For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 26, 2008

Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate

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NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Kenneth E. Carfine, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a Term Expiring September 21, 2010, vice Robert M. Tobias, term expired.

Peter E. Cianchette, of Maine, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Costa Rica.

Colm F. Connolly, of Delaware, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, vice Kent A. Jordan, elevated.

Edwin Eck, of Montana, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2008, vice Karen Hastie Williams, term expired.

Sheila McNamara Greenwood, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Steven B. Nesmith, resigned.

Paul A. Schneider, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Michael Jackson, resigned.

WITHDRAWALS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Peter E. Cianchette, of Maine, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2010, vice Nancy Killefer, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

Stanley C. Suboleski, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy), vice Jeffrey D. Jarrett, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on December 11, 2007.

Catherine G. West, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board for a term expiring September 14, 2008, vice Karen Hastie Williams, term expired, which was sent to the Senate on January 9, 2007.

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