Confirmations: USTR, ACPD, UN

On October 21, 2011, the U.S. Senate confirmed the following nominations:

PN106 *       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Michael W. Punke, of Montana, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative,with the Rank of Ambassador.

PN107 *       EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
Islam A. Siddiqui, of Virginia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.

PN274 *       UNITED STATES ADVISORY COMMISSION ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Anne Terman Wedner, of Illinois, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term expiring July 1, 2013.

PN982 *       UNITED NATIONS
Ann Marie Buerkle, of New York, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

PN983 *       UNITED NATIONS
Russ Carnahan, of Missouri, to be a Representative of the United States of America
to the Sixty-sixth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.