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116 (2019-2020) 114 (2015-2016) 109 (2005-2006) — 110 (2007-2008) 106 (1999-2000) 96 (1979-1980) 79 (1945-1946) 76 (1939-1941) Senate Massachusetts
1. PN1321 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 119 nominations, beginning with Jenny U. Abamu, and ending with Hamda A. Yusuf Date Received from President: 12/02/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
1. PN1321 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 119 nominations, beginning with Jenny U. Abamu, and ending with Hamda A. Yusuf Date Received: 12/02/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
2. PN1319 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 154 nominations, beginning with Kara Miriam Abramson, and ending with Megan Elizabeth Zurowski Date Received from President: 12/02/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
2. PN1319 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 154 nominations, beginning with Kara Miriam Abramson, and ending with Megan Elizabeth Zurowski Date Received: 12/02/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
3. PN1318 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 41 nominations, beginning with Shon Stephen Belcher, and ending with David Mango Date Received from President: 12/02/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
3. PN1318 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 41 nominations, beginning with Shon Stephen Belcher, and ending with David Mango Date Received: 12/02/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
4. PN1306 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 28 nominations, beginning with Scott L. Anderson, and ending with Conrad WP. Wong Date Received from President: 11/21/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 01/03/2020 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
4. PN1306 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 28 nominations, beginning with Scott L. Anderson, and ending with Conrad WP. Wong Date Received: 11/21/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 01/03/2020 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
5. PN1037 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Steven Christopher Koutsis — Department of State Steven Christopher Koutsis, of Massachusetts, 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 Chad. Date Received from President: 08/01/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 08/01/2019 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
5. PN1037 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Steven Christopher Koutsis — Department of State Steven Christopher Koutsis, of Massachusetts, 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 Chad. Date Received: 08/01/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 08/01/2019 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (All Actions)
6. PN889 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Mary Beth Leonard — Department of State Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, 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 Federal Republic of Nigeria. Date Received from President: 06/24/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 08/01/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
6. PN889 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Mary Beth Leonard — Department of State Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, 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 Federal Republic of Nigeria. Date Received: 06/24/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 08/01/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
7. PN859 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Carlos M. Garcia — Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico Carlos M. Garcia, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New Position) Date Received from President: 06/18/2019 Committee: Energy and Natural Resources Latest Action: 06/18/2019 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
7. PN859 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Carlos M. Garcia — Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico Carlos M. Garcia, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico for the remainder of the term expiring August 30, 2019. (New Position) Date Received: 06/18/2019 Referred: Energy and Natural Resources Latest Action: 06/18/2019 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (All Actions)
8. PN791 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 68 nominations, beginning with Sonja Joy Andersen, and ending with Sandra M. Zuniga Guzman Date Received from President: 05/21/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 07/31/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
8. PN791 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 68 nominations, beginning with Sonja Joy Andersen, and ending with Sandra M. Zuniga Guzman Date Received: 05/21/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 07/31/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
9. PN790 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 81 nominations, beginning with Vanessa L. Adams, and ending with Lyndsey K. Yoshino-Spencer Date Received from President: 05/21/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 07/31/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
9. PN790 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 81 nominations, beginning with Vanessa L. Adams, and ending with Lyndsey K. Yoshino-Spencer Date Received: 05/21/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 07/31/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
10. PN787-1 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 264 nominations, beginning with Uchenna Nnayelugo Agu, and ending with Jaime Alber Zea Cifuentes Date Received from President: 05/21/2019 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 07/31/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
10. PN787-1 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Foreign Service 264 nominations, beginning with Uchenna Nnayelugo Agu, and ending with Jaime Alber Zea Cifuentes Date Received: 05/21/2019 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 07/31/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
11. PN168 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Carleton Varney — National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Carleton Varney, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2022, vice Paul W. Hodes, term expired. Date Received from President: 01/16/2019 Committee: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 02/21/2019 - Placed on Senate Executive Calendar pursuant to S.Res. 116, 112th Congress. Calendar No. 78. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate. (All Actions)
11. PN168 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Carleton Varney — National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Carleton Varney, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2022, vice Paul W. Hodes, term expired. Date Received: 01/16/2019 Referred: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 02/21/2019 - Placed on Senate Executive Calendar pursuant to S.Res. 116, 112th Congress. Calendar No. 78. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate. (All Actions)
12. PN102 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Christopher P. Vincze — Overseas Private Investment Corporation Christopher P. Vincze, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2019, vice Todd A. Fisher, term expired. Date Received from President: 01/16/2019 Committee: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 06/13/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
12. PN102 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Christopher P. Vincze — Overseas Private Investment Corporation Christopher P. Vincze, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation for a term expiring December 17, 2019, vice Todd A. Fisher, term expired. Date Received: 01/16/2019 Referred: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 06/13/2019 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
13. PN81 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Michael J. Astrue — Social Security Advisory Board Michael J. Astrue, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2022, vice Alan L. Cohen, term expired. Date Received from President: 01/16/2019 Committee: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 09/09/2019 - Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. (All Actions)
13. PN81 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — Michael J. Astrue — Social Security Advisory Board Michael J. Astrue, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2022, vice Alan L. Cohen, term expired. Date Received: 01/16/2019 Referred: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 09/09/2019 - Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. (All Actions)
14. PN72 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — William Shaw McDermott — Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority William Shaw McDermott, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2024, vice Nina Mitchell Wells, term expired. Date Received from President: 01/16/2019 Committee: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 01/03/2020 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
14. PN72 — 116th Congress (2019-2020) — William Shaw McDermott — Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority William Shaw McDermott, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2024, vice Nina Mitchell Wells, term expired. Date Received: 01/16/2019 Referred: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 01/03/2020 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
15. PN1911 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 180 nominations, beginning with Anthony Abba, and ending with Michael David Zgoda Date Received from President: 11/29/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/07/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
15. PN1911 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 180 nominations, beginning with Anthony Abba, and ending with Michael David Zgoda Date Received: 11/29/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/07/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
16. PN1705 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 161 nominations, beginning with John Robert Adams, and ending with David M. Zwick Date Received from President: 09/06/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/28/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
16. PN1705 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 161 nominations, beginning with John Robert Adams, and ending with David M. Zwick Date Received: 09/06/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/28/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
