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“NOMINATIONS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Senate section on pages S7226 on July 10, 1997.
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NOMINATIONS
Executive nominations received by the Senate July 10, 1997:
department of commerce
Terry D. Garcia, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Douglas Kent Hall.
department of the interior
Kathleen M. Karpan, of Wyoming, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, vice Robert Jay Uram, resigned.
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