Nominations HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Thursday, September 22, 2005 Time: 9:00 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Murkowski     Nominees: The Honorable Alexander R. Vershbow    To be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Patricia Louise Herbold    To be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore William Paul McCormick    To be Ambassador to New Zealand and serve      Concurrently as Ambassador to Samoa   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.