[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 218 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7930]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session and the Committee on Foreign Relations be 
discharged and the Senate proceed to the en bloc consideration of the 
following nominations: PN1938, PN2024, PN2101, PN2030, and PN2025.
  There being no objection, the committee was discharged, and the 
Senate proceeded to consider the nominations en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the 
nominations en bloc with no intervening action or debate; that if 
confirmed, the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon 
the table en bloc; and that the President be immediately notified of 
the Senate's actions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the 
nominations of C. Kevin Blackstone, of Virginia, 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 Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Cynthia Kierscht, of Minnesota, 
a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to 
be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Brian D. McFeeters, of 
Virginia, 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 Malaysia; David Reimer, of Ohio, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Republic of Sierra Leone; Geeta Pasi, of New York, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, 
to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States 
of America to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.

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