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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 14, 2008

Nominations Sent to the Senate

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Jeffrey Robert Brown, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years, vice Thomas R. Saving.

David Gustafson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice Carolyn P. Chiechi, term expired.

William T. Lawrence, of Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, vice John Daniel Tinder, elevated.

Joseph Evan LeBaron, of Oregon, 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 State of Qatar.

Stephen James Nolan, 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 Republic of Botswana.

Elizabeth Crewson Paris, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice Joel Gerber, retired.

Samuel W. Speck, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, vice Dennis L. Schornack.

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