Just before its pre-election break,
the Senate confirmed a host of Obama administration appointees, including Cameron Munter as the new U.S.
Ambassador to Pakistan.
Munter heads to Islamabad during one
of its most tumultuous periods in recent history. The CIA is hunting down operatives
involved in a plot to attack European cities, the government is under assault
from elements of the opposition, and now Pakistan has cut off
NATO supply routes to Afghanistan in retaliation for the killing of three
Pakistani soldiers by a NATO air strike. Oh, and the country is still reeling
from devastating floods.
In his testimony to the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, Munter identified himself as a clear supporter of Pakistan's civilian government led by President Asif
Ali Zardari.
"Success will come in Pakistan by building confidence in, and working with,
a strong civilian government," he said. "It will be the result of patient
efforts on our part to define and address areas of interest that America and
Pakistan share -- our counterinsurgency against violent extremists, Pakistan's
ability to achieve its full economic potential, our commitment to social
development. We can only achieve this common success with a strong partner in
Pakistan's democratically elected civilian government."
He also said that Pakistan would have to raise taxes on its own people to
get out from under the flood crisis, a call that Hillary Clinton echoed
Tuesday.
"Pakistan must raise its revenues internally to pay for the needs of its
people," Munter said.
Munter heads to Pakistan with his
wife, Marilyn, whom he was separated from during his last posting in
Baghdad.
The Senate also confirmed Donald Steinberg to be deputy
administrator of USAID, Nancy Lindborg
to be USAID's assistant administrator for democracy, conflict, and humanitarian
assistance, and Kristie Kenney to be
Ambassador to Thailand.
A full list of all of Wednesday's
confirmations after the jump
Nancy Lindborg, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau
Donald Kenneth Steinberg, of California, to be Deputy
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development
Cameron Munter to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan
Mark M. Boulware to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Chad
Kristie Anne Kenney, of Virginia, a Career Member of
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the
Kingdom of Thailand
Christopher J. McMullen to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Angola
Robert P. Mikulak, for the rank of Ambassador during
his tenure as United States Representative to the Organization for the
Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
Wanda L. Nesbitt to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Namibia
Jo Ellen Powell, of Maryland, a Career Member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the
Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Karen Brevard Stewart to be Ambassador to the Lao People's
Democratic Republic
Pamela Ann White to be Ambassador to the Republic of
The Gambia
Kevin Concannon to be Member of the Board of Directors
of the Commodity Credit Corporation
Kathleen Merrigan to be Member of the Board of
Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation
James Miller to be Member of the Board of Directors of
the Commodity Credit Corporation
Dallas Tonsager to be Member of the Board of Directors
of the Commodity Credit Corporation
Joseph H. Hogsett, of Indiana, to be United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana for the term of four years
Michael J. Moore, of Georgia, to be United States
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia for the term of four years
Beverly Joyce Harvard, of Georgia, to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Georgia for the term of four years
James Edward Clark, of Kentucky, to be United States
Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky for the term of four years
Kenneth James Runde, of Iowa, to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years
Michael Robert Bladel, of Iowa, to be United States
Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years
Maria Elizabeth (Maribeth) Raffinan to serve as an
Associate Justice of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
David B. Buckley, of Virginia, to be Inspector General,
Central Intelligence Agency
Michael C. Ormsby to be United States Attorney, Eastern
District of Washington
Mark F. Green to be United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Oklahoma
Paul Charles Thielen to be United States Marshal for
the District of South Dakota
Julie A. Reiskin, of Colorado, to be Member of the
Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring
July 13, 2010
Gloria Valencia-Weber, of New Mexico, to be a Member of
the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term
expiring July 13, 2011
Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General
of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (New Position)
Anne M. Harrington, of Virginia, to be Deputy
Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear
Security Administration
Raul Yzaguirre, of Maryland, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the
Dominican Republic
Osvaldo Luis Gratacos Munet, of Puerto Rico, to be
Inspector General, Export-Import Bank
Edward W. Brehm, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term
expiring September 22, 2011
Johnnie Carson, an Assistant Secretary of State
(African Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African
Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2015
Mimi E. Alemayehou, Executive Vice President of the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring
September 22, 2015
Duane E. Woerth, of Nebraska, for the rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United
States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation
Organization
Alexander A. Arvizu, of Virginia, a Career Member of
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the
Republic of Albania
Joseph A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, a Career Member of
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the
Republic of Slovenia
William C. Killian, of Tennessee, to be United States
Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the term of four years
Robert E. O'Neill, of Florida, to be United States
Attorney for the Middle District of Florida for the term of four years
Albert Najera, of California, to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of California for the term of four years
William Claud Sibert, of Missouri, to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of four years
Myron Martin Sutton, of Indiana, to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana for the term of four years
David Mark Singer, of California, to be United States
Marshal for the Central District of California for the term of four years
Jeffrey Thomas Holt, of Tennessee, to be United States
Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee for the term of four years
Steven Clayton Stafford, of California, to be United
States Marshal for the Southern District of California for the term of
four years
Mary Minow, of California, to be a Member of the
National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6,
2014
Subra Suresh, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the
National Science Foundation for a term of six years
Pamela Young-Holmes, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of
the National Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2013
(Reappointment)
Harry James Franklyn Korrell III, of Washington, to be
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a
term expiring July 13, 2011
Joseph Pius Pietrzyk, of Ohio, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring
July 13, 2011
Julie A. Reiskin, of Colorado, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring
July 13, 2013 (Reappointment)
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