REPORTED BY THE ARMED SERVICES
           
           MMITTEE: NUMBER 526 AND 527.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE CLERK WILL REPORT.
           

           THE CLERK: NOMINATIONS, THE
           
           ARMY: TO BE BRIGADIER GENERAL, COLONEL DANIEL J. KAUFFMAN.
           

           MR. LOTT: MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE
           NOMINATIONS BE CONFIRMED, THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER BE LAID UPON
           THE TABLE, ANY STATEMENTS RELATING TO THE NOMINATIONS APPEAR AT
           THIS POINT IN THE RECORD, THE PRESIDENT BE IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED
           ON THE SENATE'S ACTION AND THE SENATE THEN PROCEED TO
           LEGISLATIVE SESSION. AND, MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO
           RECOGNIZE SENATOR REED, WHO IS ON THE FLOOR, WHO HAS PERSONAL
           KNOWLEDGE OF ONE OF THESE NOMINEES. I THINK HE WANTED TO MAKE A
           STATEMENT AT THIS POINT.
           

           MR. REED: THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THANK THE MAJORITY LEADER FOR
           HIS KINDNESS. I AM FORTUTE TO KNOW BOTH THESE GENTLEMEN,
           ADMIRAL BOB NATIONALTER, WHO WILL BE CONFIRMED AS A FOUR-STAR
           ADMIRAL. MOST PARTICULARLY I'M PLEASED TO BE HERE TO SECOND AND
           COMMEND AND URGE PASSAGE OF THE NOMINATION OF COLONEL DANIEL
           KAUFFMAN TO BE A BRIGADIER GENERAL IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY
           AND DEAN OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD AT WEST POINT. I'VE KNOWN DAN
           KAUFFMAN FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I WAS A PLEBE AT WEST POINT IN

           COMPANY C-2 WHEN HE WAS A FIRST CLASSMAN IN THE SUFIRM OF 1967.
           HE'S AN EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL, A GREAT SOLDIER,
           DISTINGUISHED SCLAL. I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE GENTLEMAN WHO
           HE WHO HE'S SUCCEEDING, GENERAL FLETCHER LAMPKIN, THE CURRENT
           DEEP. HE DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB AT WEST POINT AND I THANK HIM
           FOR HIS SERVICES. BUT I'M DELIGHTED TO BE ABLE TO STAND HERE IN
           THE WELL OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE AND COMMEND DAN KAUFFMAN.
           HE'S A SOLDIER FIRST, A SOLDIER ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE. AFTER
           GRADUATING FROM WEST POINT IN 1968, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR TRAINING

           AS AN ARMY RANGER. HE SOUGHT AN ASSIGNMENT AS AN ARMOR OFFICER.
           HE WAS A FLA TOON LEADER IN VIETNAM. HE RECEIVED THE BRONZE
           STAR FOR VALOR IN ACTION AND RECEIVED TWO PURPLE HEARTS LEADING
           HIS PLATOON IN VIETNAM. HE RETURNED TO THE ARMY IN THE UNITED
           STATES AND PURSUED HIS GRADUATE EDUCATION AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL
           AT HARVARD AND ONCE AGAIN DAN KAUFFMAN AND I WERE TOGETHER.
           AFTER HIS MASTER'S DEGREE AT HARVARD AND SUBSEQUENT SERVICE
           WITH THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, HE RECEIVED A PH.D. AT THE

           MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN POLITICAL SCIENCE. HE
           COMBINES THESE TWO VIRTUES AND VALUES. A SOLDIER SOLDIER AND A
           SCHOLAR SCHOLAR. HE'S THE IDEAL CHOICE FOR THE DEANSHIP AT WEST
           POINT TODAY, FOR A SCHOOL IN TRANSFORMATION, FOR AN ARMY IN
           TRANSFORMATION. AS A SOLDIER, HE'S SEEN WAR AND HE UNDERSTANDS
           THAT ONE OF THE GREATEST PRIVILEGES IN AMERICAN -- AN AMERICAN
           CAN EVER HAVE IS THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADING AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
           AND ONE OF THE GREATEST HONORS AN AMERICAN CAN WIN IS TO LEAD

