NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Susan Faye Beard, of Maryland, to be Inspector General of the Department of Energy, vice Gregory H. Friedman, resigned.

Susan S. Gibson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office.  (New Position)

Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Lawrence Robert Silverman, of Massachusetts, 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 State of Kuwait.