DIPLOMATS see also Department of State; Embassies

Amendments

Armed Forces: remove from Iraq, except for Armed Forces required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (H. Con. Res. 105), H6746 [23JY]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select): establish (H. Res. 567), H3985 [8MY]

——— establish (H. Res. 567), consideration (H. Res. 575), H3960 [8MY]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (S. 653), S4433, S4435 [10JY]

U.N.: deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S. (S. 2195), S2180, S2181, S2201 [7AP]

Appointments

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select), H4046 [9MY], H4712 [21MY]

Articles and editorials

Don’t Be Sucked Into War With Iraq, Again, H6385 [17JY]

NRCC Fundraising Off of Benghazi, H3955 [8MY]

Obama’s ‘Blame the Video’ Fraud Started in Cairo, Not Benghazi, H3404 [1MY]

Republicans Stick With Benghazi Cash Grab, H3955 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: remove from Iraq, except for Armed Forces required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (see H. Con. Res. 105), H6135 [11JY]

Bassett, Ebenezer D.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 5702), H7978 [13NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: designate Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate successes and shortcomings of the Dayton Peace Accords implementation (see H. Res. 705), H7185 [31JY]

Caribbean nations: establish U.S. embassies with consular services in Caribbean countries with which the U.S. has diplomatic relations, but no permanent diplomatic presence (see H.R. 5491), H7617 [16SE]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select): amend rules (see H. Res. 722), H7527 [15SE]

——— apply certain House Rules relative to travel (see H. Res. 604), H5022 [29MY]

——— establish (see H. Res. 567), H3446 [6MY]

——— establish (H. Res. 567), consideration (see H. Res. 575), H3939 [7MY]

Dept. of State: establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (see S. 2472), S3668 [12JN] (see H.R. 5128), H6351 [16JY]

——— establish a U.S. Ambassador at Large for Arctic Affairs (see H.R. 4538), H3364 [30AP]

——— oppose proposal to relocate the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 77), H1241 [16JA]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations (see S. 2499), S3863 [19JN] (see H.R. 5013), H5823 [30JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: prevent foreign diplomats from being eligible to receive health insurance premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions (see H.R. 5825), H9043 [10DE]

U.N.: deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S. (see S. 2195), S1923 [1AP] (see H.R. 4357), H2801 [1AP]

U.S. Foreign Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 369), S1281 [4MR]

——— observance (see H. Res. 582), H4059 [9MY]

Cloture motions

Bell, Colleen Bradley: nomination to be Ambassador to Hungary, S6187 [20NO], S6230 [1DE]

Mamet, Noah B.: nomination to be Ambassador to Argentina, S6186 [20NO], S6229 [1DE]

Guidelines

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) deposition procedures, H4056 [9MY]

Letters

Armed Forces removal from Iraq, except for Armed Forces required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel: several organizations, H6823 [25JY]

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) rules relative to travel: Representative Cummings, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H5032 [30MY]

Deployment of U.S. Armed Forces to Iraq to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel: President Obama, H6386 [17JY]

Presidental process for nominating diplomatic appointees: several former American Foreign Service Association presidents, S6240 [2DE]

Poems

‘‘Battling Boys of Benghazi’’, H3147 [10AP]

Remarks in House

American Foreign Service Association: anniversary, E827 [22MY]

Armed Forces: remove from Iraq, except for Armed Forces required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel (H. Con. Res. 105), H6127 [11JY], H6384H6391 [17JY], H6695 [23JY], H6819H6825 [25JY], H6979 [29JY], H7420 [10SE], H7543 [16SE], H7687 [18SE], E1242 [25JY], E1247 [28JY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: designate Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate successes and shortcomings of the Dayton Peace Accords implementation, H7872 [18SE]

——— designate Presidential Special Envoy to the Balkans to evaluate successes and shortcomings of the Dayton Peace Accords implementation (H. Res. 705), E1287 [31JY]

Caribbean nations: establish U.S. embassies with consular services in Caribbean countries with which the U.S. has diplomatic relations, but no permanent diplomatic presence (H.R. 5491), E1412 [16SE]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select): apply certain House Rules relative to travel (H. Res. 604), H5029H5034 [30MY]

——— divide committee membership equally between majority and minority parties, H3973H3976 [8MY]

——— establish (H. Res. 567), H3456 [7MY], H3949, H3971H3979, H3985 [8MY], H7542 [16SE]

