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NOMINATIONS
1. Dr. Amy Gutmann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany
2. The Honorable Donald Armin Blome, of Illinois, 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 Islamic Republic of Pakistan
3. The Honorable Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Serbia
4. Ms. Alice P. Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation
5. The Honorable Joseph Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See
6. Ms. Michele Taylor, of Georgia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council
7. Ms. Enoh T. Ebong, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Trade and Development Agency
8. The Honorable Eric M. Garcetti, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of India
9. Ms. Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
10. The Honorable Laura S. H. Holgate, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador
11. Ms. Oren E. Whyche-Shaw, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank for a term of five years
FSO LISTS
12. Leon Skarshinski, et al., dated April 27, 2021 (PN 480-2)
13. John Breidenstine, et al., dated July 19, 2021, (PN 903)