NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Thomas Hicks, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Election Assistance Commission for a term expiring January 12, 2013, vice Gracia M. Hillman, term expired.

S. Leslie Ireland, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of the Treasury, vice Janice B. Gardner, resigned.

Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. (New Position)

Teresa Takai, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice John G. Grimes.

WITHDRAWALS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Major General Robert A. Harding, United States Army (Retired), of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Edmund S. Hawley, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on March 8, 2010.

Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman Goldsmith III, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 20, 2010.