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“WITHDRAWAL” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S9700 on Sept. 18, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
WITHDRAWAL
Executive message transmitted by the President to the Senate on September 18, 1997, withdrawing from further Senate consideration the following nomination:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
William F. Weld, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Mexico, which was sent to the Senate on July 23, 1997.
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