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Presidential Nomination and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE:

Marilyn B. Tavenner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Donald M. Berwick, resigned.

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

Donald M. Berwick, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, vice Mark B. McClellan, which was sent to the Senate on January 26, 2011.