[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 6115-6116]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           EXECUTIVE SESSION

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                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
proceed to executive session to consider the following nominations en 
bloc: Calendar Nos. 444 through 447, 467, 217, 218, 479, 480, 482, 484, 
553, 554 through 558, with no other executive business in order.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the nominations en bloc.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the nominations of Linda 
Thomas-Greenfield, an Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs), 
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development 
Foundation for the remainder of the term expiring September 27, 2015; 
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, an Assistant Secretary of State (African 
Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African 
Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2021; John W. 
Leslie, Jr., of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 
2019; Linda I. Etim, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring 
September 22, 2021; Georgette Mosbacher, of New York, to be a Member of 
the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for a term 
expiring July 1, 2018; Todd A. Fisher, of New York, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
for a term expiring December 17, 2016; Deven J. Parekh, of New York, to 
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2016; Robert 
Annan Riley III, of Florida, 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 Federated 
States of Micronesia; Karen Brevard Stewart, of Florida, 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 the Marshall Islands; Matthew John Matthews, 
of Oregon, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Minister-Counselor, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as United States Senior Official for the Asia-Pacific Economic 
Cooperation (APEC) Forum; Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development; Swati A. Dandekar, of Iowa, to be United States

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Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador; 
Adam H. Sterling, 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 the Slovak Republic; 
Kelly Keiderling-Franz, 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 Oriental Republic of Uruguay; Stephen Michael Schwartz, of 
Maryland, 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 Federal Republic of Somalia; Christine 
Ann Elder, of Kentucky, 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 Liberia; and 
Elizabeth Holzhall Richard, 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 Lebanese Republic.
  Thereupon, the Senate proceeded to consider the nominations.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I know of no further debate on the 
nominations and ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the 
nominations en bloc.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Thomas-
Greenfield, Leslie, Etim, Mosbacher, Fisher, Parekh, Riley, Stewart, 
Matthews, Escobari, Dandekar, Sterling, Keiderling-Franz, Schwartz, 
Elder, and Richard nominations en bloc?
  The nominations were confirmed en bloc.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table en 
bloc, 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.

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