[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
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                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate on Friday, December 13, 
2013:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       PETER A. SELFRIDGE, OF MINNESOTA, TO BE CHIEF OF PROTOCOL, 
     AND TO HAVE THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR DURING HIS TENURE OF 
     SERVICE, VICE CAPRICIA PENAVIC MARSHALL, RESIGNED.
       DOUGLAS ALAN SILLIMAN, OF TEXAS, 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 STATE OF KUWAIT.
       ROBERT A. WOOD, OF NEW YORK, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE SENIOR 
     FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, FOR THE RANK OF 
     AMBASSADOR DURING HIS TENURE OF SERVICE AS U.S. 
     REPRESENTATIVE TO THE CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT.


                          DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

       PORTIA Y. WU, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN 
     ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF LABOR, VICE JANE OATES.


           NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE HUMANITIES

       THOMAS EDGAR ROTHMAN, OF MARYLAND, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE ARTS FOR A TERM EXPIRING SEPTEMBER 3, 
     2016. (NEW POSITION)

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