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I am looking forward to having three weeks to relax and unwind. I will be working on my common app, but three weeks gives me more time to spread out my workload. I also plan on getting my permit soon, so I will spend some of my break practicing my driving.

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Highlight from this school year:

One of my biggest academic highlights from this school year is getting to publish the magazine! It's a rewarding experience to help put the magazine together but it's another experience getting to see all of your hard work in physical form.

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Some issues teens are talking about/concerned about:
- rise in school shootings again
- trying to improve their grades before the end of the mester
- Omicron variant

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"Year-in-review" story ideas/listicle themes:
- top songs from this year
- top movies from this year (make a poll and send it to the whole school)
- top fashion trends at DPMHS from this year

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My best habit is checking in on my friends often. Especially with my close friends, I take the time to catch up with them and reaffirm how much they mean to me.

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This cover is from Verde magazine. I like how simple their publication logo is. Their choice in having the magazine headline at the bottom right-hand corner looks nice. I like that these details do not distract too much from the cover image.

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My worst habit is procrastination. Every time I finish an assignment after procrastinating, I tell myself I won't do it again, yet I do. It's something I am trying to work on because this is a terrible habit to have.

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What brings you peace?

I experience peace in different settings, but going out into nature is my favorite. Giving myself the space to sit with my thoughts and just observe life is nice. Especially if I'm in a scenic garden or watching the sunset.

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Who: My immediate family members
What: College apps, celebrated two birthdays
When: Thursday, Saturday
Where: My house, Tio's house, friend's house
Why: Applications are due tomorrow so college apps was a priority
How: Mix of drained, relieved, well-rested

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To be honest, I am not looking forward to much. I am spending my Thanksgiving break completing my college applications and catching up on my work for AP Lang. My Tia, her mom and Tio are coming over for Thanksgiving dinner this year so I'm glad to resume that tradition. They didn't come last year because of the pandemic. My family and I are most likely going to watch the new Disney movie Encanto since it comes out Thanksgiving day.

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What brings you joy these days?

The car ride to and from school with Jessica, Alysa and Jhonny brings me joy. I can always count on it being a highlight of my day.

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During the pandemic, I began to realize how much I took the social aspect of school for granted. Having meaningful or funny conversations with my friends in person was something I missed during quarantine.

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I like how El Estoque's Index page has the column of staff writers placed on the left side of page two. I like their use of color, fonts and images as well. Those elements make the first pages of their magazine eye-catching.

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I really like how creative the designer of this spread was. Instead of just inserting the data, they put it inside a phone since it correlates with the story. The cohesiveness between the colors is eye-catching as well.

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Tomorrow is my birthday and I'm turning 18! A couple of my close friends and family are coming over to celebrate with me. That is what I am looking forward to this weekend. It feels bittersweet. I don't think I'll feel much older until a couple of months pass by.

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Adobe Spark Page for different deserts or dishes students can make for the upcoming Holiday seasons.

On Instagram, ask students what their favorite traditions are during Winter break or traditions they do during Thanksgiving.

Make a ThingLink and ask students from all grade levels about what they are thankful for.

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805 government positions among about 1,200 that require Senate confirmation.
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Biden nominee.
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formal nomination.
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considered by the Senate.
179

by the Senate.209 appointees so far who are serving in termed positions or who were held over from previous administrations.
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Presidents are required to fill roughly 4,000 politically appointed positions in the executive branch and independent agencies, including more than 1,200 that require Senate confirmation. The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service are tracking nominees for roughly 800 of those 1,200 positions, including Cabinet secretaries, chief financial officers, general counsels, ambassadors and other critical leadership positions.

In March, President Biden briefly moved ahead of Donald Trump and Barack Obama, who both waited more than a month longer to completely fill their Cabinet secretary slots. Biden is the first president in decades to secure those picks without a failed nominee, despite an evenly divided Senate.

How Biden's confirmations compare with recent presidents

Note: Includes confirmations to positions in this tracker during Biden's first year compared with confirmations to similar positions in previous administrations.

But he is hardly the first incoming president to struggle with filling key positions. Any new administration faces hundreds of openings at the same time it's grappling with other urgent challenges.

Biden's pace of confirmations is faster than Donald Trump's, slower than Barack Obama's and George W. Bush's - though unlike any of those three, Biden has decades of Washington contacts to draw on.

Biden Cabinet secretaries' confirmations so far

[ The officials Joe Biden picked to fill his Cabinet]

The White House withdrew the nomination of Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget in early March, the first Cabinet-level defeat for the administration. Tanden faced bipartisan opposition from senators because of past comments she made on Twitter.

Confirmations of other Cabinet-level agency leaders

To fill the positions tracked here, Biden must formally nominate candidates to be confirmed by the Senate as part of its "advice and consent" responsibilities under the Constitution. From announcement to confirmation, a nominee must pass through several steps, including a formal nomination, a referral to at least one Senate committee, a committee hearing and an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor.