——— establish (H. Res. 567), consideration (H. Res. 575), H3953H3961 [8MY], E735 [9MY]

Dept. of State: establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (S. 653), H6837 [25JY]

Foreign Service: anniversary, E827 [22MY]

Iran: condemn appointment of Hamid Aboutalebi as U.N. ambassador, H3044H3047 [8AP]

Kerry, Sec. of State: testimony before Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) relative to Dept. of State failure to produce subpoenaed documents, E797 [21MY]

Libya: investigation and report on attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, H155 [10JA], H231 [15JA], H1765H1768 [11FE], H3147 [10AP], H3280 [29AP], H3404H3406 [1MY], H3416, H3417 [6MY], H6045 [10JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to witholding of certain Dept. of State documents from congressional investigation of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, H3976, H3977 [8MY]

Quinn, Kenneth M.: Iowa Award recipient, E816 [22MY]

U.N.: deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S. (H.R. 4357), H3044H3047 [8AP]

——— deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S. (S. 2195), H3184 [10AP]

Remarks in Senate

Akuetteh, Cynthia H.: nomination to be Ambassador to Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe, S5083 [30JY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe, unanimous-consent agreement, S5070 [29JY]

Allen, Craig B.: nomination to be Ambassador to Brunei, S6075 [18NO]

Andre, Larry E., Jr.: nomination to be Ambassador to Mauritania, S5021 [29JY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Mauritania, unanimous-consent agreement, S5003 [28JY]

Barber, Robert C.: nomination to be Ambassador to Iceland, S6682 [11DE], S6739, S6740 [12DE]

Bass, John R.: nomination to be Ambassador to Turkey, S5661 [17SE]

Bassett, Leslie A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Paraguay, S6075 [18NO]

Baucus, Senator: nomination to be Ambassador to China, S789, S791S793, S795 [6FE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to China, unanimous-consent agreement, S773 [4FE]

Beecroft, Robert S.: nomination to be Ambassador to Egypt, S4112 [26JN]

Bell, Colleen Bradley: nomination to be Ambassador to Hungary, S6187 [20NO], S6230 [1DE], S6240 [2DE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Hungary, unanimous-consent agreement, S6188 [20NO]

Bernicat, Marcia S. Bloom: nomination to be Ambassador to Bangladesh, S6075 [18NO]

Birx, Deborah L.: nomination to be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS, S2081, S2082 [2AP]

——— nomination to be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS, unanimous-consent agreement, S2041 [1AP]

Broas, Timothy M.: nomination to be Ambassador to the Netherlands, S1632 [13MR]

Bush, Dwight L., Sr.: nomination to be Ambassador to Morocco, S1611 [13MR]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Morocco, unanimous-consent agreement, S1610 [13MR]

Cefkin, Judith B.: nomination to be Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu, S6140 [19NO]

Chacon, Arnold A.: nomination to be Foreign Service Director General, S6682 [11DE], S6739, S6740 [12DE]

Childress, Mark B.: nomination to be Ambassador to Tanzania, S2178, S2179 [7AP]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Tanzania, unanimous-consent agreement, S2174 [7AP]

Chuang, Theodore D.: suitability to be district judge relative to role as legal counsel to Dept. of State during investigation of attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, S2578S2580, S2590 [1MY]

Committee To Investigate and Report on the Attack on the U.S. Diplomatic Facility and American Personnel in Benghazi, Libya (Joint, Select): establish (S. Res. 225), S3157S3159 [20MY]

——— establish (S. Res. 225), unanimous-consent request, S2896S2898 [12MY]

Cormack, Maureen E.: nomination to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, S6140 [19NO]

Daughton, Thomas F.: nomination to be Ambassador to Namibia, S5662 [17SE]

Dept. of State: enhance security for facilities and personnel at U.S. diplomatic and consular posts abroad (S. 1386), S3157 [20MY]

——— enhance security for facilities and personnel at U.S. diplomatic and consular posts abroad (S. 1386), unanimous-consent request, S2896S2898 [12MY]

——— establish Special Envoy To Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia (S. 653), S3961 [25JN], S4435, S4436 [10JY]

——— importance of confirming foreign ambassadors, S4367 [10JY]

Dept. of State, foreign operations, and related programs: making appropriations, S300 [14JA], S6610 [11DE], S6749 [12DE]

——— making appropriations (S. 2499), S4111 [26JN]

Foreign Service: nominations, S2378 [10AP], S5781 [18SE], S6626 [11DE]

