[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 14666]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                              CONFIRMATION

  Executive nomination confirmed by the Senate October 4, 2011:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       FRANCIS JOSEPH RICCIARDONE, JR., OF MASSACHUSETTS, 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 REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, TO 
     WHICH POSITION HE WAS APPOINTED DURING THE RECESS OF THE 
     SENATE FROM DECEMBER 22, 2010, TO JANUARY 5, 2011.