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“CONFIRMATIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Senate section on pages S6420 on Oct. 16, 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:
CONFIRMATIONS
Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate October 16, 2017:
OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL
HENRY KERNER, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE SPECIAL COUNSEL, OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL, FOR THE TERM OF FIVE YEARS.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CALLISTA L. GINGRICH, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE HOLY SEE.
