On May 2, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee cleared the following nominations paving the way for their full vote in the U.S. Senate:

Mr. Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management)

Mr. David Schenker, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs)

Mr. Robert A. Destro, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor)

The Honorable David Michael Satterfield, of Missouri, 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 Republic of Turkey

Mr. Edward F. Crawford, of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ireland

Ms. Kate Marie Byrnes, of Florida, 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 North Macedonia

The Honorable James S. Gilmore, of Virginia, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador

Mr. Alan R. Swendiman, of North Carolina, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps

Mr. Sean Cairncross, of Minnesota, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation

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