Nominations
Agenda
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Witnesses
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The Honorable
Gentry O.
Smith
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Diplomatic Security)
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The Honorable
Rena
Bitter
of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs)
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Ms.
Monica P.
Medina
of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs)
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Mr.
Marc Evans
Knapper
of California, 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 Socialist Republic of Vietnam