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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 23, 2008
Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate
NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Anita K. Blair, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice William A. Navas, Jr., resigned.
Steven G. Bradbury, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman Goldsmith III, resigned.
Margaret Scobey, of Tennessee, 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 Arab Republic of Egypt.
D. Kathleen Stephens, of Montana, 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 Korea.
WITHDRAWALS SENT TO THE SENATE:
Andrew G. Biggs, of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for the term expiring January 19, 2013, vice James B. Lockhart III, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.
Andrew G. Biggs, of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for a term expiring January 19, 2013, vice James B. Lockhart III, which was sent to the Senate on May 16, 2007.
E. Duncan Getchell, Jr., of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice H. Emory Widener, Jr., retired, which was sent to the Senate on September 6, 2007.
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