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NOMINATIONS OF THE 110TH
CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION
HEARINGS
BEFORETHE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
JANUARY 30 THROUGH DECEMBER 19, 2007
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S. HRG. 110–777
NOMINATIONS OF THE 110TH
CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION
HEARINGS
BEFORETHE
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
JANUARY 30 THROUGH DECEMBER 19, 2007
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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.]
Tuesday, January, 30, 2007
Page
Negroponte, John D., to be Deputy Secretary of State ......................................... 6
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Crocker, Ryan C., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq .............................. 79
Wood, William B., to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ... 75
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Fox, Sam, to be Ambassador to Belgium ............................................................... 130
Phillips, Stanley Davis, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia ............... 127
Tuesday March 13, 2007
Almquist, Katherine, to be Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for
International Development for Africa ................................................................ 166
Bonicelli, Paul J., to be Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for Inter-
national Development for Latin America and the Caribbean .......................... 163
Chin, Curtis S., to be U.S. Director of the Asian Development Bank ................. 178
Debevoise, Eli Whitney, III, to be U.S. Executive Director of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development ........................................................ 181
Kunder, James R., to be Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for Inter-
national Development .......................................................................................... 158
Lundsager, Margrethe, to be U.S. Executive Director of the International
Monetary Fund ..................................................................................................... 177
Menarchik, Douglas, to be Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for
International Development for Europe and Eurasia ......................................... 160
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Khalilzad, Zalmay, to be Representative to the United Nations, with the
rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative in the Security
Council on the United Nations, and to be Representative to the Sessions
of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service
as Representative to the United Nations ........................................................... 212
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Thursday, March 22, 2007
Fraker, Ford M., to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ................ 261
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Carter, Phillip, III, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea ....................... 284
Garvey, Janet E., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon ..................... 282
Marquardt, R. Niels, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar and
the Union of Comoros .......................................................................................... 280
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Hughes, Miriam K., to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia .. 311
Hume, Cameron R., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia .................. 305
Huso, Ravic R., to be Ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic ..... 317
Keith, James R., to be Ambassador to Malaysia ................................................... 308
Klemm, Hans G., to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-
Leste ...................................................................................................................... 314
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Jeffery, Reuben, III, to be Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy,
and Agricultural Affairs ...................................................................................... 340
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Cook, Frederick B., to be Ambassador to the Central African Republic ............. 373
Garvelink, William John, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of
the Congo .............................................................................................................. 360
Green, Mark, to be Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania ................ 352
Nesbitt, Wanda. L., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire ............. 376
Nolan, Robert B., to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho ........................ 357
Parker, Maurice S., to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland ................. 355
Perry, June Carter, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone ............. 370
Wednesday, June 20, 2007, Morning
Brownfield, William R., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia ............ 408
Duddy, Patrick Dennis, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Ven-
ezuela .................................................................................................................... 413
McKinley, Peter Michael, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru ................. 411
Wednesday, June 20, 2007, Afternoon
Ereli, Joseph Adam, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain ................... 452
Norland, Richard Boyce, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan ....... 454
Patterson, Anne Woods, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Paki-
stan ........................................................................................................................ 446
Powell, Nancy J., to be Ambassador to Nepal ....................................................... 450
Seche, Stephen A., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen ........................ 457
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Thursday, June 21, 2007
English, Charles L., to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina ................... 494
Kennedy, J. Christian, to be Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues ....................... 497
Moore, Roderick W., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Montenegro ............. 501
Munter, Cameron, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia .......................... 499
Withers, John L., II, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania .................... 492
Tuesday, July 24, 2007, Morning
John, Eric G., to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand ............................ 537
Michalak, Michael W., to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 540
Tuesday, July 24, 2007, Afternoon
Fore, Henrietta Holsman, to be Administrator of the U.S. Agency for Inter-
national Development .......................................................................................... 559
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Brinker, Nancy Goodman, to be Chief of Protocol ................................................ 646
Kimmitt, Mark, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Af-
fairs ....................................................................................................................... 642
Siegel, Ned L., to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas ......... 646
Thomas, Harry K., Jr., to be Director General of the Foreign Service ............... 646
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Egan, Christopher F., to be Representative of the United States to the Orga-
nization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of
Ambassador .......................................................................................................... 698
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Boulware, Mark M., to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania . 719
McGee, James D., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe .................... 725
McMullen, Ronald K., to be Ambassador to the State of Eritrea ........................ 727
Nigro, Louis J., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad ................................. 729
Sanders, Robin R., to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria .......... 714
Wells, Barry L., to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia .................... 716
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Fannin, P. Robert, to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic ...................... 763
Johnson, David T., to be Assistant Secretary of State for International Nar-
cotics and Law Enforcement Affairs ................................................................... 755
Simons, Paul E., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile ............................... 766
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Mathieu, Gail D., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia ........................ 801
Mozena, Dan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola ................................. 803
Reddick, Eunice S., to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador
to the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe ..................................... 797
Steiger, William R., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique ............. 806
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Obsitnik, Vincent, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic .............................. 833
Speckhard, Daniel V., to be Ambassador to Greece .............................................. 827
Stephenson, Thomas F., to be Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic ............ 830
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Heath, Daniel D., to be U.S. Alternate Executive Director of the International
Monetary Fund ..................................................................................................... 858
Kennedy, Patrick F., to be Under Secretary of State for Management .............. 851
Mulvaney, Sean R., to be Assistant Administrator for Management of the
U.S. Agency for International Development ...................................................... 855
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Glendon, Mary Ann, to be Ambassador to the Holy See ...................................... 892
Larson, Charles W., Jr., to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia ................ 894
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NOMINATIONS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007
U.S. SENATE,
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS,
Washington, DC.
