 639)
* Major General James F. Record, USAF to be lieutenant
general (Reference No. 640)
* Lieutenant General Thad A. Wolfe, USAF to be placed on
the retired list in the grade of lieutenant general
(Reference No. 641)
* Colonel Bettye H. Simmons, USA to be brigadier general
(Reference No. 643)
* In the Army there are 2 appointments to the grade of
brigadier general (list begins with George J. Brown)
(Reference No. 644)
** In the Army there are 71 promotions to the grade of
colonel (list begins with Anthony C. Aiken) (Reference No.
645)
** In the Navy there are 844 promotions to the grade of
lieutenant commander (list begins with William D. Agerton)
(Reference No. 647)
* Major General Nicholas B. Kehoe, III, USAF to be
lieutenant general (Reference No. 668)
** In the Air Force Reserve there are 20 promotions to the
grade of lieutenant colonel (list begins with Julian Andrews)
(Reference No. 669)
** In the Army there is 1 promotion to the grade of major
(Amy M. Autry) (Reference No. 670)
** In the Army there are 2 promotions to the grade of
colonel and below (list begins with Michael B. Neveu)
(Reference No. 671)
** In the Army there is 1 promotion to the grade of major
(Duane A. Belote) (Reference No. 672)
** In the Marine Corps there are 66 appointments to the
grade of captain (list begins with Thurmond Bell) (Reference
No. 673)
** In the Air Force Reserve there are 714 promotions to the
grade of lieutenant colonel (list begins with Laraine L.
Acosta) (Reference No. 674)
** In the Air Force there are 28 promotions to the grade of
colonel and below (list begins with Larry E. Freeman)
(Reference No. 683)
** In the Army there is 1 promotion to the grade of
lieutenant colonel (Derek J. Harvey) (Reference No. 684)
** In the Army Reserve there are 16 promotions to the grade
of colonel (list begins with Barbara Hasbargen) (Reference
No. 685)
** In the Army Reserve there are 567 promotions to the
grade of lieutenant colonel (list begins with Mary B.
Alexander) (Reference No. 686)
Total: 4,699.

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