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“NOMINATION” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S14222 on Sept. 25, 1995.
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NOMINATION
Executive nomination received by the Secretary of the Senate September 22, 1995, under authority of the order of the Senate of January 4, 1995:
department of state
Jim Sasser, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China.