Nominations

Somers Farkas, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Malta.

Paul Kapur, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, vice Donald Lu.

Chris Pratt, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), vice Jessica Lewis, resigned.

Benjamin Black, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, vice Scott A. Nathan, resigned.

Joel Rayburn, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice Barbara A. Leaf, resigned.

Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs), vice Ramin Toloui, resigned.

Allison Hooker, of Georgia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Political Affairs), vice Victoria Nuland, resigned.

Thomas DiNanno, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, vice Bonnie D. Jenkins, resigned.

Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Principality of Monaco.

Sarah Rogers, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, vice Elizabeth Allen, resigned.

Adam Boehler, of Tennessee, to be Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs.

Jacob Helberg, of Florida, to be an Under Secretary of State (Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment), vice Jose W. Fernandez, resigned.

Marco Rubio, of Florida, to be Secretary of State.

Monica Crowley, of New York, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, vice Rufus Gifford, resigned.

Jeffrey Worthe, of California, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Seventy-eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

One nomination, beginning with Dale Tasharski, and ending with Dale Tasharski

Juan Carlos Iturregui, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Dominican Republic.

Keith D. Hanigan, of New Jersey, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of the Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Solomon Islands.

Peter W. Lord, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.

Christopher J. Lamora, of Rhode Island, 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 Central African Republic.