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“NOMINATIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Senate section on pages S9714 on Aug. 31, 1998.
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NOMINATIONS
Executive nominations received by the Senate August 31, 1998:
Department of Transportation
Peter J. Basso, Jr., of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Louise Frankel Stoll, resigned.
The Judiciary
H. Dean Buttram, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama vice Robert B. Propst, retired.
Inge Prytz Johnson, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama vice James H. Hancock, retired.