Gardner, Anthony L.: nomination to be European Union U.S. Representative, S935, S936 [12FE]

Gilbert, Mark D.: nomination to be Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, S6682 [11DE], S6739, S6740 [12DE]

Hachigian, Nina: nomination to be Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) U.S. Representative, S5607 [16SE]

Hammer, Michael A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Chile, S1350 [6MR]

Harper, Keith M.: nomination to the U.N. Human Rights Council, S3320S3322 [2JN], S3350 [3JN]

——— suitability to be U.N. Human Rights Council member relative to work as lead class action attorney in Supreme Court case Cobell v. Salazar, S3320S3322 [2JN]

Harrington, Matthew T.: nomination to be Ambassador to Lesotho, S5607 [16SE]

Hartley, Brent R.: nomination to be Ambassador to Slovenia, S6179 [20NO]

Hartley, Jane D.: nomination to be Ambassador to France, S5607 [16SE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Monaco, S5607 [16SE]

Heflin, Donald L.: nomination to be Ambassador to Cabo Verde, S6682 [11DE], S6739, S6740 [12DE]

Hoover, John F.: nomination to be Ambassador to Sierra Leone, S5544 [11SE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Sierra Leone, unanimous-consent agreement, S5518 [10SE]

Hoza, Michael S.: nomination to be Ambassador to Cameroon, S5021 [29JY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Cameroon, unanimous-consent agreement, S5003 [28JY]

Hyatt, Amy J.: nomination to be Ambassador to Palau, S6682 [11DE], S6739, S6740 [12DE]

Iran: condemn appointment of Hamid Aboutalebi as U.N. ambassador, S2085 [2AP], S2180, S2181 [7AP]

Jones, Stuart E.: nomination to be Ambassador to Iraq, S4112 [26JN]

Kelly, Thomas P., III: nomination to be Ambassador to Djibouti, S3991 [25JN]

Krol, George A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Kazakhstan, S6179 [20NO]

La Lime, Helen R. Meagher: nomination to be Ambassador to Angola, S3057 [15MY]

Leaf, Barbara A.: nomination to be Ambassador to United Arab Emirates, S6015 [17NO]

Libya: investigation and report on attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, S387S390, S409 [16JA], S739S741, S743 [4FE], S1207S1209 [27FE], S2591S2593 [1MY], S3166S3168 [20MY], S3830 [19JN], S4386 [10JY]

Lippert, Mark W.: nomination to be Ambassador to Republic of Korea, S5764, S5765 [18SE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Republic of Korea, unanimous-consent agreement, S5715 [17SE]

Lu, Donald: nomination to be Ambassador to Albania, S6179 [20NO]

Mamet, Noah B.: nomination to be Ambassador to Argentina, S6186 [20NO], S6230 [1DE], S6240 [2DE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Argentina, unanimous-consent agreement, S6188 [20NO]

McKinley, Peter M.: nomination to be Ambassador to Afghanistan, S6437 [9DE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Afghanistan, unanimous-consent agreement, S6434 [9DE]

Miller, Earl R.: nomination to be Ambassador to Botswana, S6140 [19NO]

Moreno, Carlos R.: confirmation as Ambassador to Belize, S3176 [20MY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Belize, S2994 [14MY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Belize, unanimous-consent agreement, S2946 [13MY]

Moreno, Luis G.: nomination to be Ambassador to Jamaica, S6179 [20NO]

Mustard, Allan P.: nomination to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, S6140 [19NO]

Nealon, James D.: nomination to be Ambassador to Honduras, S4480 [15JY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Honduras, unanimous-consent agreement, S4478 [15JY]

Nichols, Brian A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Peru, S3843, S3844 [19JN]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Peru, unanimous-consent agreement, S3673 [12JN]

Nix-Hines, Crystal: nomination to be UNESCO U.S. Representative, S3631 [12JN]

——— nomination to be UNESCO U.S. Representative, unanimous-consent agreement, S3509 [9JN]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration relative to witholding of certain Dept. of State documents from congressional investigation of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, S2857S2859 [8MY]

O’Malley, Kevin F.: nomination to be Ambassador to Ireland, S5764, S5765 [18SE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Ireland, unanimous-consent agreement, S5715 [17SE]

Osius, Theodore G., III: nomination to be Ambassador to Vietnam, S6015 [17NO]

Palmer, Virginia E.: nomination to be Ambassador to Malawi, S6682 [11DE], S6739, S6740 [12DE]

Pettit, James D.: nomination to be Ambassador to Moldova, S6179 [20NO]

