Business meeting to consider the nominations of Wesley Brooks, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, William Long, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Robert Sweeney, of Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, Frank Garcia, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation, Lee Lipton, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, Asel Roberts, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Troy Edgar, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, and Jared Novelly, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent State of Samoa, the Cook Islands, and Niue, all of the Department of State.Completed
Foreign Relations Committee
Mar 11, 2026