Thursday, July 23, 2009

14 State Dept Nominees Clears the SFRC

The following nominees for the State Department have cleared the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and are currently waiting for the full Senate Vote.

Jul 08, 2009 Reported by Mr. Kerry, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed report.

Capricia Penavic Marshallof the District of Columbia, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, vice Nancy Goodman Brinker, resigned.

Philip L. Verveer,of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and U. S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy.

Nancy J. Powell,of Iowa, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice Harry K. Thomas, Jr., resigned.

Maria Otero,of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Democracy and Global Affairs), vice Paula J. Dobriansky, resigned.

Jul 21, 2009 Reported by Mr. Kerry, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed report.

Anne Elizabeth Derse, of Maryland, 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 Lithuania.

Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Mexico.

Kenneth H. Merten, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti.

Donald Sternoff Beyer, Jr, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Principality of Liechtenstein.

John R. Nay, of Michigan, 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 Suriname.

Vinai K. Thummalapally, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize.

Nicole A. Avant, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Howard W. Gutman, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belgium.

Vilma S. Martinez, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Argentina.

David H. Thorne, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of San Marino.

The nominee to be Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Arturo Valenzuela and nominee to be Ambassador to Brazil, Thomas Shannon are still stuck in committee. Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) is reportedly the reason for the delayed committee votes on these two nominees due to his objections over the Administration’s Honduran policy.

Also Jeffrey D. Feltman (reported out of Committee on May 19), of Ohio, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice C. David Welch is still snared in Senate Hold.

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