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“NOMINATIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S10142 on Sept. 9, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
NOMINATIONS
Executive nominations received by the Senate September 9, 1998:
department of state
David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State, vice Eric James Boswell, resigned, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.
David G. Carpenter, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service, vice Eric James Boswell, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.
William Lacy Swing, of North Carolina, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.
the judiciary
Margaret B. Seymour, of South Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, vice William B Traxler, Jr.
