Nominations

Kay Bailey Hutchison, of Texas, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.

Krishna R. Urs, of Connecticut, 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 Republic of Peru.

Sharon Day, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Costa Rica.

Nathan Alexander Sales, of Ohio, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, vice Tina S. Kaidanow, resigned.

Robert Wood Johnson IV, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Ray Washburne, of Texas, to be President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, vice Elizabeth L. Littlefield.

164 nominations, beginning with Nicholas Raymond Abbate, and ending with Elizabeth Marie Wysocki

106 nominations, beginning with Gabriela R. Arias Villela, and ending with Haenim Yoo

Jamie McCourt, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Belgium.

53 nominations, beginning with Andrew K. Abordonado, and ending with Peter B. Winter

4 nominations, beginning with Rameeth Hundle, and ending with Loren Stender

4 nominations, beginning with Andrew Anderson-Sprecher, and ending with Evan Nicholas Mangino

12 nominations, beginning with David Gossack, and ending with Pamela Ward

8 nominations, beginning with Fred Aziz, and ending with Nathalie Scharf

William Francis Hagerty IV, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan.

Robert P. Kadlec, of New York, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Nicole Lurie.

Scott P. Brown, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Independent State of Samoa.

John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice Antony Blinken, resigned.

Terry Branstad, of Iowa, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China.

9 nominations, beginning with Jeanne F. Bailey, and ending with Robert Henry Hanson