17. PN1704-2 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 99 nominations, beginning with Jorge A. Abudei, and ending with Deborah Kay Jones Date Received from President: 09/06/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/28/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
17. PN1704-2 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 99 nominations, beginning with Jorge A. Abudei, and ending with Deborah Kay Jones Date Received: 09/06/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/28/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
18. PN1642-2 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 188 nominations, beginning with Diana Isabel Acosta, and ending with Elisa Joelle Zogbi Date Received from President: 07/13/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/28/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
18. PN1642-2 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 188 nominations, beginning with Diana Isabel Acosta, and ending with Elisa Joelle Zogbi Date Received: 07/13/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/28/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
19. PN1495 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 187 nominations, beginning with Jocelyn N. Adams, and ending with Brian Joseph Zacherl Date Received from President: 05/19/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/29/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
19. PN1495 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 187 nominations, beginning with Jocelyn N. Adams, and ending with Brian Joseph Zacherl Date Received: 05/19/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/29/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
20. PN1486 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 90 nominations, beginning with Amanda R. Ahlers, and ending with Lee V. Wilbur Date Received from President: 05/18/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/29/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
20. PN1486 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 90 nominations, beginning with Amanda R. Ahlers, and ending with Lee V. Wilbur Date Received: 05/18/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/29/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
21. PN1374 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Lawrence Robert Silverman — Department of State Lawrence Robert Silverman, of Massachusetts, 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 State of Kuwait. Date Received from President: 04/18/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 07/14/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
21. PN1374 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Lawrence Robert Silverman — Department of State Lawrence Robert Silverman, of Massachusetts, 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 State of Kuwait. Date Received: 04/18/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 07/14/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
22. PN1373 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Mary Beth Leonard — Department of State Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Date Received from President: 04/18/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/29/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
22. PN1373 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Mary Beth Leonard — Department of State Mary Beth Leonard, of Massachusetts, to be Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Date Received: 04/18/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/29/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
23. PN1315 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Matthew Lehrich — Department of Education Matthew Lehrich, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education, vice Peter Cunningham. Date Received from President: 04/07/2016 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/03/2017 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
23. PN1315 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Matthew Lehrich — Department of Education Matthew Lehrich, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education, vice Peter Cunningham. Date Received: 04/07/2016 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/03/2017 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
24. PN1257 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 173 nominations, beginning with Melinda L. Crowley, and ending with Julie Elizabeth Zinamon Date Received from President: 03/15/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/18/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
24. PN1257 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 173 nominations, beginning with Melinda L. Crowley, and ending with Julie Elizabeth Zinamon Date Received: 03/15/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/18/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
25. PN1256 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 146 nominations, beginning with Rian Harker Harris, and ending with Jennifer Marie Schuett Date Received from President: 03/15/2016 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/18/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
25. PN1256 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 146 nominations, beginning with Rian Harker Harris, and ending with Jennifer Marie Schuett Date Received: 03/15/2016 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/18/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
26. PN1005 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Marcela Escobari — United States Agency for International Development Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Mark Feierstein, resigned. Date Received from President: 12/07/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/17/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
26. PN1005 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Marcela Escobari — United States Agency for International Development Marcela Escobari, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Mark Feierstein, resigned. Date Received: 12/07/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/17/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
27. PN954 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 102 nominations, beginning with Christopher Volciak, and ending with Edward L. Robinson III Date Received from President: 11/19/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
27. PN954 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 102 nominations, beginning with Christopher Volciak, and ending with Edward L. Robinson III Date Received: 11/19/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
28. PN953 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 37 nominations, beginning with Jennifer M. Adams, and ending with Sunil Sebastian Xavier Date Received from President: 11/19/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/17/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
28. PN953 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 37 nominations, beginning with Jennifer M. Adams, and ending with Sunil Sebastian Xavier Date Received: 11/19/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/17/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
29. PN949 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Harry R. Hoglander — National Mediation Board Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2017. (Reappointment) Date Received from President: 11/19/2015 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/03/2017 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
29. PN949 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Harry R. Hoglander — National Mediation Board Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2017. (Reappointment) Date Received: 11/19/2015 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/03/2017 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
30. PN939 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 119 nominations, beginning with Steven Carl Aaberg, and ending with Sandra M. Zuniga Guzman Date Received from President: 11/10/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
30. PN939 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 119 nominations, beginning with Steven Carl Aaberg, and ending with Sandra M. Zuniga Guzman Date Received: 11/10/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
31. PN910 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — David McKean — Department of State David McKean, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Luxembourg. Date Received from President: 10/08/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 02/12/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
31. PN910 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — David McKean — Department of State David McKean, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Luxembourg. Date Received: 10/08/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 02/12/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
32. PN877-1 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 404 nominations, beginning with Jason Douglas Kalbfleisch, and ending with Stuart MacKenzie Hatcher Date Received from President: 09/21/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 11/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
32. PN877-1 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 404 nominations, beginning with Jason Douglas Kalbfleisch, and ending with Stuart MacKenzie Hatcher Date Received: 09/21/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 11/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
33. PN800 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 127 nominations, beginning with Kreshnik Alikaj, and ending with Brett David Ziskie Date Received from President: 09/08/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 11/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
33. PN800 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 127 nominations, beginning with Kreshnik Alikaj, and ending with Brett David Ziskie Date Received: 09/08/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 11/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
34. PN761 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Thomas F. Scott Darling III — Department of Transportation Thomas F. Scott Darling, III, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, vice Anne S. Ferro, resigned. Date Received from President: 08/05/2015 Committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation Latest Action: 07/14/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
