SFRC Hearings: Valenzuela, Shannon, Pascual, Merten

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE 111^th CONGRESS 1st SESSION

Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Time: 9:00 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building Presiding: Senator Dodd

Nominees:

Panel 1:

Arturo Valenzuela to be Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs

Panel 2:

The Honorable Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil

The Honorable Carlos Pascual to be Ambassador to Mexico Kenneth H. Merten to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti

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