           THOSE SOLDIERS WELL, AND HE HAS ONE SUCH AN AR. HE'S ONE IN
           TOUCH WITH THE GREATER ARMY, SOMEONE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN
           NUMEROUS ISSUES THAT DEAL WITH THE ARMY NOT JUST ACADEMICALLY
           BUT VERY, VERY MUCH IN ITS DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITY. HE'S NOT AN
           IVORY TOWER SCHOLAR. HE IS AN ACTIVELY ENGAGED SOLDIER. HE WILL
           INSTILL IN THE CADETS VITAL SKILLS, THE ABILITY TO ANALYZE THE
           CHANGING WORLD AND A ZEST TO LEARN THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREERS,
           WHICH WILL HELP THE ARMY AND MOVE IT FORWARD. MR. CHAIRMAN, HE

           ALSO IS A FAMILY MAN. HIS WIFE, CATHERINE, HIS SON, DAVID, HIS
           DAUGHTER, EMILY, THEY ALL SERVE WELL AND SERVE THE ARMY
           EXTRAORDINARILY WELL. THE MISSION AT WEST POINT IS TO TRAIN
           YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN OF CHARACTER FOR A CAREER OF SELFLESS
           SERVICE TO THE ARMY AND THE NATION. DAN KAUFFMAN WILL EXPAND
           THAT MISSION AND MOVE IT FORWARD. AND FOR A GENERATION OF WEST
           POINT CADETS WHO ENTER OUR ARMY THEY WILL DO SO BETTER PREPARED
           TO LEAD AS SOLDIERS, BETTER ABLE TO LEAD AS THOUGHTFUL MEMBERS
           OF OUR MILITARY FORCES.
           

           AND SOMETHING ELSE: BECAUSE OF HIS EXAMPLE, BECAUSE OF THE
           CHOICES HE WILL MAKE, THEIR HEARTS AND THEIR LIVES WILL MARCH
           TO A VERY SIMPLE BUT
           
           PROFOUND CADENCE: DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY. I THANK THE MAJORITY
           LEADER AND YIELD BACK MY TIME.
           

           MR. LOTT: MR. PRESIDENT, I ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE WHEN
           THE SENATE COMPLETES ITS BUSINESS TODAY IT STAND IN ADJOURNMENT
           UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF HOUSE CONCURRENT
           
           336 UNTIL 10:00 A.M. ON TUESDAY, JUNE 6. I FURTHER ASK THAT ON
           TUESDAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE PRAYER, THE JOURNAL OF
           PROCEEDINGS BE APPROVED TO DATE AROUND THE MORNING HOUR BE
           DEEMED EXPIRED AND THE TIME FOR THE TWO LEADERS BE RESERVED FOR
           THEIR USE LATER IN THE DAY. I FURTHER ASK CONSENT THAT THE
           SENATE PROCEED TO THE PERIOD FOR MORNING BUSINESS UNTIL
           
           12:30 P.M. WITH SENATORS SPEAKING FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES EACH
           WITH THE
           
           FOLLOWING EXCEPTIONS: SENATOR DURBIN AND HIS DESIGNEE FROM
           

           10:00 TO 11:00. SENATOR THOMAS OR HIS DESIGNEE
           
           FROM 11:00 TO 12:00 NOON.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           

           MR. LOTT: I FURTHER ASK CONSENT THAT THE SENATE STAND IN RECESS
           FROM THE HOURS OF
           
           12:30 P.M. TO 2:15 P.M. FOR THE WEEKLY POLICY CONFERENCES TO
           MEET.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: WITHOUT OBJECTION.
           
           THE PRESIDING OFFICER:
           

           MR. LOTT: IF THERE IS NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE
           SENATE, I ASK THE SENATE STAND IN ADJOURNMENT UNDER THE
           PREVIOUS ORDER.
           

           THE PRESIDING OFFICER: THE SENATE SHALL STAND IN ADJOURNMENT.