34. PN761 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Thomas F. Scott Darling III — Department of Transportation Thomas F. Scott Darling, III, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, vice Anne S. Ferro, resigned. Date Received: 08/05/2015 Referred: Commerce, Science, and Transportation Latest Action: 07/14/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
35. PN755 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Gary Stephen Katzmann — The Judiciary Gary Stephen Katzmann, of Massachusetts, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, vice Jane A. Restani, retired. Date Received from President: 07/30/2015 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 06/06/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
35. PN755 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Gary Stephen Katzmann — The Judiciary Gary Stephen Katzmann, of Massachusetts, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, vice Jane A. Restani, retired. Date Received: 07/30/2015 Referred: Judiciary Latest Action: 06/06/2016 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
36. PN749 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Inga S. Bernstein — The Judiciary Inga S. Bernstein, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, vice Douglas P. Woodlock, retired. Date Received from President: 07/30/2015 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 01/03/2017 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
36. PN749 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Inga S. Bernstein — The Judiciary Inga S. Bernstein, of Massachusetts, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, vice Douglas P. Woodlock, retired. Date Received: 07/30/2015 Referred: Judiciary Latest Action: 01/03/2017 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
37. PN649 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — John Maeda — National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities John Maeda, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2016. (New Position) Date Received from President: 07/13/2015 Committee: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 01/03/2017 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
37. PN649 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — John Maeda — National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities John Maeda, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2016. (New Position) Date Received: 07/13/2015 Referred: (See S. Res. 116 - 112th Congress) Latest Action: 01/03/2017 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
38. PN643 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 101 nominations, beginning with Jennifer Ann Amos, and ending with Holly Rothe Wielkoszewski Date Received from President: 07/08/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 11/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
38. PN643 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 101 nominations, beginning with Jennifer Ann Amos, and ending with Holly Rothe Wielkoszewski Date Received: 07/08/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 11/10/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
39. PN642 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 321 nominations, beginning with Jason Douglas Kalbfleisch, and ending with Stuart Mackenzie Hatcher Date Received from President: 07/08/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/09/2015 - Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. (All Actions)
39. PN642 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 321 nominations, beginning with Jason Douglas Kalbfleisch, and ending with Stuart Mackenzie Hatcher Date Received: 07/08/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/09/2015 - Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. (All Actions)
40. PN579 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — John Morton — Overseas Private Investment Corporation John Morton, of Massachusetts, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, vice Mimi E. Alemayehou. Date Received from President: 06/16/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 02/01/2016 - Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. (All Actions)
40. PN579 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — John Morton — Overseas Private Investment Corporation John Morton, of Massachusetts, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, vice Mimi E. Alemayehou. Date Received: 06/16/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 02/01/2016 - Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. (All Actions)
41. PN573-3 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 161 nominations, beginning with Maura Barry Boyle, and ending with Anthony Wolak Date Received from President: 06/10/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 08/05/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
41. PN573-3 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 161 nominations, beginning with Maura Barry Boyle, and ending with Anthony Wolak Date Received: 06/10/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 08/05/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
42. PN466 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 478 nominations, beginning with Bruce Matthews, and ending with Brian Stephen Zelakiewicz Date Received from President: 05/07/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/23/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
42. PN466 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 478 nominations, beginning with Bruce Matthews, and ending with Brian Stephen Zelakiewicz Date Received: 05/07/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/23/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
43. PN462 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Edwin Richard Nolan Jr. — Department of State Edwin Richard Nolan, Jr., of Massachusetts, 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 Suriname. Date Received from President: 05/07/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/08/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
43. PN462 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Edwin Richard Nolan Jr. — Department of State Edwin Richard Nolan, Jr., of Massachusetts, 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 Suriname. Date Received: 05/07/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/08/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
44. PN461 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Peter F. Mulrean — Department of State Peter F. Mulrean, of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti. Date Received from President: 05/07/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 08/05/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
44. PN461 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Peter F. Mulrean — Department of State Peter F. Mulrean, of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti. Date Received: 05/07/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 08/05/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
45. PN370 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 212 nominations, beginning with Anthony S. Amatos, and ending with Elena Zlatnik Date Received from President: 04/15/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/23/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
45. PN370 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 212 nominations, beginning with Anthony S. Amatos, and ending with Elena Zlatnik Date Received: 04/15/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/23/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
46. PN369 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 346 nominations, beginning with Craig A. Anderson, and ending with Henry Kaminski Date Received from President: 04/15/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/23/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
46. PN369 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 346 nominations, beginning with Craig A. Anderson, and ending with Henry Kaminski Date Received: 04/15/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/23/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
47. PN332 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Joyce Louise Connery — Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Joyce Louise Connery, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2019, vice Peter Stanley Winokur, resigned. Date Received from President: 04/13/2015 Committee: Armed Services Latest Action: 08/05/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
47. PN332 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Joyce Louise Connery — Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Joyce Louise Connery, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board for a term expiring October 18, 2019, vice Peter Stanley Winokur, resigned. Date Received: 04/13/2015 Referred: Armed Services Latest Action: 08/05/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
48. PN230-1 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 143 nominations, beginning with Alexious Butler, and ending with Naida Zecevic Bean Date Received from President: 02/26/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/27/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
48. PN230-1 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 143 nominations, beginning with Alexious Butler, and ending with Naida Zecevic Bean Date Received: 02/26/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/27/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
49. PN72-1 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 177 nominations, beginning with Gregory Adams, and ending with Todd R. Ziccarelli Date Received from President: 01/13/2015 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/27/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
49. PN72-1 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Foreign Service 177 nominations, beginning with Gregory Adams, and ending with Todd R. Ziccarelli Date Received: 01/13/2015 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/27/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
50. PN43 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Dava J. Newman — National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dava J. Newman, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice Lori Garver, resigned. Date Received from President: 01/08/2015 Committee: Commerce, Science, and Transportation Latest Action: 04/27/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 87 - 0. Record Vote Number: 166. (All Actions)
50. PN43 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Dava J. Newman — National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dava J. Newman, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice Lori Garver, resigned. Date Received: 01/08/2015 Referred: Commerce, Science, and Transportation Latest Action: 04/27/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 87 - 0. Record Vote Number: 166. (All Actions)
