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Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #981 Michelle Kwan to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize.
\r\n— Senate Cloakroom (@SenateCloakroom) September 29, 2022

\r\n\r\n\r\n"} 52:{"type":"p","text":"In 2006, during the second Bush administration, then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appointed Kwan as the first American public diplomacy envoy. In that role, she traveled the world engaging youth on social and educational issues."} 53:{"type":"p","text":"Candace Bond, who was nominated in March, was appointed to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago."} 54:{"type":"p","text":"Bond is currently the CEO of AESA Inc. in Los Angeles, which offers business advisory services in real estate and community development with an emphasis on environmental stability, governance, education, and health equity."} 55:{"type":"p","text":"The White House described her as a “committed social entrepreneur and corporate strategist” dedicated to driving community development and social impact."} 56:{"type":"p","text":"Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr., a career U.S. foreign service member who was nominated by Biden in May, was appointed to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Nicaragua."} 57:{"type":"p","text":"Nicaragua withdrew i

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