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“WITHDRAWAL” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Senate section on pages S9453 on Aug. 1, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
WITHDRAWAL
Executive message transmitted by the President to the Senate on August 1, 1996, withdrawing from further Senate consideration the following nomination.
department of labor
Joaquin F. Otero, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Martin John Manley, resigned which was sent to the Senate on February 20, 1996.