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                          NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED (CIVILIAN)


      The following civilian Executive Nominations were confirmed by the 
      Senate during the current congress. Nominations flagged with an asterisk
      were approved subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests
      to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the 
      Senate. The nominations are listed to reverse chronological order based 
      on the date of confirmation. 


                                February 09, 2009

PN65-2 *      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Michele A. Flournoy, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy.

PN65-6 *      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Robert F. Hale, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).

PN65-8 *      DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Jeh Charles Johnson, of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Defense.

                                February 02, 2009

PN64-7        DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General.

                                January 28, 2009

PN64-15       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Christina Duckworth Romer, of California, to be a Member of the Council of 
Economic Advisers.

PN65-1 *      OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Dennis Cutler Blair, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National Intelligence.

PN65-12       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Robert L. Nabors II, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.

PN65-15       DEPARTMENT OF STATE
James Braidy Steinberg, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of State.

PN65-9        DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Jacob J.  Lew, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and 
Resources.

                                January 27, 2009

PN65-17       FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
Daniel K. Tarullo, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2008.

                                January 26, 2009

PN64-6 *      DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.

PN66          SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 5, 2009.

                                January 22, 2009

PN64-10       DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Ray LaHood, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation.

PN64-13 *     DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be the Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador 
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of 
America in the Security Council of the United Nations.

PN64-14 *     DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations 
during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to 
the United Nations.

PN64-4        DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

PN64-8 *      ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Lisa Perez Jackson, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.

PN65-14       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2014.

PN65-16 *     EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Nancy Helen Sutley, of California, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental 
Quality.

                                January 21, 2009

PN64-1        DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Secretary of State.

                                January 20, 2009

PN64-11       DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Janet Ann Napolitano, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.

PN64-12       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.

PN64-16       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior.

PN64-17       DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Eric K. Shinseki, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

PN64-19       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture.

PN64-2        DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Steven Chu, of California, to be Secretary of Energy.

PN64-5        DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Education.