Wednesday, July 15, 2009

SFRC Hearings: Derse, Beyer, Gutman, Thorne

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
111th CONGRESS
1st SESSION


Date:Thursday, July 16, 2009
Time: 3:00 P.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building
Presiding: Senator Shaheen

Nominees:

  • The Honorable Anne Elizabeth Derse of Maryland
    to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania

  • Donald Sternoff Beyer, Jr. of Virginia
    to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve
    concurrently and without additional compensation
    as Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein

  • Howard W. Gutman of Maryland
    to be Ambassador to Belgium

  • David H. Thorne, of Massachusetts
    to be Ambassador to the Italian Republic,
    and to serve concurrently and without
    additional compensation as Ambassador
    to the Republic of San Marino


To view the video of the confirmation hearings, click on the heading "NOMINATIONS" on this page and the Committee Channel should pop up. Click on the names of nominees to open up the pdf files of their testimonies/opening statements.
You can also check my new Ambassadors Hearing Page for quick links to videos and confirmation statements.