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“NOMINATIONS” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the in the Senate section section on page S7134 on Oct. 20.
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 nomination received by the Senate:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
JAMES C. O'BRIEN, OF NEBRASKA, TO BE HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF SANCTIONS COORDINATION, WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR. (NEW POSITION)
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