[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[Senate]
[Page 16117]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate November 19, 2014:


                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

       JON M. HOLLADAY, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE CHIEF FINANCIAL 
     OFFICER, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       MAUREEN ELIZABETH CORMACK, OF VIRGINIA, 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 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA.
       ALLAN P. MUSTARD, OF WASHINGTON, 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 TURKMENISTAN.
       MICHELE JEANNE SISON, OF MARYLAND, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF CAREER MINISTER, TO BE THE 
     DEPUTY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     UNITED NATIONS, WITH THE RANK AND STATUS OF AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY, AND THE DEPUTY 
     REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN THE 
     SECURITY COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
       MICHELE JEANNE SISON, OF MARYLAND, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF CAREER MINISTER, TO BE 
     REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE 
     SESSIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATIONS, 
     DURING HER TENURE OF SERVICE AS DEPUTY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE 
     UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNITED NATIONS.
       EARL ROBERT MILLER, OF MICHIGAN, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF COUNSELOR, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA.
       JUDITH BETH CEFKIN, OF COLORADO, 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 REPUBLIC OF FIJI, AND TO SERVE 
     CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI, THE REPUBLIC 
     OF NAURU, THE KINGDOM OF TONGA, AND TUVALU.
       ROBERT T. YAMATE, OF CALIFORNIA, 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 REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR, AND TO SERVE 
     CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO THE UNION OF THE COMOROS.

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