[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 181 (Thursday, November 15, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S7066]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                      FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

        DANIEL B. MAFFEI, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A FEDERAL MARITIME 
     COMMISSIONER FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2022. 
     (REAPPOINTMENT)
        L. E. SOLA, OF FLORIDA, TO BE A FEDERAL MARITIME 
     COMMISSIONER FOR A TERM EXPIRING JUNE 30, 2023, VICE WILLIAM 
     P. DOYLE, TERM EXPIRED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

        JOHN P. ABIZAID, OF NEVADA, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY 
     AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA.
        KATE MARIE BYRNES, OF FLORIDA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA.
        ARTHUR B. CULVAHOUSE, JR., OF TENNESSEE, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
        JAMES S. GILMORE, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE U.S. REPRESENTATIVE 
     TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE, 
     WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR.
        BRETT P. GIROIR, OF TEXAS, TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 
     UNITED STATES ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE WORLD HEALTH 
     ORGANIZATION, VICE THOMAS FRIEDEN, RESIGNED.
        LANA J. MARKS, OF FLORIDA, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY 
     AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.


                              PEACE CORPS

        ALAN R. SWENDIMAN, OF NORTH CAROLINA, TO BE DEPUTY 
     DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE CORPS, VICE CARLOS J. TORRES.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

        MATTHEW H. TUELLER, OF UTAH, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR 
     FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ.

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