Polaschik, Joan A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Algeria, S5021 [29JY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Algeria, unanimous-consent agreement, S5003 [28JY]

Presidential appointments: call for prompt nomination and confirmation of ambassadors in order to provide certainty in leadership and support security at U.S. embassies, S3710 [17JN], S4127 [26JN], S4655 [21JY]

——— nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S5765 [18SE]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political and judicial nominees, S2683 [6MY], S3195 [21MY], S3280 [22MY]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political nominees for foreign policy positions, S3712S3715 [17JN], S4197S4199 [7JY], S4572 [17JY], S5316 [31JY]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political nominees for foreign policy positions, unanimous-consent request, S5211S5213 [31JY]

Reddick, Eunice S.: nomination to be Ambassador to Niger, S4650 [21JY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Niger, unanimous-consent agreement, S4611 [17JY]

Rice, Susan E.: responses made on various television appearances relative to the investigation and report on attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, S1208, S1209 [27FE]

Robinson, Todd D.: nomination to be Ambassador to Guatemala, S5607 [16SE]

Roebuck, William V.: nomination to be Ambassador to Bahrain, S6075 [18NO]

Ruggles, Erica J. Barks: nomination to be Ambassador to Rwanda, S6015 [17NO]

Saperstein, David N.: nomination to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, S6682 [11DE], S6739, S6740 [12DE]

Schapiro, Andrew H.: nomination to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, S4728 [23JY]

Schultz, Eric T.: nomination to be Ambassador to Zambia, S5662 [17SE]

Selfridge, Peter A.: nomination to be Dept. of State Chief of Protocol, S2635, S2636 [5MY]

Sherman, Robert A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Portugal, S935, S936 [12FE]

Silliman, Douglas A.: nomination to be Ambassador to Kuwait, S4378, S4384 [10JY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Kuwait, unanimous-consent agreement, S4325 [9JY]

Smith, Dana Shell: nomination to be Ambassador to Qatar, S4378, S4384 [10JY]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Qatar, unanimous-consent agreement, S4325 [9JY]

Spratlen, Pamela L.: nomination to be Ambassador to Uzbekistan, S6179 [20NO]

Stanton, Karen Clark: nomination to be Ambassador to Timor-Leste, S6015 [17NO]

Tefft, John F.: nomination to be Ambassador to Russia, S5310 [31JY]

Tueller, Matthew H.: nomination to be Ambassador to Yemen, S1800 [27MR]

U.N.: deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S. (S. 2195), S1904, S1936 [1AP], S2180, S2181 [7AP]

Verma, Richard R.: nomination to be Ambassador to India, S6437 [9DE]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to India, unanimous-consent agreement, S6434 [9DE]

Wells, Alice G.: nomination to be Ambassador to Jordan, S3680 [16JN]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Jordan, unanimous-consent agreement, S3678 [16JN]

Westphal, Joseph W.: nomination to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, S1761 [26MR]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, unanimous-consent agreement, S1720 [25MR]

Whitaker, Kevin M.: nomination to be Ambassador to Colombia, S1896 [1AP]

——— nomination to be Ambassador to Colombia, unanimous-consent agreement, S1896 [1AP]

Yamate, Robert T.: nomination to be Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros, S6140 [19NO]

Zumwalt, James P.: nomination to be Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau, S6075 [18NO]

Reports

Political Contributions of Executive Nominees, S368S372 [15JA], S761S763 [4FE], S1517S1519 [11MR], S3183, S3184 [20MY], S3937, S3938 [24JN], S4619 [17JY], S5047S5050 [29JY], S5779S5781 [18SE], S6349, S6350 [4DE]

Reports filed

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) Application of Certain House Rules Relative to Travel: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 604) (H. Rept. 113–465), H5022 [29MY]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) Establishment: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 567) (H. Rept. 113–442), H3939 [7MY]

Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) Rules Amendments: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 722) (H. Rept. 113–600), H7527 [15SE]

Consideration of H. Res. 567, Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) Establishment: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 575) (H. Rept. 113–443), H3939 [7MY]

Dept. of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5013) (H. Rept. 113–499), H5823 [30JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 2499) (S. Rept. 113–195), S3863 [19JN]

Foreign Service Nominations: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S2378 [10AP], S6350 [4DE], S6626 [11DE]

Nomination of Alice G. Wells To Be Ambassador to Jordan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3184 [20MY]

