To the Senate of the United States: I nominate THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. Luis A. Aguilar, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2015. (Reappointment) To the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. David S. Adams, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), vice Richard Rahul Verma, resigned. To the Committee on Foreign Relations. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Foreign Relations. BARACK OBAMA To the Senate of the United States: I nominate THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Foreign Relations. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. Constance Smith Barker, of Alabama, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2016. (Reappointment) To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2014. (Reappointment) To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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) To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. BARACK OBAMA 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) To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 19, 2011. The following named officer for appointment in the United States Army to the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: 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, May 23, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Foreign Relations. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Foreign Relations. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. 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. To the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. To the Senate of the United States: BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. 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. To the Committee on the Judiciary. To the Senate of the United States: I nominate BARACK OBAMA THE WHITE HOUSE, May 23, 2011. 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 To the Committee on Armed Services. BARACK OBAMA 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: 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 Brigadier General Marcia M. Anderson Brigadier General William G. Beard To be brigadier general Colonel Margarett E. Barnes Colonel Robert D. Carlson |