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NOMINATIONS
1. Dr. C.S. Eliot Kang, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Security and Non-Proliferation)
2. Ms. Sarah H. Cleveland, of New York, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State
3. Mr. George J. Tsunis, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Greece
4. Mr. James C. O’Brien, of Nebraska, to be Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, with the rank of Ambassador
5. Dr. Beth Van Schaack, of California, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Criminal Justice
6. Ms. Randi Charno Levine, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Portuguese Republic
7. The Honorable Laura Farnsworth Dogu, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Honduras
8. The Honorable N. Nickolas Perry, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Jamaica
9. Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, of Georgia, to be Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, with the rank of Ambassador
10. The Honorable Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs)
11. Dr. Adriana Debora Kugler, of Maryland, to be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of two years
12. Ms. Mallory A. Stewart, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance)
13. The Honorable Erin Elizabeth McKee, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
FSO LISTS
14. Scott Bruns, et al., dated October 27, 2021 (PN 1319)
15. Casey E. Bean, et al., dated November 17, 2021 (PN 1418)
16. Ronald P. Verdonk, dated November 17, 2021 (PN 1419)
17. Lisa M. Allen, et al., dated November 17, 2021 (PN 1420)
18. Stephen Anderson, et al., dated November 17, 2021 (PN 1421), as modified
19. Randy W. Berry, et al., dated January 31, 2022 (PN 1422)
20. Kathy E. Body, et al., dated January 31, 2022 (PN 1747)