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NOMINATIONS OF THE 110TH
CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION
HEARINGS
BEFORETHE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
JANUARY 30 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
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S. HRG. 110–777
NOMINATIONS OF THE 110TH
CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION
HEARINGS
BEFORETHE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION
JANUARY 30 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
110TH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Jr., Delaware, Chairman
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana
JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts CHUCK HAGEL, Nebraska
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin NORM COLEMAN, Minnesota
BARBARA BOXER, California BOB CORKER, Tennessee
BILL NELSON, Florida JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire*
BARACK OBAMA, Illinois GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JIM DEMINT, South Carolina
ROBERT P. CASEY, Pennsylvania JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia
JIM WEBB, Virginia DAVID VITTER, Louisiana
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, Staff Director
KENNETH A. MYERS, Jr., Republican Staff Director
*Note: Reassigned to Committee on Finance January 24, 2008.
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
110TH CONGRESS—SECOND SESSION
JOSEPH R. BIDEN, Jr., Delaware, Chairman
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD, Connecticut RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana
JOHN F. KERRY, Massachusetts CHUCK HAGEL, Nebraska
RUSSELL D. FEINGOLD, Wisconsin NORM COLEMAN, Minnesota
BARBARA BOXER, California BOB CORKER, Tennessee
BILL NELSON, Florida GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio
BARACK OBAMA, Illinois LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska
ROBERT MENENDEZ, New Jersey JIM DEMINT, South Carolina
BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia
ROBERT P. CASEY, Pennsylvania DAVID VITTER, Louisiana
JIM WEBB, Virginia JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming*
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, Staff Director
KENNETH A. MYERS, Jr., Republican Staff Director
*Note: Appointed February 12, 2008.
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CONTENTS
[Any additional material relating to these nominees may be found
at the end of the applicable day’s hearing.]
Page
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Ameri, Goli, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural
Affairs .................................................................................................................... 3
Glassman, James, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy ........... 7
Kramer, David, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human
Rights, and Labor ................................................................................................. 4
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Jones, Deborah, to be Ambassador to Kuwait ....................................................... 62
Moriarty, to be Ambassador to Bangladesh .......................................................... 58
Scobey, Margaret, to be Ambassador to Egypt ...................................................... 52
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Grieco, Jeffrey, to be an Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for
International Development ................................................................................. 89
Guevara, Ana, to be the Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank ......... 93
Morales, Hector, to be the Permanent Representative to the Organization
of American States ............................................................................................... 87
Walther, Larry, to be the Director of the Trade and Development Agency ........ 94
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Barrett, Barbara McConnell, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland ...... 119
Ghafari, Yousif Boutrous, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia .......... 123
McEldowney, Nancy, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria .................. 136
Urbancic, Frank, to be Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus ........................... 133
Volker, Kurt, to be the U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of
NATO .................................................................................................................... 127
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Haslach, Patricia M., to be United States Senior Coordinator for the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum ................................................... 178
Marciel, Scot A., to be United States Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs ............... 175
Stephens, D. Kathleen, to be the Ambassador to the Republic of Korea ............ 165
Todd, William E., to be Ambassador to the State of Brunei Darussalam .......... 172
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Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Callahan, Robert, to be the Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua .............. 221
Cianchette, Peter, to be the Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica ............ 243
Hodges, Heather, to be the Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador .................. 219
Llorens, Hugo, to be the Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras .................... 216
McFarland, Stephen, to be the Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala ....... 224
Speck, Samuel, to be the Commissioner for the United States on the United
States-Canadian—United States-Canada International Joint Commission ... 246
Stephenson, Barbara, to be the Ambassador to the Republic of Panama ........... 239
Monday, April 28, 2008
Burns, William J., to be Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs .............. 279
Jacobs, Janice L., to be Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs ......... 281
McMahan, Vance, to be the U.S. Representative on the Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations ............................................................................ 282
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Beecroft, Robert Stephen, to be Ambassador to Jordan ....................................... 327
Cunningham, James, to be Ambassador to Israel ................................................ 329
Hoagland, Richard, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan ............... 332
LeBaron, Joseph Evan, to be Ambassador to Qatar ............................................. 336
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Bernicat, Marcia Stephens Bloom, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guin-
ea-Bissau ............................................................................................................... 372
Bodde, Peter W., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi ........................... 395
Booth, Donald E., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia ......................... 398
Hawkins, Patricia McMahon , to be Ambassador to the Togolese Republic ....... 383
Milovanovic, Gillian Arlette, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mali ............ 374
Myles, Marianne Matuzic, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde .... 403
Nolan, Stephen James, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana ............ 400
Thomas-Greenfield, Linda, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia .......... 381
Tritelbaum, Donald Gene, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana ............ 377
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Ayalde, Liliana, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay .........................
Boswell, Eric J., to be Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security .....
DiCarlo, Rosemary Anne, to be Alternate U.S. Representative to the Sessions
of the General Assembly and the Alternate U.S. Representative for Special
Political Affairs in the United Nations ..............................................................
Jones, John Melvin, to be Ambassador to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Beyrle, John R., to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation ........................... 462
Chaudhry, Asif, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova ........................... 465
Culbertson, James, be Ambassador to the Kingdom of The Netherlands ........... 447
Girard-diCarlo, David F., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria ............ 450
Kaidanow, Tina S., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo ....................... 469
Reeker, Phillip Thomas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia ......... 473
Silverberg, Kristen, to be the U.S. Representative to the European Union ....... 454
Yovanovitch, Maria L., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia .............. 477
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Page
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Alemayehou, Mimi, to be the United States Director of the African Develop-
ment Bank ............................................................................................................ 549
Durkin, Patrick, to be a member of the board of directors of the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation ......................................................................... 554
Peel, Ken, to be the U.S. Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development .................................................................................................. 552
San Juan, Miguel, to be the U.S. Director/Executive Director of the Inter-
American Development Bank .............................................................................. 556
July 23, 2008—morning
Eastham, Hon. Alan W., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Congo ................
