[Senate Hearing 111-933]
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                                                        S. Hrg. 111-933
 
                               NOMINATIONS

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                                HEARING

                               BEFORE THE



                     COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                     ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                              JULY 7, 2009

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                COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS         

             JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts, Chairman        
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut     RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin       Republican Leader designee
BARBARA BOXER, California            BOB CORKER, Tennessee
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey          JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland         JAMES E. RISCH, Idaho
ROBERT P. CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania   JIM DeMINT, South Carolina
JIM WEBB, Virginia                   JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming
JEANNE SHAHEEN, New Hampshire        ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi
EDWARD E. KAUFMAN, Delaware
KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York
                  David McKean, Staff Director        
        Kenneth A. Myers, Jr., Republican Staff Director        

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Gray, Gordon, Nominee to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia    15
    Prepared statement...........................................    17
    Responses to questions submitted by the following Senators:
        John F. Kerry............................................    35
        Richard G. Lugar.........................................    40
Kerry, Hon. John F., U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, opening 
  statement......................................................     1
Lugar, Hon. Richard G., U.S. Senator from Indiana, opening 
  statement......................................................     4
Roemer, Hon. Timothy J., Nominee to be Ambassador to India.......     6
    Prepared statement...........................................     9
    Responses to questions submitted by the following Senators:
        John F. Kerry............................................    31
        Richard G. Lugar.........................................    35
        Russell D. Feingold......................................    42
        Robert P. Casey, Jr......................................    43
Schmierer, Richard J., Nominee to be Ambassador to the Sultanate 
  of Oman........................................................    12
    Prepared statement...........................................    13
    Responses to questions submitted by the following Senators:
        John F. Kerry............................................    34
        Richard G. Lugar.........................................    39

              Additional Material Submitted for the Record

Kennedy, Hon. Edward M., U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, 
  prepared statement in support of Nominee Timothy J. Roemer.....     5

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