The President sent these nominations to the United States Senate:
Phillip Carter III, of Virginia, 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 Cote d'Ivoire.
Gerald M. Feierstein, of Pennsylvania, 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 Yemen.
Peter Michael McKinley, of Virginia, 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 Colombia. Source Bios
The President withdrew the September 29, 2009 nomination of Steven L. Jacques, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Source
The President declared a major disaster existed in the State of California and ordered Federal aid to supplement State and local recovery efforts in the area struck by an earthquake beginning on April 4, 2010, and continuing. Federal funding was made available to State and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cost-sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the earthquake in Imperial County. Federal funding was also made available on a cost-sharing basis for hazard mitigation measures statewide. Source
The President signed into law:
H.R. 4360, which designates the Department of Veterans Affairs blind rehabilitation center as the "Major Charles Robert Soltes, Jr., O.D. Department of Veterans Affairs Blind Rehabilitation Center." Source
The President proclaimed May 9, 2010, as Mother's Day. Source
The President proclaimed May 9-15, 2010, as National Women's Health Week. Source
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