Wednesday, March 25, 2009

More State Department Nominations

Harold Hongju Koh, Nominee for Legal Adviser
Harold Hongju Koh, Dean and Gerard C. & Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at Yale Law School, is one of the country's leading experts on public and private international law, national security law, and human rights. Read more here.


Luis C. de Baca, Nominee for Trafficking in Persons

On March 24, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Luis C. de Baca as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons at the State Department. He is Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, on detail from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Read more:
President Obama Announces Another Key State Department Post, 3/24/09


Susan Burk, Nominee for Special Representative of the President

The President announced his intent to nominate Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President, with the rank of Ambassador, State Department. See her State Department biography here. Read more:
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 3/18/09


Rose Gottemoeller, Nominee for VCI

The President announced his intent to nominate Rose Gottemoeller for Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance (VCI). See her Carnegie Endowment for International Peace biography here. Read more:
President Obama Announces Key State Department Appointment 3/17/09