[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18833]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             CONFIRMATIONS

  Executive nominations confirmed by the Senate December 12, 2014:


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       AMY JANE HYATT, 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 PALAU.
       ROBERT C. BARBER, OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC OF ICELAND.
       ARNOLD A. CHACON, OF VIRGINIA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE.
       MARK GILBERT, OF FLORIDA, TO BE AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY 
     AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO NEW 
     ZEALAND, AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND WITHOUT ADDITIONAL 
     COMPENSATION AS AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY 
     OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF 
     SAMOA.


                    BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

       MICHAEL W. KEMPNER, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR A TERM EXPIRING AUGUST 
     13, 2015.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       VIRGINIA E. PALMER, 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 THE REPUBLIC OF MALAWI.
       DAVID NATHAN SAPERSTEIN, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR AT LARGE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
       DONALD L. HEFLIN, 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 THE REPUBLIC OF CABO VERDE.


                    BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS

       LEON ARON, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BROADCASTING 
     BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR A TERM EXPIRING AUGUST 13, 2016.