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“NOMINATIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S4984 on May 13, 1996.
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NOMINATIONS
Executive nominations received by the Senate May 13, 1996:
department of state
Harold Walter Geisel, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.
national institute for literacy advisory board
Reynaldo Flores Macias, of California, to be a Member of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring September 22, 1998, vice Helen B. Crouch, term expired.
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