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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider Executive Calendar No. 466, 
the nomination of Hector E. Morales to be Permanent Representative of 
the United States to the Organization of American States; that the 
nomination be confirmed and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's 
action, and the Senate resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows:


                          department of state

       Hector E. Morales, of Texas, to be Permanent Representative 
     of the United States of America to the Organization of 
     American States.

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