Nominations Sent to the Senate

Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, vice Keith E. Gottfried, resigned.

Charles Lewis English, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Miriam K. Hughes, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassdor to the Federated States of Micronesia.

Michael J. Kussman, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Jonathan Brian Perlin, resigned.

Peter B. McCarthy, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Sandra L. Pack.

Cameron Munter, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Serbia.

Robert B. Nolan, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Lesotho.

Michael G. Vickers, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Thomas W. O'Connell.

John L. Withers II, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Albania.