For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 7, 2005

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Jeffrey Thomas Bergner, of Virginia, to be An Assistant Secretary of State , Vice Paul Vincent Kelly, resigned.

David Steele Bohigian, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice William Henry Lash, III, resigned.

Terrence L. Bracy, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation for a term expiring October 6, 2010. (Reappointment)

Antonio Fratto, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Robert Stanley Nichols.

Susan Rasinski McCaw, of Washington, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Austria.

Susan C. Schwab, of Maryland, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Peter F. Allgeier.

Ron Silver, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2009, vice Stephen D. Krasner, term expired.

Sarah M. Singleton, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 2008, vice Ernestine P. Watlington, term expired.

Nicholas F. Taubman, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Romania.

Judy Van Rest, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace for a term expiring January 19, 2009, vice Daniel Pipes.

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