NOMINATIONS HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Time: 9:00 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building Presiding: Senator Dodd     Nominees:     Panel 1: Arturo A. Valenzuela    to be Assistant Secretary of State    for Western Hemisphere Affairs     Panel 2: The Honorable Thomas Alfred 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   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.