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“WITHDRAWALS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Senate section on pages S4335 on May 23, 2000.
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WITHDRAWALS
Executive messages transmitted by the President to the Senate on May 23, 2000, withdrawing from further Senate consideration the following nominations:
Department of Commerce
Nicholas P. Godici, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, vice Philip G. Hampton, II, which was sent to the Senate on January 31, 2000.
Department of Energy
Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Energy Research, vice Martha Anne Krebs, which was sent to the Senate on April 13, 2000.