Nominations

of New York, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy

of Texas, 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 Kingdom of Lesotho

of Washington, 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 Namibia

of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Luxembourg

of Maryland, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service