ross. one of the key evolutions of getting to this point was in 1941. eleanorsevelt, at the first lady urgings of her close friend and social activist mary, moved to expand the program in tuskegee. she not only visited the field but incredibly, and against the advice of her secret service detail, she asked the chief flight instructor to take her on a flight. this single act of flying the first lady for more than an hour had great symbolic value to the advocates of black military aviation. it brought a visibility to tuskegee's pilot training program. this help to open the door for blackpointment of military aviation units to the european theater. unfortunately they were still in , segregated units. in total, there were 2483 pilot trainees that entered training in tuskegee, alabama. of which 992 graduated, earning their wings as pilots. from 1942-1946. there were 352 pilots that the ploy to the european theater of operations. they included peter dirty nine, the 40, p 47, and finally the people the one mustang. the enlisted personnel were recorded together in worl

eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge. the presiding officer: under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on the abrams nomination. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: madam president, i would yield my time to the two senators from georgia. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: madam president, i'll split that time with senator chambliss from georgia. the presiding officer:. the the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. senators please take your conversations out into the hallway. mr. isakson: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: on behalf of the people gave --. the presiding officer: the senate will be in order. the senate will be in order. the senator from georgia. mr. isakson: madam president, the next three votes will be three judges for the state of georgia. story chambliss, has done an outstanding job of leading our judiciary committee

the question is: is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge for the northern district of georgia shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote sph if not, the ayes are 66, the nays are 29. the motion to invoke cloture is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge for the northern district. the presiding officer: the senate will proceed to the consideration of the following nominations, which the clerk will report. the clerk: nominations, department of state, barbara a. leaf of virginia to be ambassador extraordinary plenprotensionry of the united states to the united arab emrates. theodore g. osius iii of maryland to be ambassador extraordinary to the republic of vietnam. erica j. barks ruggles of minute to be ambassador extraordinary to the republic o

eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge for the northern district of georgia. mr. reid: there is a cloture motion i ask to be reported. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion. we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of eleanor louise ross of georgia to be united states district judge for the northern district of georgia signed by 17 senators. mr. reid: i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i ask unanimous consent the mandatory quorum under rule 22 be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion to proceed. all those in favor say aye. all those opposed please say nay. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. reid: i withdraw my motion to proceed to s. 2609. the presiding officer: the m