Washington, DC - Presidential Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate:

NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Robert Annan Riley III, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federated States of Micronesia.

Karen Bevard Stewart, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Vik Edwin Stoll, of Missouri, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court for a term of fifteen years, vice James S. Halpern, retired.

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

Kenneth J. Kopocis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Peter Silva Silva, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on June 24, 2015.