For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 29, 2006

Nominations Sent to the Senate

John Roberts Hackman, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Virginia for the term of four years, vice John Francis Clark.

Robert F. Hoyt, of Maryland, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, vice Arnold I. Havens, resigned.

William Lindsay Osteen, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, vice William L. Osteen, Sr., retired.

Martin Karl Reidinger, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice Graham C. Mullen, retired.

Thomas D. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, vice Frank W. Bullock, Jr., retired.

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