51. PN1 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Ashton B. Carter — Department of Defense Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Defense, vice Charles Timothy Hagel. Date Received from President: 01/07/2015 Committee: Armed Services Latest Action: 02/12/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 5. Record Vote Number: 56. (All Actions)
51. PN1 — 114th Congress (2015-2016) — Ashton B. Carter — Department of Defense Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Defense, vice Charles Timothy Hagel. Date Received: 01/07/2015 Referred: Armed Services Latest Action: 02/12/2015 - Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 93 - 5. Record Vote Number: 56. (All Actions)
52. PN2199 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 153 nominations, beginning with Laszlo F. Sagi, and ending with Daniel E. Harris Date Received from President: 12/09/2008 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
52. PN2199 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 153 nominations, beginning with Laszlo F. Sagi, and ending with Daniel E. Harris Date Received: 12/09/2008 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
53. PN2025 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Diane L. Souvaine — National Science Foundation Diane L. Souvaine, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2014, vice Kenneth M. Ford, term expired. Date Received from President: 09/15/2008 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
53. PN2025 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Diane L. Souvaine — National Science Foundation Diane L. Souvaine, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, for a term expiring May 10, 2014, vice Kenneth M. Ford, term expired. Date Received: 09/15/2008 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
54. PN1999 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 227 nominations, beginning with Jonathan Trevor Austin, and ending with David Malcolm Robinson Jr. Date Received from President: 09/12/2008 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
54. PN1999 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 227 nominations, beginning with Jonathan Trevor Austin, and ending with David Malcolm Robinson Jr. Date Received: 09/12/2008 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
55. PN1991 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 258 nominations, beginning with Orna T. Blum, and ending with Alice G. Wells Date Received from President: 09/09/2008 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
55. PN1991 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 258 nominations, beginning with Orna T. Blum, and ending with Alice G. Wells Date Received: 09/09/2008 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
56. PN1975 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Caroline M. Hoxby — National Board for Education Sciences Caroline M. Hoxby, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28, 2012. (Reappointment) Date Received from President: 09/08/2008 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
56. PN1975 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Caroline M. Hoxby — National Board for Education Sciences Caroline M. Hoxby, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28, 2012. (Reappointment) Date Received: 09/08/2008 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
57. PN1970 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Paul E. Peterson — National Board for Education Sciences Paul E. Peterson, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28, 2011, vice Herbert John Walberg, term expired. Date Received from President: 09/08/2008 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
57. PN1970 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Paul E. Peterson — National Board for Education Sciences Paul E. Peterson, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term expiring November 28, 2011, vice Herbert John Walberg, term expired. Date Received: 09/08/2008 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
58. PN1959 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Anthony W. Ryan — Department of the Treasury Anthony W. Ryan, of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Robert K. Steel, resigned. Date Received from President: 07/31/2008 Committee: Finance Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
58. PN1959 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Anthony W. Ryan — Department of the Treasury Anthony W. Ryan, of Massachusetts, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Robert K. Steel, resigned. Date Received: 07/31/2008 Referred: Finance Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
59. PN1875 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Jeffrey B. Rudman — Institute of Museum and Library Services Jeffrey B. Rudman, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2013, vice Harry Robinson, Jr., term expiring. Date Received from President: 07/15/2008 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
59. PN1875 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Jeffrey B. Rudman — Institute of Museum and Library Services Jeffrey B. Rudman, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2013, vice Harry Robinson, Jr., term expiring. Date Received: 07/15/2008 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
60. PN1827 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Matthew A. Reynolds — Department of State Matthew A. Reynolds, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), vice Jeffrey Thomas Bergner, resigned. Date Received from President: 06/26/2008 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
60. PN1827 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Matthew A. Reynolds — Department of State Matthew A. Reynolds, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), vice Jeffrey Thomas Bergner, resigned. Date Received: 06/26/2008 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
61. PN1790 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Mary E. Curtis — National Institute For Literacy Mary E. Curtis, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2011, vice Carmel Borders, term expiring. Date Received from President: 06/19/2008 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
61. PN1790 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Mary E. Curtis — National Institute For Literacy Mary E. Curtis, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board for a term expiring November 25, 2011, vice Carmel Borders, term expiring. Date Received: 06/19/2008 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
62. PN1761 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Marylyn Andrea Howe — National Council on Disability Marylyn Andrea Howe, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2011. (Reappointment) Date Received from President: 06/10/2008 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
62. PN1761 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Marylyn Andrea Howe — National Council on Disability Marylyn Andrea Howe, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2011. (Reappointment) Date Received: 06/10/2008 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
63. PN1690-1 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 217 nominations, beginning with Matthew Kazuaki Asada, and ending with Adam Zerbinopoulos Date Received from President: 05/22/2008 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
63. PN1690-1 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 217 nominations, beginning with Matthew Kazuaki Asada, and ending with Adam Zerbinopoulos Date Received: 05/22/2008 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
64. PN1595 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick — Department of Justice Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Regina B. Schofield, resigned. Date Received from President: 04/23/2008 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
64. PN1595 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick — Department of Justice Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Regina B. Schofield, resigned. Date Received: 04/23/2008 Referred: Judiciary Latest Action: 10/02/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
65. PN1563 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 300 nominations, beginning with Craig Lewis Cloud, and ending with Kimberly K. Ottwell Date Received from President: 04/15/2008 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
65. PN1563 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 300 nominations, beginning with Craig Lewis Cloud, and ending with Kimberly K. Ottwell Date Received: 04/15/2008 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
66. PN1452 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 138 nominations, beginning with Andrew Townsend Wiener, and ending with Troy A. Lindquist Date Received from President: 03/05/2008 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
66. PN1452 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 138 nominations, beginning with Andrew Townsend Wiener, and ending with Troy A. Lindquist Date Received: 03/05/2008 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
67. PN1182 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Jan Cellucci — Institute of Museum and Library Services Jan Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012, vice Edwin Joseph Riguad, term expired. Date Received from President: 01/22/2008 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
67. PN1182 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Jan Cellucci — Institute of Museum and Library Services Jan Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2012, vice Edwin Joseph Riguad, term expired. Date Received: 01/22/2008 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
68. PN1157 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — David J. Kramer — Department of State David J. Kramer, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, vice Barry F. Lowenkron. Date Received from President: 12/14/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
68. PN1157 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — David J. Kramer — Department of State David J. Kramer, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, vice Barry F. Lowenkron. Date Received: 12/14/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
69. PN1139 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Gregory G. Katsas — Department of Justice Gregory G. Katsas, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Peter D. Keisler, resigned. Date Received from President: 12/11/2007 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
