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“EXECUTIVE SESSION” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S9894 on Sept. 2, 1998.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, on behalf of the majority leader, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate go into executive session and that the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of the following nominations, and the Senate then proceed to their consideration: Senator Rod Grams, Senator Joseph Biden, former Senator Claiborne Pell.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. SPECTER. I ask unanimous consent that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President be notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate return to legislative session.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
The nominations considered and confirmed, en bloc, are as follows:
Department of State
Rod Grams, of Minnesota, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Joseph R. Biden, of Delaware, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
Claiborne deB. Pell, of Rhode Island, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-third Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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