[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 106 (Tuesday, July 23, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Page S5839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF COMMITTEE

  The following executive reports of nominations were submitted:

       By Mr. MENENDEZ for the Committee on Foreign Relations.
       *Daniel Brooks Baer, of Colorado, to be U.S. Representative 
     to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, 
     with the rank of Ambassador.
       Nominee: Daniel Brooks Baer.
       Post Nominated: Permanent Representative to the 
     Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the 
     rank of Ambassador.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, amount, date, and donee:
       1. Self: $1000, 5/2012, Obama for America; $100, 9/2012, 
     Obama for America.
       2. Spouse: (N/A).
       3. Children and Spouses: (N/A).
       4. Parents: Rebecca Van Buren (widowed): $25, 7/2012, Obama 
     for America; $25, 10/2012, Obama for America.
       5. Grandparents: Nancy Van Buren: None.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: Peter Baer (single), $10, 9/2012, 
     Obama for America; $10, 9/2012, Gillibrand for Senate. Lyle 
     Baer (single): None.
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Merritt Baer (single), $25, 8/2012, 
     Hirono for Senate; $25, 8/2012, Gabbard for Congress; $25, 8/
     2012, Mikolsi for Congress; $25, 8/2012, Pace for Congress; 
     $100, 9/2012, Obama for America.
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       *Douglas Edward Lute, of Indiana, to be United States 
     Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador 
     Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
       Nominee: Douglas Edward Lute.
       Post: Chief of Mission--NATO. Nominated: 5/23/2013.
       (The following is a list of all members of my immediate 
     family and their spouses. I have asked each of these persons 
     to inform me of the pertinent contributions made by them. To 
     the best of my knowledge, the information contained in this 
     report is complete and accurate.)
       Contributions, Amount, Date, and Donee:
       1. Self: None.
       2. Spouse: Jane Holl Lute: $250, 6/28/12, Obama Victory 
     Fund; $250, 12/31/11, Obama For America; $250, 11/10/08, DNC 
     Services Fund; $250, 11/3/08, Obama For America; $250, 11/3/
     08, Obama For America; $250, 11/2/08, Obama Victory Fund; 
     $250, 11/2/08, Obama Victory Fund; $250, 10/20/08, Obama For 
     America; $250, 7/7/08, Obama For America; $500, 2/1/08, Obama 
     For America; $250, 10/20/12, Soderberg.
       3. Children and Spouses: Amy Lute, None; Kamryn Lute, None; 
     Adellyn Polomski, None.
       4. Parents: Phyllis Lute, and John Edward Lute (Deceased).
       5. Grandparents: N/A.
       6. Brothers and Spouses: John Carl Lute (Deceased).
       7. Sisters and Spouses: Patricia Lute and Charles Smith, 
     None; Rebecca Lute, None; Beth and Jack Lyness, None.
       *Victoria Nuland, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs).
       *Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be the Representative 
     of the United States of America to the United Nations, with 
     the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and 
     Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States 
     of America in the Security Council of the United Nations.
       *Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be Representative of 
     the United States of America to the Sessions of the General 
     Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service 
     as Representative of the United States of America to the 
     United Nations.
       *Catherine M. Russell, of the District of Columbia, to be 
     Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues.

  *Nomination was reported with recommendation that it be confirmed 
subject to the nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear 
and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.

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