— Domani Spero
On March 12, the U.S. Senate confirmed the following State Department nominee by voice vote:
- Bruce Heyman, of IL, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada
On March 13, the U.S. Senate confirmed a few more:
- Puneet Talwar – to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs)
- Dwight L. Bush, Sr – to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco
- Timothy M. Broas – to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Arun Madhavan Kumar – to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service (FCS)
Below is Ambassador Broas in an intro video produced by the State Dept’s Bureau of International Information Programs where he talks about his Dutch ancestry and how he wants to connect with the people of the Netherlands!
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- Filling seats: Netherlands and Morocco get U.S. ambassadors (washingtonpost.com)
- Puneet Talwar confirmed in key US State Department job (vancouverdesi.com)
- White House pulls ambassador-nominee to the Netherlands accused of drunk driving (thepowerhous.wordpress.com)
- Obama Campaign Fundraiser Re-nominated for Ambassadorship After DUI Arrest (freebeacon.com)
- U.S. Senate approves Heyman as Obama’s pick for ambassador to Canada (theglobeandmail.com)
- Senate approves Bruce Heyman as U.S. ambassador to Canada (ctvnews.ca)
