Other gay nominees have been approved, including John Berry, who is now head of the Office of Personnel Management.
The examples, which Admiral Poindexter called "extremely bad" and not approved, included missile strikes, coups and assassinations.
Several important cabinet posts were approved, including the ministers of defense, interior, finance, agriculture and education.
Faith schools are well represented on the latest list to be approved, including Muslim, Hindu and Church of England faith schools.
Thirteen parties have been approved, including the large and popular Fretilin, which for most Timorese represents the resistance to Indonesia.
The relief package that Congress approved included about $6.4 billion that was provided to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reimburse the city for debris removal and rebuilding at the disaster site.
Other bills the governor approved included one that would allow druggists to dispense morning-after contraceptives to women without first obtaining a prescription from a doctor.
"We've gotten a bit greedy," said Michael L. Montandon, the mayor of North Las Vegas, which has had $176 million worth of projects approved, including $85.3 million for Craig Ranch.
Among the 17, one had withdrawn its application and 11 were approved, including the Child Development Center of the Hamptons Charter School, proposed in East Hampton for developmentally disabled students.
Eight vaccines made by six companies have been approved, including a new, high-dose version meant for people 65 and older.