Nomination of Allan P. Mustard To Be Ambassador to Turkmenistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5048 [29JY]

Nomination of Amy J. Hyatt To Be Ambassador to Palau: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S370 [15JA]

Nomination of Andrew H. Schapiro To Be Ambassador to the Czech Republic: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3183 [20MY]

Nomination of Anthony L. Gardner To Be European Union U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S368 [15JA]

Nomination of Arnold A. Chacon To Be Foreign Service Director General: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S763 [4FE]

Nomination of Barbara A. Leaf To Be Ambassador to United Arab Emirates: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5780 [18SE]

Nomination of Brent R. Hartley To Be Ambassador to Slovenia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5049 [29JY]

Nomination of Brian A. Nichols To Be Ambassador to Peru: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S369 [15JA]

Nomination of Bruce A. Heyman To Be Ambassador to Canada: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S370 [15JA]

Nomination of Carlos R. Moreno To Be Ambassador to Belize: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S370 [15JA]

Nomination of Cassandra Q. Butts To Be Ambassador to the Bahamas: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3183 [20MY]

Nomination of Charles C. Adams, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Finland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5780 [18SE]

Nomination of Colleen Bradley Bell To Be Ambassador to Hungary: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S762 [4FE]

Nomination of Craig B. Allen To Be Ambassador to Brunei: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5780 [18SE]

Nomination of Cynthia H. Akuetteh To Be Ambassador to Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S369 [15JA]

Nomination of Dana Shell Smith To Be Ambassador to Qatar: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3937 [24JN]

Nomination of David N. Saperstein To Be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5781 [18SE]

Nomination of Deborah L. Birx To Be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of U.S. Government Activities To Combat HIV/AIDS: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1519 [11MR]

Nomination of Donald L. Heflin To Be Ambassador to Cabo Verde: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5781 [18SE]

Nomination of Donald Lu To Be Ambassador to Albania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S370 [15JA]

Nomination of Douglas A. Silliman To Be Ambassador to Kuwait: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1517 [11MR]

Nomination of Dwight L. Bush, Sr., To Be Ambassador to Morocco: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S371 [15JA]

Nomination of Earl R. Miller To Be Ambassador to Botswana: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5779 [18SE]

Nomination of Eric T. Schultz To Be Ambassador to Zambia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S369 [15JA]

Nomination of Erica J. Barks Ruggles To Be Ambassador to Rwanda: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5049 [29JY]

Nomination of Eunice S. Reddick To Be Ambassador to Niger: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S369 [15JA]

Nomination of George A. Krol To Be Ambassador to Kazakhstan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5048 [29JY]

Nomination of George J. Tsunis To Be Ambassador to Norway: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S761 [4FE]

Nomination of Helen R. Meagher La Lime To Be Ambassador to Angola: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S370 [15JA]

Nomination of James D. Nealon To Be Ambassador to Honduras: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3937 [24JN]

Nomination of James D. Pettit To Be Ambassador to Moldova: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5048 [29JY]

Nomination of James P. Zumwalt To Be Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5780 [18SE]

Nomination of Jane D. Hartley To Be Ambassador to France: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5048 [29JY]

Nomination of Jane D. Hartley To Be Ambassador to Monaco: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5049 [29JY]

Nomination of Jess L. Baily To Be Ambassador to Macedonia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6349 [4DE]

Nomination of Joan A. Polaschik To Be Ambassador to Algeria: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3938 [24JN]

Nomination of John F. Hoover To Be Ambassador to Sierra Leone: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S370 [15JA]

Nomination of John F. Tefft To Be Ambassador to Russia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5050 [29JY]

Nomination of John L. Estrada To Be Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1518 [11MR]

Nomination of John R. Bass To Be Ambassador to Turkey: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5048 [29JY]

Nomination of Joseph W. Westphal To Be Ambassador to Saudi Arabia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1517 [11MR]

Nomination of Judith B. Cefkin To Be Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5779 [18SE]

Nomination of Karen Clark Stanton To Be Ambassador to Timor-Leste: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S368 [15JA]

Nomination of Kevin F. O’Malley To Be Ambassador to Ireland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5048 [29JY]

Nomination of Kevin M. Whitaker To Be Ambassador to Colombia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S368 [15JA]

Nomination of Larry E. Andre, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Mauritania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S368 [15JA]

Nomination of Leslie A. Bassett To Be Ambassador to Paraguay: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S4557 [16JY]

Nomination of Luis G. Moreno To Be Ambassador to Jamaica: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1517 [11MR]