69. PN1139 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Gregory G. Katsas — Department of Justice Gregory G. Katsas, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Peter D. Keisler, resigned. Date Received: 12/11/2007 Referred: Judiciary Latest Action: 06/27/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
70. PN1076 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Reed Verne Hillman — Department of Justice Reed Verne Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years, vice Anthony Dichio. Date Received from President: 11/15/2007 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
70. PN1076 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Reed Verne Hillman — Department of Justice Reed Verne Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years, vice Anthony Dichio. Date Received: 11/15/2007 Referred: Judiciary Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
71. PN1034 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 186 nominations, beginning with S. Najlaa Abdus-Samad, and ending with Lonnie J. Price Date Received from President: 11/07/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
71. PN1034 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 186 nominations, beginning with S. Najlaa Abdus-Samad, and ending with Lonnie J. Price Date Received: 11/07/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
72. PN1028 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Mary Ann Glendon — Department of State Mary Ann Glendon, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See. Date Received from President: 11/07/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
72. PN1028 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Mary Ann Glendon — Department of State Mary Ann Glendon, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See. Date Received: 11/07/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
73. PN1007 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 155 nominations, beginning with Pamela E. Bridgewater, and ending with Frontis B. Wiggins Date Received from President: 10/23/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
73. PN1007 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 155 nominations, beginning with Pamela E. Bridgewater, and ending with Frontis B. Wiggins Date Received: 10/23/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
74. PN980 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Gus P. Coldebella — Department of Homeland Security Gus P. Coldebella, of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice Philip J. Perry, resigned. Date Received from President: 10/16/2007 Committee: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
74. PN980 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Gus P. Coldebella — Department of Homeland Security Gus P. Coldebella, of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice Philip J. Perry, resigned. Date Received: 10/16/2007 Referred: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Latest Action: 01/02/2009 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate pursuant to sine die adjournment. (All Actions)
75. PN915 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — William Delahunt — Department of State William Delahunt, of Massachusetts, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Date Received from President: 09/12/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/24/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
75. PN915 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — William Delahunt — Department of State William Delahunt, of Massachusetts, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-second Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Date Received: 09/12/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 09/24/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
76. PN877-1 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 284 nominations, beginning with Cedra Danielle Eaton, and ending with Danny J. Sheesley Date Received from President: 09/06/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
76. PN877-1 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 284 nominations, beginning with Cedra Danielle Eaton, and ending with Danny J. Sheesley Date Received: 09/06/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 12/19/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
77. PN864 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — James Francis Moriarty — Department of State James Francis Moriarty, of Massachusetts, 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh. Date Received from President: 09/04/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
77. PN864 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — James Francis Moriarty — Department of State James Francis Moriarty, of Massachusetts, 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh. Date Received: 09/04/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 03/13/2008 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
78. PN825 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Alan D. Solomont — Corporation for National and Community Service Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2009. (Reappointment) Date Received from President: 08/02/2007 Committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
78. PN825 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Alan D. Solomont — Corporation for National and Community Service Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term expiring October 6, 2009. (Reappointment) Date Received: 08/02/2007 Referred: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Latest Action: 11/16/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
79. PN700 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Reed Verne Hillman — Department of Justice Reed Verne Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years, vice Anthony Dichio. Date Received from President: 06/28/2007 Committee: Judiciary Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
79. PN700 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Reed Verne Hillman — Department of Justice Reed Verne Hillman, of Massachusetts, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts for the term of four years, vice Anthony Dichio. Date Received: 06/28/2007 Referred: Judiciary Latest Action: 08/03/2007 - Returned to the President under the provisions of Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate. (All Actions)
80. PN699 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Christopher Egan — Department of State Christopher Egan, of Massachusetts, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador. Date Received from President: 06/28/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/26/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
80. PN699 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Christopher Egan — Department of State Christopher Egan, of Massachusetts, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador. Date Received: 06/28/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 10/26/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
81. PN595 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 317 nominations, beginning with Linda Thompson Topping Gonzalez, and ending with Karen Sliter Date Received from President: 05/22/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/28/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
81. PN595 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Foreign Service 317 nominations, beginning with Linda Thompson Topping Gonzalez, and ending with Karen Sliter Date Received: 05/22/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 06/28/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
82. PN427 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Charles L. Hopkins — Department of Veterans Affairs Charles L. Hopkins, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Operations, Preparedness, Security and Law Enforcement). (New Position) Date Received from President: 04/11/2007 Committee: Veterans' Affairs Latest Action: 08/01/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
82. PN427 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Charles L. Hopkins — Department of Veterans Affairs Charles L. Hopkins, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Operations, Preparedness, Security and Law Enforcement). (New Position) Date Received: 04/11/2007 Referred: Veterans' Affairs Latest Action: 08/01/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
83. PN420 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Michael J. Kussman — Department of Veterans Affairs Michael J. Kussman, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Jonathan Brian Perlin, resigned. Date Received from President: 04/10/2007 Committee: Veterans' Affairs Latest Action: 05/25/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
83. PN420 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Michael J. Kussman — Department of Veterans Affairs Michael J. Kussman, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Jonathan Brian Perlin, resigned. Date Received: 04/10/2007 Referred: Veterans' Affairs Latest Action: 05/25/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
84. PN396 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Janet E. Garvey — Department of State Janet E. Garvey, of Massachusetts, 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 Cameroon. Date Received from President: 03/26/2007 Committee: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/25/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
84. PN396 — 110th Congress (2007-2008) — Janet E. Garvey — Department of State Janet E. Garvey, of Massachusetts, 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 Cameroon. Date Received: 03/26/2007 Referred: Foreign Relations Latest Action: 05/25/2007 - Confirmed by the Senate by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
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Why N Korea Gets Away with its Stunts: a Response to Jennifer Lind
Jennifer Lind has a good piece up on Foreign Affairs this week on why NK seems to regularly get away with with hijinks like last week's rocket test (which directly contravenes UN Resolution 1874). She notes, correctly, that NK has been pulling unanswered, wild stunts like this for years – shootouts in the Yellow Sea, nuclear tests, kidnappings, etc. Further, the US particularly tends to hit back when hit. Indeed, looking at the GWoT, America's problem is over-reaction rather than passivity. If we look at the Israelis, it's similar. They have a well-established reputation of hitting back, hard, when provoked. So why don't the democracies of the Six Party Talks (Korea, Japan, US) do the same here? They easily out weigh NK.
