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“NOMINATIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S5189-S5190 on Sept. 11, 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:
NOMINATIONS
Executive nominations received by the Senate:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
SCOTT W. BRADY, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE DAVID J. HICKTON, RESIGNED.
BOBBY L. CHRISTINE, OF GEORGIA, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE EDWARD J. TARVER, RESIGNED.
DAVID J. FREED, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE PETER J. SMITH, RESIGNED.
ANDREW E. LELLING, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE CARMEN MILAGROS ORTIZ, RESIGNED.
STEPHEN R. MCALLISTER, OF KANSAS, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE BARRY R. GRISSOM, RESIGNED.
RONALD A. PARSONS, JR., OF SOUTH DAKOTA, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH DAKOTA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE BRENDAN V. JOHNSON, RESIGNED.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
JAMES F. GEURTS, OF PENNSYLVANIA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, VICE SEAN JOSEPH STACKLEY.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
HOWARD R. ELLIOTT, OF INDIANA, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, VICE MARIE THERESE DOMINGUEZ.
PAUL TROMBINO III, OF WISCONSIN, TO BE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, VICE GREGORY GUY NADEAU.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REBECCA ELIZA GONZALES, 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.
CARLA SANDS, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK.
MANISHA SINGH, OF FLORIDA, TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE (ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS AFFAIRS), VICE CHARLES HAMMERMAN RIVKIN.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
JOHN F. BASH, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE ROBERT LEE PITMAN, RESIGNED.
THE JUDICIARY
WALTER DAVID COUNTS III, OF TEXAS, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, VICE ROBERT A. JUNELL, RETIRED.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
R. ANDREW MURRAY, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE TERM OF FOUR YEARS, VICE ANNE M. TOMPKINS, RESIGNED.
THE JUDICIARY
MATTHEW SPENCER PETERSEN, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, VICE RICHARD W. ROBERTS, RETIRED.
