Readout: July 22 Business Meeting

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today held a business meeting to pass several of the Administration's nominations. See more information below.

Nominees

•  Mr. Douglas Mastriano to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Slovak Republic
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-10)

• Mr. Juan Segura to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs) and a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2032
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (14-8)

• Mr. Juan Segura to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2026
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-10)

• Mr. Juan Segura to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation for a term expiring September 20, 2032
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-10)

• Ms. Barbera Thornhill to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-9)

• Mr. Joseph Burkhalter to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-9)

• The Honorable John Hurley to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-9)

• Mr. Daniel Perez to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federative Republic of Brazil
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (13-8)

• The Honorable Rudolph Bauer to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (12-9)

• Mr. Brendan Hanrahan to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs)
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (13-8)

• Ms. Katherine Bowles to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs)
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (18-3)

• The Honorable Donald Blome to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs)
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (22-0)

• Mr. Christopher Anderson to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Cambodia
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (18-3)

• Mr. Laurence Socha to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of The Gambia
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (22-0)

• Mr. Stanley Brown to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (22-0)

Foreign Service List

• Aziz Ahmed Ahang, et. al., dated July 14, 2026
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

• Megan Marie Alvarez, et. al., dated July 14, 2026
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

• Ani M. Ahn, et. al., dated July 14, 2026
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

• John Armstrong, et. al., dated July 14, 2026
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

• Amy Caldwell, et. al., dated March 25, 2026
  • Agreed to Favorably by Roll Call Vote (21-0)

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