Her argument is that NK manages to deter counter-strikes through a bizarre mixture of the 'madman theory' (what will the loopy, hard-drinking, megalomaniacal Kim family do next? so let's just not provoke them), regional fear of what would follow a NK implosion (après moi le déluge), and traditional nuclear deterrence (if Saddam and Gaddafi had nukes, they'd still be alive, so we'll never give them up!).
None of that is wrong, but I think she's missing the big factor – SK domestic politics. Lots of countries and other international actors do wacky, crazy stuff; the question is whether the target wants to counterstrike and risk escalation. So it is SK ultimately (not the US or Japan) that decides whether or not to hit back. And SK doesn't want to, because 1) South Korean population centers are extremely vulnerable to Northern aggression, and 2) South Koreans just don't care that much about NK anymore.
I've written a lot before on the issue of SK's extreme vulnerability and how this ties the Korean military's hands (here is the full write-up, also here; this, picked up on Lawyers, Guns, and Money, is a long discussion thread of my argument). 50% of South Korea's population lives northwestern SK, in the extremely dense Seoul-Kyeonggi-Incheon corridor. The southern most tip of this massive agglomeration is less than 70 miles from the DMZ. The extreme demographic concentration of the Seoul area is worsening too. Busan, the second city, where I live, is shrinking, even though we are a paltry 3.5 milllion, and Incheon, the site of a super-fancy new airport, is growing. This corridor is huge, proximate, defenseless city-hostage to the North. NK does not need nuclear weapons to jeopardize these inhabitants, which is why I remain skeptical of the hawk/neocon line that NK's nukes change the balance in big way. (Lind herself has a made a similar point.)
I have brought this point up again and again at conferences here, and I have gotten no real response. Does it make any sense to hyper-centralize a country in a direct competition with a dangerous neighbor and place the grossly overpopulated national capital just 40 miles from the border? Who thought that would be a good idea? Look at what the West Germans did. But decentralization never happens because of the cost and resistance of Seoul-based elites who like the convenience.
Remember how Cold War planners used to say that the US had an advantage over the USSR, because its many federal layers of government and widely dispersed population meant it could absorb a Soviet strike better? By contrast, because the Soviets centralized everything in Moscow, they were very vulnerable to a decapitation strike. The logic is the same here. The ROK is extremely centralized (a legacy of the Park Chung Hee dictatorship), not just politically, but in just about every way – culturally, economically, demographically. And it's all but impossible to shield these people from a NK rocket and artillery bombardment (even non-nuclear). That Korean urbanites live in towering apartment blocks vulnerable to World Trade Center-style collapse if bombarded only worsens the vulnerability. This dramatically ties the hands of the SK government. Even if none of Lind's three variables applied, this huge risk alone is enough to prevent SK escalation/response (as is likely the case in the foregone retaliation after the Yeonpyeong incident in 2010).
Next, Lind does not address the growing disinterest in SK for retaliation, or even otherwise engaging NK. Several Korea-based western analysts (me, Brian Myers, Brendan Howe) have made this point. In a post-Yeonpyeong analysis for the Korean National Defense University, I argued that the most likely way to end the Korean stalemate is get greater South Korean commitment to 'win' rather than simply manage-when-necessary-and-ignore-when-possible, today's current 'strategy.' And at the Korean Institute for Defense Analysis last year, I argued for a significant effort to 'harden' South Korea to withstand this competition. When Brendan and I suggested raising SK defense spending, which is a paltry 2.3% of GDP, the room roundly said it's politically impossible.
In IR lingo, SK is not really a revisionist anymore; it is a status quo power. De jure, (i.e., in its constitution), the ROK is committed to unity, but as anyone who's lived here for just a little while can tell you, most South Koreans are genuinely frightened of NK's collapse – not of NK, mind you, but of its collapse: the huge amount of money it will cost, the massive, generations-spanning reconstruction it will require, internal 'refugees' from the north decamping in southern cities, loss of the hard-won OECD lifestyle in the name of national sacrifice, etc. South Koreans would much rather buy iPhones, travel, study in the West, move to Seoul, and get a cool job with Samsung.
I see this in my students all the time. We talk about reunification in class a lot naturally. It's an unnerving abstraction to them; they certainly don't get fired up about it. I have never seen a Korean get passionate, angry, or intensely patriotic about unification, even though they are a very nationalistic as a people. In my experience, South Koreans get more angry and emotional over the Liancourt Rocks dispute with Japanor or the Dongbei/Mt. Baektu flap with China than over NK . Just look at the lack of interest and care shown to North Koreans who make it here (a terrible moral failing, IMO). Or, I've had students tell me that my discussion of the 1990s famine in NK that killed maybe half a million people was just American propaganda I picked up from the US military in Korea.
If you're wondering if this really strange, yes, it is. North Korea has probably the worst long-term human rights record of any country in the world, yet South Koreans don't want to talk about it. I guess a parallel is Germans under 40 years old by the mid-1980s. They too increasingly saw the inter-German border as a real border, not a temporary division. Divide a community long enough, and I guess it slowly becomes two. That's not too surprising. It's rather uncomfortable that outsiders, usually Americans, are the ones who seem to push the NK issue and worry about NK human rights and nutrition. I am continuously mystified and moral discomforted that NK doesn't dominate SK politics.
