[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18309]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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 ANNE W. PATTERSON TO BE AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE (NEAR EASTERN 
                                AFFAIRS)

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The bill clerk read the nomination of Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, 
a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career 
Ambassador, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern 
Affairs).


                             Cloture Motion

  Mr. REID. I send a cloture motion to the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under 
rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.

                             Cloture Motion

       We, the undersigned Senators, in accordance with the 
     provisions of rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, 
     hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of 
     Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior 
     Foreign Service, Class of Career Ambassador, to be an 
     Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs).
         Harry Reid, Richard J. Durbin, Christopher Murphy, Robert 
           Menendez, Christopher A. Coons, Angus S. King, Jr., 
           Martin Heinrich, Amy Klobuchar, Benjamin L. Cardin, 
           Dianne Feinstein, Tom Udall, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, 
           Bernard Sanders, Barbara Boxer, Brian Schatz, Robert P. 
           Casey, Jr., Thomas R. Carper, Michael F. Bennet.

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