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1. S.J.Res.10, A joint resolution to repeal the authorizations for use of military force against Iraq, and for other purposes
NOMINATIONS:
2. The Honorable Gentry O. Smith, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security)
3. Ms. Monica P. Medina, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs)
4. The Honorable Rena Bitter, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs)
5. Mr. Marc Evans Knapper, of California, 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 Socialist Republic of Vietnam
6. The Honorable Brian Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs)
7. Dr. Karen Donfried, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European Affairs and Eurasian Affairs)8. The Honorable Mary Catherine Phee, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs), a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation, and a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation9. Ms. Anne A. Witkowsky, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Conflict and Stabilization Operations), and to be Coordinator for Reconstruction and StabilizationÂ
10. The Honorable Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States
11. Ms. Jessica Lewis, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs)?
!2. The Honorable Donald Lu, of California, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs?
13. The Honorable Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Latin America and the Caribbean)
14. The Honorable Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service
15. Ms. Lee Satterfield, of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Educational and Cultural Affairs)
16. The Honorable Isobel Coleman, of New York, to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Policy and Programming)
17. Ms. Paloma Adams-Allen, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Management and Resources)
FSO LISTS:
18. Maureen E. Cormack, dated April 13, 2021 (PN 358-2)
19. Mark W. Libby, dated April 13, 2021 (PN 357-2)