[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 11028]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations: 
Calendar Nos. 192, 193, 194; that the nominations be confirmed en bloc, 
the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, 
with no intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in 
order to any of the nominations; that any related statements be printed 
in the Record; that the President be immediately notified of the 
Senate's action and the Senate then resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows:


                          department of state

       Daniel R. Russel, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary 
     of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs).
       Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, a Career Member of the 
     Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counsler, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Ukraine.
       Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia, a Career Member of 
     the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
     Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United 
     States of America to Burkina Faso.

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