But that's how it is. And if we believe in democracy and self-determination, we have to respect Southern public opinion. We can't get in front our own ally who will carry most of the costs if there's a war or collapse. When I came to SK I shared the typical American hawk/neocon thinking regarding NK – on the axis of evil, the worst country on earth, run by power-mad lunatics, deserved to get punched in the face at the earliest opportunity, etc. All of that is still true of course, but the longer I live here, the more I have moderated on what that means for policy. South Koreans really don't want a war or escalation, no matter how many times western IR and think-tank types tell them that NK is dangerous, erratic, terrifying, etc. (I've seen this so debate so many times here); they don't want to risk much for regime change; they don't want to ally with democratic Japan against communist NK and China, regardless of what structural realism and democratic peace liberalism say; SK is very vulnerable and neocon-John Boltonism looks reckless and scary to them; most don't really believe in their hearts that their ethnic compatriots to the north will nuke them. Yes, there are demonstrations sometimes against NK, but look closely and you'll notice that most of the demonstrations are small and the participants elderly. Washington may not like this (I don't either), and it may feel morally uncomfortable, in that it effectively abandons North Koreans to the brutal status quo, but this is where Southern public opinion is.
So South Koreans seem increasingly comfortable letting NK go its own, bizarre way. I think this is why the conservative, anti-communist press here comes off so unhinged; they're terrified that South Korea is effectively a status quo power now (which is true). President Lee's post-Sunshine Policy return to confrontation is very unpopular here (even though lots of western analysts I meet here [me included] think it was a good idea to give it up). Even the conservatives in this year's elections here are running as doves now. Lots of Koreas thought that the 2010 Cheonan sinking was a plot by the government or the even Americans, or that it illustrated the incompetence of the Lee administration; there was no post-9/11-style national outburst against NK. And a similar shrug greeted the 2010 Yeonpyeong shelling; there was no nation-wide outburst for war or even counterstrikes comparable to how, say, Americans would have responded to such an attack. In the parliamentary elections that just concluded, NK wasn't an issue, even though the rocket launch preparation was making global news during the campaign.
I don't think I would call this appeasement of Lind's 'madman.' That would imply a level of interest, if only to duck or hide from the North, that isn't there. Appeasement would also suggest that SK would eventually spend more on defense so that it would have more choices against the madman next time. But as Brendan noted, SK isn't doing any of this. The military is shrinking, the defense budget is astonishingly, irresponsibly low, and there's no effort to generate force totals with the requisite skills even close to what Lind says is needed to pacify a unified Korea. And that's because a unified Korea isn't really on the public radar.
To my mind, the real reason SK doesn't respond is simple disinterest; they don't want to make the sacrifices and run the risks. K-pop, climbing the social ladder, learning English, moving 'up to Seoul,' reducing the Gini-coefficient, going to school in the US, playing golf, Yuna Kim, the scandals of the Lee administration, etc. are far more common topics of conversation with my students, family, and colleagues. I am the one who brings up NK, and the answers just aren't that passionate.
More than anything else, South Koreans just want NK to go away. The most scary implication of this is that if NK can hang on a few more decades, the South won't even want unity.
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21 thoughts on "Why N Korea Gets Away with its Stunts: a Response to Jennifer Lind"
Sam on April 17, 2012 at 1:58 am said:
"If you're wondering if this really strange, yes, it is. North Korea has probably the worst long-term human rights record of any country in the world, yet South Koreans don't want to talk about it."
I tend to agree with you here. I have myself met dozens of Koreans in the past couple of years, and I regularly meet Koreans to practice my conversational skills in the language, yet not even once we have touched the subject of North Korea. While I was in Korea the same applied.
Personally, I think one of the reason stems from the fact that South Korea has been trying for so many years to project a good image of itself internationally (and hence distance itself from its norther counterpart), yet an astounding number of (Western) people can hardly tell the difference between North and South Korea (in Asia, of course, especially with the Korean wave, this is much different). Westerners in general are simply too uneducated to know much about countries not directly bordering theirs, or beyond what they watch on TV (which unvariably has to do with terrorists, megalomaniacs, famine, and wars).
My partner lives with me in the West, and she cannot count the number of times she has been asked "are you from North or South Korea?" (this include people with history degrees!). I don't discuss with her very much about North Korean human rights issues; I think it comes down to the fact that South Koreans only see this as further tarnishing their country's image, and they'd rather just forget about the whole North Korea thing which already gets too much attention on the media. Additionally, an outstanding number of Western people think they know what they are talking about because they've been watching the news on TV, and when they meet with South Koreans they start talking in an uncomfortable fashion about North Korea and how they are evil. Not exactly the best way to start a conversation with a Korean.
I might be wrong but this is what I've perceived through my personal experiences.
Robert E Kelly on April 17, 2012 at 11:35 am said:
This fits with my experience as well. It's just not discussed, and it gets uncomfortable and awkward when it comes up. I tend to agree with you on the cause too – NK tarnishes the 'miracle on the Han' image they're trying to so hard to cultivate. That said however, I don't really think that is a very good reason. Millions of North Koreans suffer terribly, and I would prefer if Koreans swallowed their 'we're in the OECD now so we don't really want to pay attention to backward NK anymore' pride and worried about them more.
Sam on April 17, 2012 at 11:55 am said:
I understand what you are saying, but really, what would it change if South Koreans paid that much more attention to their northern counterpart? The whole international community has paid tremendous attention to NK during the past decades, yet what has changed? Things have, in fact, only worsened. The same happened in Burma (Myanmar), with unproductive and useless sanctions only further depriving the populations of revenues and exacerbating the isolationism of the now-defunct junta militaristic regime. What do sanctions and finger-pointing have empirically prove to result in? Change? I doubt it.
I actually had forgotten to underline this point, but I think this is also a major reason why South Koreans don't want to constantly talk and/or hear about NK. They feel there is nothing they can do about it, and personally I share this view to some great extent. In contrast, the West loves to talk about NK and other such "rogue" countries because it reinforces the dichotomy of "good" versus "bad" and "democracy" versus "authoritarianism," all the while diverting attention from domestic problems. Other people's problems are always easy to talk about, aren't they?
