Pending Nominations Update - August 2009

The following are the pending State Department nominations in the Committee on Foreign Relations as of August 7. For the list of the most recent confirmation prior to the summer recess, click here. The Senate resumes business on Tuesday, September 8.

Aug 07, 09 PN910 Department of State Barry B. White, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Norway.

Aug 06, 09 PN874 Department of State Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Andorra.

Aug 06, 09 PN873 Department of State William E. Kennard, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Aug 06, 09 PN872 Department of State Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs).

Jul 29, 09 PN829 Department of State Robert D. Hormats, of New York, to be United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the African Development Fund; United States Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; and United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Jul 28, 09 PN822 Department of State Mary Jo Wills, of the District of Columbia, 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 Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.

Jul 22, 09 PN798 Department of State Alberto M. Fernandez, 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 Equatorial Guinea.

Jul 20, 09 PN795 Department of State Robert D. Hormats, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of State (Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs).

Jul 20, 09 PN794 Department of State Lee Andrew Feinstein, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Poland.

Jul 07, 09 PN710 Department of State Michael H. Posner, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Jun 24, 09 PN650 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development James Legarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Jun 08, 09 PN552 Department of State David C. Jacobson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada.

The two nominations below were reported out of SFRC on July 28 but have not been confirmed by the full Senate when it left for the summer break. You can read more on these two nominations here. Arturo A. Valenzuela, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs), vice Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., resigned. Thomas Alfred Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federative Republic of Brazil.