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“WITHDRAWAL” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S5887 on May 24, 1999.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
WITHDRAWAL
Executive message transmitted by the President to the Senate on May 24, 1999, withdrawing from further Senate consideration the following nomination:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
J. Brian Atwood, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Brazil, which was sent to the Senate on January 6, 1999.
