For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 13, 2005

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Shana L. Dale, of Georgia, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice Frederick D. Gregory.

Donald A. Gambatesa, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, United States Agency for International Development, vice Everett L. Mosley.

Carmen Maria Martinez, of Florida, 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 Zambia.

Gregory F. Van Tatenhove, of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, vice Karl S. Forester, retired.

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