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Nominations Sent to the Senate

Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the fourth Circuit, vice J. Dickson Phillips, Jr., retired.
Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice Procter R. Hug, Jr., retired.
Deborah L. Cook, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Alan E. Norris, retired.
Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice Patricia M. Wald, retired.
Richard A. Griffin, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Damon J. Keith, retired.
Carolyn B. Kuhl, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, vice James R. Browning, retired.
David W. McKeague, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Richard F. Suhrheinrich, retired.
Susan Bieke Neilson, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice Cornelia G. Kennedy, retired.
Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice William L. Garwood, retired.
Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, vice Henry A. Politz, retired.
John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, vice James L. Buckley, retired.
Henry W. Saad, of Michigan, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice James L. Ryan, retired.
Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, vice David A. Nelson, retired.
Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, vice John C. Porfilio, retired.
John R. Adams, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, vice George Washington White, retired.
J. Daniel Breen, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, vice Julia Smith Gibbons, elevated.
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Cormac J. Carney, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Carlos R. Moreno, resigned.
James C. Dever, III, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, vice W. Earl Britt, retired.
Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota, vice Rodney S. Webb, retired.
Sandra J. Feuerstein, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Thomas C. Platt, Jr., retired.
Gregory L. Frost, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, vice George C. Smith, retired.
S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, vice Donald E. Walter, retired.
Richard J. Holwell, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, vice Barrington D. Parker, Jr., elevated.
Robert A. Junell, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, vice Hipolito Frank Garcia, deceased.
Thomas L. Ludington, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, vice Paul V. Gadola, retired.
S. James Otero, of California, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, vice Richard A. Paez, elevated.
William D. Quarles, Jr., of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, vice William M. Nickerson, retired.
Frederick W. Rohlfing III, of Hawaii, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, vice Alan C. Kay, retired.
Thomas A. Varlan, of Tennessee, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, vice Robert Leon Jordan, retired.
William H. Steele, of Alabama, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, vice Richard W. Vollmer, Jr., retired.
Timothy C. Stanceu, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, vice Richard W. Goldberg, retired.

Susan G. Braden, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice Roger B. Andewelt, deceased.
Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years. (Reappointment)
Charles F. Lettow, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice John Paul Wiese, term expired.
Mary Ellen Coster Williams, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice Sarah L. Wilson.
Victor J. Wolski, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice Bohdan A. Futey, term expired,
Glen L. Bower, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years after he takes office, vice Carolyn Miller Parr, term expired.
Bruce E. Kasold, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term prescribed by law, vice a new position created by Public Law 107-103, approved December 27, 2001.
Alan G. Lance, Sr., of Idaho, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term prescribed by law, vice Frank Quill Nebeker, resigned.
Fern Flanagan Saddler, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of fifteen years, vice Patricia A. Wynn, retired.
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Nominations Sent to the Senate

Thomas J. Ridge, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. (New Position)
Gordon England, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. (New Position)
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President Bush Announced His Intention to Appoint Cooper to be the Chief Information Officer at the Department of Homeland Security

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to appoint one individual to serve as a member of his administration:
The President intends to appoint Steven I. Cooper of Virginia, to be the Chief Information Officer at the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. Cooper is currently Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Information Integration in the Office of Homeland Security. Before joining the White House, Mr. Cooper served as the Chief Information Officer for Corporate Staffs and the Executive Director of Strategic Information Delivery at Corning Inc. Prior to his work at Corning, he served as the Director of Corporate Information Systems at Eli Lilly and Company. Mr. Cooper, a Certified Computer Professional (CCP), received his bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University. He later went on to study at Duke University where he earned an Executive Education Certificate.
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