Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

Arden Bement, Jr., of Indiana, to be Director of the National Science Foundation for a term of six years, vice Rita R. Colwell, resigned.

Michael J. Harrison, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Lou Gallegos, resigned.

Francis J. Harvey, of California, to be Secretary of the Army, vice Thomas E. White, resigned.

Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Romolo A. Bernardi.

J. Michael Seabright, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice Alan C. Kay, retired.

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

Francis J. Harvey, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice John P. Stenbit, which was sent to the Senate on November 6, 2003.