Business Meeting

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Time: 2:15
Place: S-116 The Capitol Building
Presiding: Senator Biden
 
 
The Committee Will Consider and vote on the
Following Agenda Items:
    Nominees:
1. Mr. Mark Kimmitt
   to be Assistant Secretary of State
   for Political-Military Affairs
2. Ms. Barbara McConnell Barrett
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland
3. Mr. Frank Urbancic,Jr.
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus
4. Mr. Kurt D. Volker
   to be U.S. Permanent Representative on the
   Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization,
   with the rank and status of Ambassador
5. Ms. Nancy E. McEldowney
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria
6. Mr. Scot A. Marciel
   for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service
   as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian
   and Association of Southeast Asian Nations
   (ASEAN) Affairs
7. Ms. Patricia M. Haslach
   for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure
   of service as United States Senior Coordinator
   for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
   (APEC) Forum
8. Mr. William E. Todd
   to be Ambassador to the State of Brunei Darussalam
9. Ms. D. Kathleen Stephens
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea
10. Mr. Joxel Garcia
   to be Representative of the United States
   on the Executive Board of the World Health
   Organization
11. Mr. Robert J. Callahan
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua
12. Mr. Peter E. Cianchette
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica
13. Ms. Heather M. Hodges
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador
14. Mr. Hugo Llorens
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras
15. Mr. Stephen G. McFarland
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala
16. Mr. Samuel W. Speck
    to be a Commissioner on the part of the
   United States on the International Joint Commission,
   United States and Canada
17. Ms. Barbara J. Stephenson
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama
18. Mr. Yousif Boutrous Ghafari
   to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia

    Foreign Service list:
19. Andrew Townsend Wiener,
    et al., dated March 5, 2008,

    Legislation:
20. H.R. 3320, To provide assistance for the Museum
   of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland,
   with an amendment.
21. S. Con. Res. 74, Honoring the Prime Minister
    of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, for his service to the people
   of Ireland and to the world and welcoming the Prime Minister
   to the United States.
22. S. Res. 494, Expressing the sense of the Senate
   on the need for Iraq's neighbors and other international
   partners to fulfill their pledges to provide reconstruction
   assistance to Iraq with an amendment to the preamble.
23. S. Res. ___, expressing the strong support of the
   Senate for the declaration of the North Atlantic Treaty
   Organization at the Bucharest Summit that Ukraine
   and Georgia will become members of the alliance

    Treaty:
24. Protocol of Amendments to the Convention
   on the International Hydrographic Organization
   (T.Doc.110-09)

 

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