Nominations Confirmed: September 16

Here’s a list of nominees unanimously confirmed by the Senate today to serve in President Obama’s Administration:

• Jill Long Thompson, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, for a term expiring May 21, 2014
• Marilyn A. Brown, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2012
• William B. Sansom, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2014 (Reappointment)
• Neil G. McBride, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2013
• Barbara Short Haskew, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority for a term expiring May 18, 2014
• Joshua Gotbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
• Carl Wieman, of Colorado, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Dennis J. Toner, of Delaware, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service for the remainder of the term expiring December 8, 2012
• Elisabeth Ann Hagen, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety
• Sara Louise Faivre-Davis, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
• Lowell Lee Junkins, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Reappointment)
• Myles J. Watts, of Montana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation
• Catherine E. Woteki, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics
• Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
• J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission for a term of six years
• Robert M. Orr, of Florida, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador
• Richard M. Lobo, of Florida, to be Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of Governors
• Mimi E. Alemayehou, of the District of Columbia, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• Mark Feierstein, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
• Nisha Desai Biswal, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for Asia
• Michael C. Camunez, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance

And here are the nominees who were confirmed by Voice Vote:

• Charles P. Blahous, III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years
• Robert D. Reischauer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years
• Charles P. Blahous, III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years
• Robert D. Reischauer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years
• Charles P. Blahous, III, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years
• Robert D. Reischauer, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund for a term of four years

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