Negroponte, John D., to be Deputy Secretary of State
The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 9:35 a.m., in room
SD–216, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Joseph Biden (chair-
man of the committee) presiding.
Present: Senators Biden, Lugar, Hagel, Coleman, Corker,
Obama, Menendez, Voinovich, Murkowski, Cardin, Casey, Webb,
Isakson, and Vitter.
OPENING STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH BIDEN,
U.S. SENATOR FROM DELAWARE
The CHAIRMAN. The hearing will come to order, please. We’re de-
lighted this morning to have Ambassador Negroponte back before
us. We’re equally delighted to have Senator Stevens and Senator
Lieberman. We’re told by staff you folks have a full morning and
a lot going on in your committees, so Senator Lugar and I will fore-
go our opening statements and yield immediately to you, Senator
Stevens, for your introduction and then to Senator Lieberman.
Then we will make our opening statements and invite Ambassador
Negroponte to make his, if that meets your needs.
Senator LIEBERMAN. That’s very gracious of you.
Senator STEVENS. Thank you so much. Let me put my statement
in full in the record and just summarize——
The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, it will be.
STATEMENT OF HON. TED STEVENS,
U.S. SENATOR FROM ALASKA
Senator STEVENS. Mr. Chairman and Senator Lugar, I’m pleased
to be back again before your committee. Ambassador Negroponte
and I have been friends from at least 1977, when he was Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries. I’m de-
lighted he’s joined today by his wife, Diana, and Maria and George
and Sophia behind us.
John came to Alaska in that capacity many times and he han-
dled the fisheries agreements that were important to our young
State. He negotiated in 1978, the landmark accord, which protected
Alaska’s salmon stocks from Japanese high sea fisheries and those
benefits continue through today.
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Over the years, I have worked with John in many positions. I’m
sure you all know his background but he has been Ambassador to
four countries: Honduras, Mexico, The Philippines, Iraq. He has
been a permanent representative to the United Nations and Direc-
tor of National Intelligence. I think—I don’t know any man who
has had more positions in my time here. He has been one who has
had great success, particularly in his most recent assignment
where he has brought together this massive intelligence concepts
of our Federal Government and coordinated them and done an ex-
cellent job and I think everyone realizes what a great job he’s done.
He now seeks to go back to the Department of State. As we all
know, that is where his heart has been and he has stated himself
that all his life, he has wanted to do this kind of this work and
this position he’s going to take now is extremely important to us
and our country.
Winston Churchill once observed that the price of greatness is re-
sponsibility, and John has been willing to accept responsibility on
many occasions. So I hope the committee will quickly recommend
his confirmation as the Deputy Secretary of State and I know of
no man who can do a better job.
The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much, Senator Stevens. I do un-
derstand you may have to leave, and thank you for making the ef-
fort to be here.
Senator STEVENS. I’ll turn it over to my colleague to finish his
comments.
The CHAIRMAN. Senator Lieberman.
STATEMENT OF HON. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN,
U.S. SENATOR FROM CONNECTICUT
Senator LIEBERMAN. Thank you. Thanks Mr. Chairman, Senator
Lugar, Senator Coleman, and other members of the committee.
I’m greatly honored to appear before you and to have been asked,
along with Ted Stevens, to introduce John Negroponte to this com-
mittee and to ask you to confirm him for the high position of Dep-
uty Secretary of State. He is enormously well qualified for this po-
sition.
Ted said he went back to 1977 in knowing John. I would like to
say that we go back to the sixties. We were both at Yale. We may
have crossed as he left in 1960 and I entered there by trying to
subtly indicate that he is older than I am. I am much more distin-
guished. [Laughter.]
There, it struck me that we swore allegiance at the end of our
alma mater to God, Country and Yale. I think John and I both
thought that was in descending order of importance, God, Country
and Yale and in fact, like so many at that time, he was committed
to a life of public service and went right from college to the Foreign
Service and has served our Nation with the highest honor and
greatest positive effect in a number of posts that are part of his
record, which I will not enumerate, since that time, including being
Ambassador to Iraq during a very difficult period where he, I
thought, was very effective and advanced the cause of both stability
and freedom to the best of his ability.
When he was nominated for this post, John said, and I quote,
‘‘Whether in Baghdad, Kabul, Kosovo, or elsewhere, these dedicated
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