Simon, John, to be Ambassador to the African Union .........................................
Swan, James, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti ...............................
Symington, Hon. W. Stuart, to be Ambassador to Rwanda .................................
July 23, 2008—afternoon
Gfoeller-Volkoff, Tatiana C., to be Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan ...........................
Olson, Richard G., Jr., to be Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates ............
Pearce, David D., to be Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic
of Algeria ...............................................................................................................
Sison, Hon. Michele J., to be U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon ................................
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Kim, Sung, to be Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks ...................................... 577
McGann, Steven, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, the
Republic of Nauru, the Kingdoms of Tonga and Tuvalu, and the Republic
of Kiribati .............................................................................................................. 583
Rodley, Carol Ann, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia .................. 587
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Hook, Brian, to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization
Affairs .................................................................................................................... 596
Lebedev, Gregori, to be Representative of the United States to the United
Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, and to be Alternate Representa-
tive of the United States to the Sessions of the General Assembly of
the United Nations .............................................................................................. 598
Reynolds, Matthew, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs .. 600
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Cretz, Gene A., to be Ambassador to Libya ........................................................... 000
Jeffrey, James F., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey ......................... 000
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NOMINATIONS
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
U.S. SENATE,
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,
Washington, DC.
Ameri, Goli, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and
Cultural Affairs
Glassman, James, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplo-
macy
Kramer, David, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor
The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 11:15 a.m., in room
SD–419, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Bill Nelson, pre-
siding.
Present: Senators Bill Nelson, Feingold, Menendez, Cardin, and
Lugar.
Also present: Senators Lieberman and Smith.
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. BILL NELSON,
U.S. SENATOR FROM FLORIDA
Senator Bill NELSON. We’re here to consider the nominations of
the Honorable Goli Ameri to be Assistant Secretary of State for
Educational and Cultural Affairs, and the Honorable James Glass-
man to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, and Mr.
David Kramer to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor.
We’ve been joined by our colleague, Senator Smith, and I want
to extend the courtesies of the chair to you for your statement.
STATEMENT OF HON. GORDON H. SMITH,
U.S. SENATOR FROM OREGON
Senator SMITH. Thank you, Senator Nelson. I’m honored to be
back in the Foreign Relations Committee. I miss this committee
very much and I thank you and Ben for your service on this com-
mittee. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did in my first term.
It is for me both a privilege and a pleasure to be here to speak
on behalf of Goli Ameri. She is one of the most remarkable Orego-
nians that it is my privilege to know. She’s a long-time friend, she’s
been a supporter, she has been a public servant, she has been a
distinguished businesswoman. She has a lovely family and a great
husband in Jim.
But her story really is much richer than that. Goli was born in
Iran and came to the United States under very difficult cir-
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cumstances, made her way through Stanford University, and dis-
tinguished herself academically. Moreover, she took that knowledge
and built a very successful business. She’s the founder and presi-
dent of eTinium, which is an international consulting and mar-
keting research company specializing in telecommunications. Her
opinions are regularly sought by business magazines, journals, and
newspapers.
Before starting eTinium, she served as a director of U.S. Leasing,
a former division of the Ford Motor Credit, and Fleet Bank. She
has recently completed service, played a valuable role in rep-
resenting the United States internationally as a public delegate to
the 61st session of the United States Commission on Human
Rights in Geneva, Switzerland.
In addition to that, she is a supporter of the Iran Democracy
Project at the Hoover Institution, which seeks to study democracy
and how to aid it, its development, in Iran.
I believe she truly embodies all the best in the American spirit
and I’m very excited at this nomination and I urge your support.
She certainly has mine, because she has earned it over many,
many years with a distinguished career in public service and most-
ly just as a great human being.
So thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Senator Bill NELSON. Thank you, Senator Smith.
Senator Lugar.
STATEMENT OF HON. RICHARD G. LUGAR,
U.S. SENATOR FROM INDIANA
Senator LUGAR. Mr. Chairman, I would like to just make a short
statement of greeting, if I may, this morning. I’m very pleased to
welcome three very distinguished nominees. I have often spoken of
the need to draw talented individuals from the private sector into
public service. Given the potential loss of privacy, the reduction in
pay, financial restrictions, other complications, government service
sometimes holds little attraction for men and women who have
built careers in the private sector. Many nominees make personal
and financial sacrifices to pursue difficult assignments in the serv-
ice of our country.
I am grateful that Mr. Glassman, Mr. Murray, and Mr. Kramer
have stepped forward to serve their country at this critical time.
Understandably, during an election year the country begins to look
ahead to the possibilities of a new administration. But irrespective
of the upcoming election, the important business of our Govern-
ment continues on, and this is especially true in the State Depart-
ment, which is contending with numerous diplomatic challenges.
With less than a year remaining in this administration, it’s es-
sential that the Foreign Relations Committee move with dispatch
to confirm qualified nominees so they can provide leadership as
soon as possible. Similarly, I would urge the Bush administration
to make decisions about vacant posts at an early date so the State
Department does not experience gaps in its diplomatic or manage-
rial leadership.
I congratulate the nominees before us today. I look forward to
your discussion with them and support of them as we try to expe-
dite this procedure.
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