[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 19182]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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NOMINATION OF SARAH SEWALL TO BE AN UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (CIVILIAN 
                 SECURITY, DEMOCRACY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS)

  Mr. REID. I move to proceed to executive session to consider Calendar 
No. 445.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion.
  The motion was agreed to.
  The clerk will report the nomination.
  The assistant legislative clerk read the nomination of Sarah Sewall, 
of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, 
Democracy, and Human Rights).


                             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.
  The bill clerk read as follows:

                             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 
     Sarah Sewall, of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of 
     State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights).
         Harry Reid, Robert Menendez, Barbara Boxer, Mark Begich, 
           Richard Blumenthal, Benjamin L. Cardin, Tom Udall, 
           Debbie Stabenow, Sheldon Whitehouse, Bernard Sanders, 
           Mazie K. Hirono, Christopher A. Coons, Jon Tester, 
           Brian Schatz, Martin Heinrich, Heidi Heitkamp, Kirsten 
           E. Gillibrand.

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