Robert E Kelly on April 17, 2012 at 2:32 pm said:
Yeah, I guess that's right. They have 'North Korea Fatigue,' kinda like compassion or charity fatigue? They are just burned out obsessing over NK when it looks liek it does no good anyway? That's probably right. Maybe that's why foreigners seem more interested; it's newer for us. Good masters thesis actually…
Anthony on April 17, 2012 at 9:03 am said:
Wait. So you're leading argument is that SK does not deal with its childish neighbor because it has major population centers near it? That's akin to saying that the French wouldn't hit England back (in historical wars) because London is too close to Paris? That makes little sense. History has REPEATEDLY shown us otherwise.
My take? I think that your point that SK simply doesn't have the stomach to deal with their old threat to the north and that the population's resolve and nerves have grown calcified over the many decades of protection umbrella'd under the auspices of the US armed forces. AND THAT IS A MAJOR reason why in America we face major debt problems that, along with the rest of the Western powers, will bring down the post Bretton Woods monetary system as we know it. EVEN as we run huge running balance account deficits vis a vis SK's exports. The world will miss the benevolent power of PAX AMERICANA.
First of all, I think you should learn how to properly construct English sentences, I couldn't understand much of your second paragraph.
Second, in historical wars between France and England, rocket missiles did not exist. Just a small difference I thought I'd point out. There is also a slight amount of water separating the two countries. I think Kelly's argument makes some sense, although it would need to be expended and argued with more evidence.
Third, America faces major debt problems because of several complex factors, but these include their culture of over-consumption, the dollar as the reserve currency of the world, their reckless waging of wars overseas, their corrupt, unaccountable political system prone to lobbying, and agricultural and steel subsidies/tariff barriers which impede manufacturing competitiveness and job creation and cost taxpayers billions of dollars every year.
I'm not sure what you mean by Pax Americana, but the U.S. has been responsible for major wars (Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, etc), coup d'etats, and more. The U.S. has never been much benevolent; it has, in fact, proved remarkably self-interested in all its enterprises, and has never cared about democracy (think Central America, Southeast Asia, Middle East) and third-world development (i.e. useless and undemocratic IMF and World Bank, agricultural subsidies crippling the LDCs, etc).
Well, I'm not saying that you or other Americans have to like. I don't like it either, as I said in the essay. I'm not defending it, just trying to explain it. I agree that SK should do more in the US-Korea alliance. 2.3% of GDP on defense is irresponsibly low, and I say that both in the essay and at conferences and such here all the time. I have also argued repeatedly that SK is far too mercantilitist-protectionist: http://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/category/economics/. Does that help a bit?
Enrico on April 17, 2012 at 1:34 pm said:
I've lived and worked in Changwon for five years and I have to say that I totally agree with your assessment. SK is a strange and interesting mix of old and new, east and west.
Thanks for saying so. Please come read again.
kevkev on April 17, 2012 at 3:38 pm said:
I am the student living in Changwon and I think your ideas really helped me understanding about the missile launch recently took place. I'm very impressed with your profound knowledge and analysis about South Korea.
You're far too kind. You'd be appalled at my awful Korean. Thanks for reading.
Mike Ramberg on April 19, 2012 at 10:42 am said:
Thanks for this, but I wonder where China fits in long-term. They share a long border with NK and an alliance, so doesn't it make sense that the longer the stalemate, the more NK will eventually become a satellite of China, and perhaps eventual protectorate/province? I mean, after a certain amount, China can step in and take NK for itself if SK continues to be disinterested. As the example of Tibet shows, there's little the west can do if China wants something. Or are they content to leave it as a buffer?
Hi. Thanks for reading. Please come again.
For my general take on China in Korea, try this: http://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/chinas-counter-to-the-asian-pivot-1-korea-india/ or http://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/5-bad-options-for-dealing-w-nk-2-china-bribery-dont-work-either/.
I think the conventional wisdom is that China likes the buffer, but I think that is changing. The vibe I get at conferences and such is that Chinese are pretty damn tired of the DPRK's antics, just like the rest of us are. At some point, I am guessing that it will be in China's interest to accept southern-led unification. We're not at that point,but I think it's getting closer.
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Face au crime est le  de la série de bande dessinée Ric Hochet. Cet album résulte du montage de cinq histoires courtes de différentes périodes.

Résumé
Lors d'une série d'émissions de télévision intitulée Face au crime, Ric et Richard Hochet racontent plusieurs enquêtes anciennes.

La première raconte comment Ric et Richard sont parvenus à arrêter le coupable d'une enquête non résolue qui devait être abordée dans l'émission. Ric a été empoisonné et il tentait d'appeler le coupable, mais s'évanouit avant de pouvoir raccrocher. C'est cela qui permettra à Richard de retrouver le correspondant.

La deuxième enquête se passe dans un train fantôme où un homme est découvert assommé. C'est un trafiquant de fausse monnaie. Il avait rendez-vous avec un des employés du manège, qui a profité de l'obscurité pour le doubler.

La troisième enquête se déroule dans le milieu du cinéma. Ric joue un petit rôle. Un accident a lieu lors d'une cascade en hélicoptère, heureusement sans conséquence dramatique. Il s'agit d'un sabotage. C'est grâce à des thermomètres que Ric comprend qui est le coupable : une doublure jalouse de la vedette, et qui s'est retrouvée prise à son propre piège.

La quatrième enquête met en scène un maître chanteur, le "Vautour" qui sème la terreur chez un certain nombre de notables. Une personne déclare connaître son identité et se propose pour aider Ric à l'attraper. Il s'agit en fait du Vautour lui-même, qui en profite pour tuer sa dernière victime, avant d'être confondu par Ric.

La dernière enquête se déroule dans le milieu des motards et des courses illégales. Ric se voit défié, menacé et assommé dans sa voiture. On lui laisse un faux indice pour le tromper, mais Ric parviendra à attraper le vrai coupable, qui se tuera dans un accident de moto.

Personnages
 Ric Hochet
 Commissaire Bourdon
 Richard Hochet
 Nadine

Lieux
Paris, Compiègne

Notes et références

Album de Ric Hochet
Album de bande dessinée sorti en 1984

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