Nominations

Peter Lord, of Florida, 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 Benin.

William Flens, of the District of Columbia, 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 Chad.

Charles Goodman III, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Togolese Republic.

Steven Gillen, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kyrgyz Republic.

Joshua Harris, of Maryland, 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 Malaysia.

Nutan Patel, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cabo Verde.

Jessica Long, of Virginia, 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 Islamic Republic of Mauritania.

Keith Heffern, of Virginia, 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 Gabonese Republic.

Justin Bytheway, of Utah, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Tonga.

Christian Ehrhardt, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cameroon.

William Makaneole, of Hawaii, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Turkmenistan.

John Coale, of Maryland, to be Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, with the rank and status of Ambassador.

Mark Abreu, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of El Salvador.

Nicholas Checker, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Rwanda.

Jeffrey Anderson, of Georgia, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the rank of Ambassador.

Robert Stebbins, of New York, to be Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, vice Nisha Desai Biswal, resigned.

Julia Nesheiwat, of Florida, to be Ambassador-at-Large for the Arctic. (New Position)

Austin Holmes, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti.

Elliott Hulse, of California, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, vice Alice P. Albright, resigned.

Anny Vu, of California a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Emerging Threats), vice Geoffrey R. Pyatt.