SFRC Hearings: Ten Ambassador-Nominees Before the Senate Today

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

Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Time: 10:15 A.M.
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Feingold

Nominees:

Panel 1:

• The Honorable Charles Aaron Ray, of Maryland
  to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe
  
  
• The Honorable Gayleatha Beatrice Brown,of New Jersey
  to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso
  
  
• Donald Henry Gips, of Colorado
  to be Ambassador to South Africa
  
  
• James Knight, of Alabama
  to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin
  
  
• Earl Michael Irving, of California
  to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland

Panel 2:

• Jerry P. Lanier, of North Carolina
  to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda
  
  
• Michael Anthony Battle Sr., of Georgia
  to be Representative of the United States
  to the African Union, with the rank and
  status of Ambassador
  
  
• Alfonso E. Lenhardt, of New York
  to be Ambassador to Tanzania
  
  
• The Honorable Pamela J. Slutz
  to be Ambassador to Burundi
  
  
• Patricia Newton Moller, of Arkansas
  to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea
  
  
  

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.