THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:

THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624:

NOMINATIONS DISCHARGED AND CONFIRMED

On request by Mr. Reid and by unanimous consent; it was

Ordered, That the Senate proceed to executive session and that the Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged from further consideration of the following nominations:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Mary B. DeRosa, of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Frank E. Loy, of the District of Columbia, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Kendrick B. Meek, of Florida, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

On further request by Mr. Reid and by unanimous consent, it was

Ordered, That the nominations be considered and confirmed en bloc; that the motion to reconsider en bloc be considered made and laid on the table; that the President be immediately notified of the Senate's actions and that the Senate return to legislative session.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

As in executive session,

MESSAGES REFERRED

The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following messages from the President of the United States, transmitting nominations, which were referred as indicated:

To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate -

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 15, 2011.

Ronald Lee Buch, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice David Laro, term expired.

To the Committee on Finance.

To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate -

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 15, 2011.

Alastair M. Fitzpayne, of Maryland, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Kim N. Wallace.

BARACK OBAMA

Pursuant to S. Res. 116, 112th Congress, nomination placed on the Executive Calendar under Privileged Nominations.

To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 15, 2011.

Brad Carson, of Oklahoma, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, vice Benedict S. Cohen, resigned.

To the Committee on Armed Services.

To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate -

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 15, 2011.

Kevin A. Ohlson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for the term of fifteen years to expire on the date prescribed by law, vice Andrew S. Effron, term expiring.

To the Committee on Armed Services.

To the Senate of the United States:
I nominate -

BARACK OBAMA

THE WHITE HOUSE, September 15, 2011.

The following-named Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the Department of State for promotion into and within the Senior Foreign Service to the classes indicated:

Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United States of America, Class of Career Minister:

John Ross Beyrle, of Michigan

Robert O. Blake, of Maryland
Jeffrey David Feltman, of Ohio

Margaret Scobey, of Tennessee

Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York

Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor:

Charles V. Barclay, of California

John R. Bass II, of New York

Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California

Richard C. Beer, of Virginia

Philip Jackson Breeden, of California

Peter Meier Brennan, of Oregon
Scott P. Bultrowicz, of Ohio
Beatrice A. Camp, of Virginia
Judith Beth Cefkin, of Texas

Andrew Gilman Chritton, of Texas
Peter Claussen, of Florida

Thomas Frederick Daughton, of New York

Panakkal David, of New York

Joseph Adam Ereli, of the District of Columbia

Rodney Allen Evans, of Virginia

Paul Michael Fitzgerald, of Virginia

Thomas R. Genton, of New Jersey

Tatiana Catherine Gfoeller-Volkoff, of the District of Columbia

Brian L. Goldbeck, of Nevada

Douglas C. Greene, of Virginia

Douglas M. Griffiths, of Texas

Francisca Thomas Helmer, of California

Alexander Karagiannis, of Missouri

Thomas Patrick Kelly, of California

James Alcorn Knight, of New York
Jerry P. Lanier, of North Carolina
Barbara Anne Leaf, of Virginia

Frank Joseph Ledahawsky, of New Jersey
Edward Alex Lee, of Texas

David Erik Lindwall, of Texas

Michelle Rabayda Logsdon, of Florida

Sharon E. Ludan, of Virginia

Eric H. Madison, of Virginia
Christopher J. Marut, of Connecticut

Athena M. Moundalexis, of Tennessee
Daniel R. Muhm, of Washington

Richard A. Nicholas, of Colorado

Edwin Richard Nolan, Jr., of Virginia
Geeta Pasi, of New York

Marjorie R. Phillips, of Virginia

Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California
Pamela G. Quanrud, of Virginia

Michael A. Raynor, of Maryland
Frankie Annette Reed, of Maryland
Nancy C. Rolph-O'Donnell, of Virginia
Eric Seth Rubin, of New York

Richard Milton Sanders, of Pennsylvania
Daniel L. Shields III, of Pennsylvania
Sandra Jean Shipshock, of Virginia

Karen Clark Stanton, of Virginia

Mark Charles Storella, of Maryland

Alaina Teplitz, of the District of Columbia

Heather Ann Townsend, of the District of Columbia

Hugh Floyd Williams, of Pennsylvania

Susan L. Ziadeh, of Washington

The following-named Career Members of the Foreign Service for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, as indicated:

Career Members of the Senior Foreign Service of the United States of America, Class of Counselor:

Brian C. Aggeler, of the District of Columbia

Elizabeth Moore Aubin, of Maryland