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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Nos. 182 through 196 and all nominations on the Secretary's desk; that 
the nominations be confirmed, en bloc; that any statements therein be 
printed at the appropriate place in the Record; the motions to 
reconsider be laid upon the table; the President be immediately 
notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate return to legislative 
session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                          department of state

       Pierre-Richard Prosper, of California, to be Ambassador at 
     Large for War Crimes Issues.
       Charles J. Swindells, of Oregon, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without 
     additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Samoa.
       Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco.
       Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
       William S. Farish, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary 
     and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the 
     United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
       Francis Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Coordinator for 
     Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at 
     Large.
       Robert D. Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to India.
       Anthony Horace Gioia, of New York, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the Republic of Malta.
       Howard H. Leach, of California, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to France.
       William A. Eaton, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Assistant Secretary of State (Administration).
       Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, a 
     Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career 
     Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 
     of the United States of America to the Russian Federation.
       Clark T. Randt, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
     America to the People's Republic of China.
       C. David Welch, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Arab Republic of Egypt.
       Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to 
     be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
       Daniel C. Kurtzer, of Maryland, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Israel.

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               Nominations Placed on the Secretary's Desk


                            foreign service

       PN508 Foreign Service nominations (110) beginning Stephen 
     K. Morrison, and ending Joseph Laurence Wright, II, which 
     nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the 
     Congressional Record of June 12, 2001.

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