Chuck Hagel: “in executive session I ask unanimous consent the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of…”

“in executive session I ask unanimous consent the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of the nomination of Richard N. Gardner, the Senate immediately proceed to his consideration, the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action, and the Senate then return to legislative session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows: department of state Richard N. Gardner, of New York, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty- fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. ____________________”