For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
October 28, 2005

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Patricia Newton Moller, of Arkansas, 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 Republic of Burundi.

Carol van Voorst, 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 Iceland.

Ross Wilson, of Maryland, 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 Turkey.

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

Harriet Ellan Miers, of Texas, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Sandra Day O'Connor, retiring, which was sent to the Senate on October 7, 2005.

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