NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Michael P. Allen, of Florida, to be a Judge of the United States

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years,

vice Bruce E. Kasold, term expired.

Jeffrey Bossert Clark, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney

General, vice John Charles Cruden.

Allison H. Eid, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge

for the Tenth Circuit, vice Neil M. Gorsuch, elevated.

Ralph R. Erickson, of North Dakota, to be United States Circuit

Judge for the Eighth Circuit, vice Kermit E. Bye, retired.

Dabney Langhorne Friedrich, of California, to be United States

District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Reggie B. Walton,

retired.

Timothy J. Kelly, of the District of Columbia, to be United

States District Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Rosemary M.

Collyer, retired.

Ryan McCarthy, of Illinois, to be Under Secretary of the Army,

vice Patrick Joseph Murphy.

Trevor N. McFadden, of Virginia, to be United States District

Judge for the District of Columbia, vice Richard J. Leon, retired.

Amanda L. Meredith, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United

States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen

years, vice William A. Moorman, retired.

Stephen S. Schwartz, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United

States Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years, vice Lynn Jeanne Bush, term expired.

Patrick M. Shanahan, of Washington, to be Deputy Secretary of

Defense, vice Robert O. Work, resigned.

Joseph L. Toth, of Wisconsin, to be a Judge of the United States

Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years,

vice Lawrence B. Hagel, retired.