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Readout: July 22 Business Meeting

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today held a business meeting to pass several of the Administration's nominations. See more information below.

Nominees

  • Ms. Kari Lake be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Jamaica

    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-10)

 

  •  Mr. Douglas Mastriano to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Slovak Republic
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-10)

 

  • Mr. Juan Segura to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2032
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (14-8)

 

  • Mr. Juan Segura to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2026
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-10)

 

  • Mr. Juan Segura to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2032
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-10)

 

  • Ms. Barbera Thornhill to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-9)

 

  • Mr. Joseph Burkhalter to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-9)

 

  • The Honorable John Hurley to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-9)

 

  • Mr. Daniel Perez to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federative Republic of Brazil
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (13-8)

 

  • The Honorable Rudolph Bauer to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-9)

 

  • Mr. Brendan Hanrahan to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs)
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (13-8)

 

  • Ms. Katherine Bowles to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs)
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (18-3)

 

  • The Honorable Donald Blome to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs)
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (22-0)

 

  • Mr. Christopher Anderson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (18-3)

 

  • Mr. Laurence Socha to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of The Gambia
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (22-0)

 

  • Mr. Stanley Brown to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (22-0)
 

Foreign Service List

  • Aziz Ahmed Ahang, et. al., dated July 14, 2026
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

 

  • Megan Marie Alvarez, et. al., dated July 14, 2026
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

 

  • Ani M. Ahn, et. al., dated July 14, 2026
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

 

  • John Armstrong, et. al., dated July 14, 2026
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

 

  • Amy Caldwell, et. al., dated March 25, 2026
    • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

 

 

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