I ask that the Senate resume consideration of Executive Calendar No. 144. The VICE PRESIDENT. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read the nomination of Elizabeth H. Richard, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large. ____________________
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