Nomination of Marcia S. Bloom Bernicat To Be Ambassador to Bangladesh: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5048 [29JY]

Nomination of Margaret A. Uyehara To Be Ambassador to Montenegro: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6349 [4DE]

Nomination of Mark B. Childress To Be Ambassador to Tanzania: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S371 [15JA]

Nomination of Mark D. Gilbert To Be Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1517 [11MR]

Nomination of Mark W. Lippert To Be Ambassador to Republic of Korea: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3937 [24JN]

Nomination of Matthew H. Tueller To Be Ambassador to Yemen: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1518 [11MR]

Nomination of Matthew T. Harrington To Be Ambassador to Lesotho: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S371 [15JA]

Nomination of Maureen E. Cormack To Be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1518 [11MR]

Nomination of Michael A. Hammer To Be Ambassador to Chile: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S371 [15JA]

Nomination of Michael S. Hoza To Be Ambassador to Cameroon: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S370 [15JA]

Nomination of Michele J. Sison To Be U.N. Deputy Representative and U.N. Security Council Deputy Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5050 [29JY]

Nomination of Michele J. Sison To Be U.N. General Assembly U.S. Representative: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5050 [29JY]

Nomination of Nina Hachigian To Be Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) U.S. Representative, S3183 [20MY]

Nomination of Noah B. Mamet To Be Ambassador to Argentina: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3937 [24JN]

Nomination of Pamela L. Spratlen To Be Ambassador to Uzbekistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5781 [18SE]

Nomination of Peter A. Selfridge To Be Dept. of State Chief of Protocol: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1519 [11MR]

Nomination of Peter M. McKinley To Be Ambassador to Afghanistan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6350 [4DE]

Nomination of Richard M. Mills, Jr., To Be Ambassador to Armenia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6350 [4DE]

Nomination of Richard R. Verma To Be Ambassador to India: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6350 [4DE]

Nomination of Robert A. Sherman To Be Ambassador to Portugal: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S368 [15JA]

Nomination of Robert A. Wood To Be U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1519 [11MR]

Nomination of Robert C. Barber To Be Ambassador to Iceland: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S762 [4FE]

Nomination of Robert F. Cekuta To Be Ambassador to Azerbaijan: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S6349 [4DE]

Nomination of Robert S. Beecroft To Be Ambassador to Egypt: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3938 [24JN]

Nomination of Robert T. Yamate To Be Ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5781 [18SE]

Nomination of Senator Baucus To Be Ambassador to China: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S761 [4FE]

Nomination of Stafford F. Haney To Be Ambassador to Costa Rica: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5780 [18SE]

Nomination of Stuart E. Jones To Be Ambassador to Iraq: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3938 [24JN]

Nomination of Suzan G. LeVine To Be Ambassador to Liechtenstein: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S1518 [11MR]

Nomination of Theodore G. Osius III To Be Ambassador to Vietnam: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3938 [24JN]

Nomination of Thomas F. Daughton To Be Ambassador to Namibia: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S371 [15JA]

Nomination of Thomas P. Kelly III To Be Ambassador to Djibouti: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S3183 [20MY]

Nomination of Timothy M. Broas To Be Ambassador to the Netherlands: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S371 [15JA]

Nomination of Todd D. Robinson To Be Ambassador to Guatemala: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5048 [29JY]

Nomination of Virginia E. Palmer To Be Ambassador to Malawi: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5781 [18SE]

Nomination of William V. Roebuck To Be Ambassador to Bahrain: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate), S5781 [18SE]

Review of the Terrorist Attacks on U.S. Facilities in Benghazi, Libya, September 11–12, 2012: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Rept. 113–134), S367 [15JA]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 105, remove Armed Forces from Iraq, except for those required to protect U.S. diplomatic facilities and personnel, H6819 [25JY]

H. Res. 567, Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) establishment, H3971 [8MY]

H. Res. 575, consideration of H. Res. 567, Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select) establishment, H3953 [8MY]

H. Res. 604, apply certain House Rules relative to travel to Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi (House, Select), H5029 [30MY]

S. 653, Near East and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act, S4435 [10JY], H6837 [25JY]

S. 2195, deny admission to the U.S. any U.N. representative who has engaged in espionage or terrorist activities, or poses a national security threat, against the U.S., S2180 [7AP], H3184 [10AP]

S. Res. 369, U.S. Foreign Service Day, S1283 [4MR]

Tributes

Razak, Najib, E1225 [24JY]