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“CONFIRMATION” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S3157 on May 24, 2017.
The State Department is responsibly for international relations with a budget of more than $50 billion. Tenure at the State Dept. is increasingly tenuous and it's seen as an extension of the President's will, ambitions and flaws.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
CONFIRMATION
Executive nomination confirmed by the Senate May 24, 2017:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
JOHN J. SULLIVAN, OF MARYLAND, TO BE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF STATE.
