THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Luis A. Aguilar, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2015. (Reappointment) BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Daniel M. Gallagher, Jr., of Maryland, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2016, vice Kathleen L. Casey, term expiring. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Gregory Karawan, of Virginia, to be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation for a term expiring December 31, 2013, vice William Herbert Heyman, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Patricia M. Loui, of Hawaii, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2015, vice Diane G. Farrell, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate David S. Adams, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), vice Richard Rahul Verma, resigned. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Foreign Relations. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John A. Heffern, of Missouri, 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 Republic of Armenia. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Foreign Relations. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Susan Laila Ziadeh, of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the State of Qatar. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Foreign Relations. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Constance Smith Barker, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2016. (Reappointment) BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2014. (Reappointment) BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Charles R. Korsmo, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring October 13, 2011, vice Michael Prescott Goldwater, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Charles R. Korsmo, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring October 13, 2017. (Reappointment) BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John H. Yopp, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring October 13, 2011, vice Raquel Egusquiza, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate John H. Yopp, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring October 13, 2017. (Reappointment) BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Marcos Edward Galindo, of Idaho, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring April 17, 2014, vice Edward Alton Parrish, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Maria E. Rengifo-Ruess, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring February 4, 2014, vice Julia L. Wu, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate The following named officer for appointment in the United States Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: To be major general Brig. Gen. Michael J. Lally III BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Armed Services. MONDAY, MAY 23, 2011 MESSAGES REFERRED As in executive session, The Presiding Officer laid before the Senate the following messages from the President of the United States, transmitting nominations, which were referred as indicated: THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Joyce A. Barr, of Washington, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Assistant Secretary of State (Administration), vice Rajkumar Chellaraj, resigned. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Foreign Relations. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Personal Rank of Career Ambassador, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Arab Republic of Egypt. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Foreign Relations. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Claude M. Steele, of New York, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2014, vice Elizabeth Hoffman, term expired. BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate Charles Thomas Massarone, of Kentucky, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a term of six years, vice Edward F. Reilly, Jr., resigned BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on the Judiciary. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate The following Air National Guard of the United States officer for appointment in the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 12212: To be brigadier general Col. David A. Stickley BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Armed Services. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate The following Army National Guard of the United States officer for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 12211: To be brigadier general Col. John A. Hammond BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Armed Services. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate The following named officer for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203: To be major general Brig. Gen. James T. Walton BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Armed Services. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate The following named officers for appointment in the United States Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 624 and 3064: To be major general BARACK OBAMA To the Committee on Armed Services. THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate The following named officers for appointment in the Reserve of the Army to the grades indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 and 12211: To be major general To be brigadier general |