BUSINESS MEETING HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Wednesday, July 8, 2009 Time: Immediately following the first roll call vote Place: S-116 Capitol Building Presiding: Senator Kerry     Nominee: Christopher William Dell    to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo Nancy J. Powell    to be Director General of the Foreign Service Capricia Penavic Marshall    to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank    of Ambassador during her tenure of service Maria Otero    to be Under Secretary of State for    Democracy and Global Affairs Philip L. Verveer    for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service    as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International    Communications and Information Policy in the    Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and    U.S. Coordinator for International Communications    and Information Policy The Honorable Laurie Susan Fulton    to be Ambassador to Denmark Louis B. Susman    to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of    Great Britain and Northern Ireland Charles H. Rivkin    to be Ambassador to France, and to serve    concurrently and without additional compensation    as Ambassador to Monaco Mark Henry Gitenstein    to be Ambassador to Romania The Honorable Timothy J. Roemer    to be Ambassador to India Richard J. Schmierer    to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman Gordon Gray    to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia   Hearing Titles in blue are links to video recording of hearing. Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.