[ We also tracked political appointees during Donald Trump's presidency]

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Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination, with the rank of ambassador

At Senate

James C. O'Brien

Appointment announced

James C. O'Brien

Awaiting referral to Foreign Relations committee

Secretary

Confirmed

Antony Blinken

Confirmed

Antony Blinken

Reported out favorably

Antony Blinken

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Antony Blinken

Appointment announced

Deputy secretary

Confirmed

Wendy R. Sherman

Confirmed

Wendy R. Sherman

Reported out favorably

Wendy R. Sherman

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Wendy R. Sherman

Appointment announced

United States representative to the United Nations

Confirmed

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Confirmed

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Reported out favorably

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Linda Thomas-Greenfield

Appointment announced

Deputy secretary for management and resources

Confirmed

Brian P. McKeon

Confirmed

Brian P. McKeon

Reported out favorably

Brian P. McKeon

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Brian P. McKeon

Appointment announced

Legal adviser

At Senate

Sarah H. Cleveland

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Sarah H. Cleveland

Appointment announced

Chief financial officer

No nominee

No nominee

Undersecretary for arms control and international security affairs

Confirmed

Bonnie Jenkins

Confirmed

Bonnie Jenkins

Reported out favorably

Bonnie Jenkins

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Bonnie Jenkins

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for civilian security, democracy and human rights

Confirmed

Uzra Zeya

Confirmed

Uzra Zeya

Reported out favorably

Uzra Zeya

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Uzra Zeya

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for economic growth, energy and the environment

Confirmed

Jose W. Fernandez

Confirmed

Jose W. Fernandez

Reported out favorably

Jose W. Fernandez

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jose W. Fernandez

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for management

At Senate

John R. Bass

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

John R. Bass

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for political affairs

Confirmed

Victoria Nuland

Confirmed

Victoria Nuland

Reported out favorably

Victoria Nuland

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Victoria Nuland

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for public diplomacy

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for African affairs

Confirmed

Mary Catherine Phee

Confirmed

Mary Catherine Phee

Reported out favorably

Mary Catherine Phee

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Mary Catherine Phee

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for arms control, verification and compliance

At Senate

Mallory Stewart

Hearing held

Mallory Stewart

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Mallory Stewart

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for conflict and stabilization operations

At Senate

Anne A. Witkowsky

Reported out favorably

Anne A. Witkowsky

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Anne A. Witkowsky

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for consular affairs

Confirmed

Rena Bitter

Confirmed

Rena Bitter

Reported out favorably

Rena Bitter

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Rena Bitter

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for democracy, human rights and labor

At Senate

Sarah Margon

Hearing held

Sarah Margon

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Sarah Margon

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for diplomatic security

Confirmed

Gentry O. Smith

Confirmed

Gentry O. Smith

Reported out favorably

Gentry O. Smith

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Gentry O. Smith

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs

Confirmed

Daniel J. Kritenbrink

Confirmed

Daniel J. Kritenbrink

Reported out favorably

Daniel J. Kritenbrink

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Daniel J. Kritenbrink

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for economic and business affairs

At Senate

Ramin Toloui

Hearing held

Ramin Toloui

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Ramin Toloui

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for educational and cultural affairs

At Senate

Lee Satterfield

Reported out favorably

Lee Satterfield

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Lee Satterfield

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for energy resources

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for European and Eurasian affairs

Confirmed

Karen Erika Donfried

Confirmed

Karen Erika Donfried

Reported out favorably

Karen Erika Donfried

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Karen Erika Donfried

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for intelligence and research

Confirmed

Brett M. Holmgren

Confirmed

Brett M. Holmgren

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Brett M. Holmgren

Hearing held (Foreign Relations)

Brett M. Holmgren

Reported out favorably (Select Committee on Intelligence)

Brett M. Holmgren

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence

Brett M. Holmgren

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for international narcotics and law enforcement affairs

Confirmed

Todd Robinson

Confirmed

Todd Robinson

Reported out favorably

Todd Robinson

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Todd Robinson

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for international organization affairs

At Senate

Michele Jeanne Sison

Reported out favorably

Michele Jeanne Sison

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michele Jeanne Sison

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for international security and nonproliferation

At Senate

C.S. Eliot Kang

Reported out favorably

C.S. Eliot Kang

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

C.S. Eliot Kang

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for legislative affairs

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs

At Senate

Barbara A. Leaf

Reported out favorably

Barbara A. Leaf

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Barbara A. Leaf

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs

Confirmed

Monica Medina

Confirmed

Monica Medina

Reported out favorably

Monica Medina

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Monica Medina

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for political-military affairs

Confirmed

Jessica Lewis

Confirmed

Jessica Lewis

Reported out favorably

Jessica Lewis

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jessica Lewis

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for population, refugees and migration

At Senate

Julieta Valls Noyes

Reported out favorably

Julieta Valls Noyes

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Julieta Valls Noyes

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for South and Central Asian affairs

Confirmed

Donald Lu

Confirmed

Donald Lu

Reported out favorably

Donald Lu

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Donald Lu

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs

Confirmed

Brian A. Nichols

Confirmed

Brian A. Nichols

Reported out favorably

Brian A. Nichols

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Brian A. Nichols

Appointment announced

Chief of protocol

At Senate

Rufus Gifford

Reported out favorably

Rufus Gifford

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Rufus Gifford

Appointment announced

Coordinator for counterterrorism

No nominee

No nominee

Coordinator for sanctions policy

No nominee

No nominee

Coordinator for threat reduction programs

No nominee

No nominee

Director general, Foreign Service

At Senate

Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat

Reported out favorably

Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat

Appointment announced

Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of ambassador at large

No nominee

No nominee

Director, Office of Foreign Missions

At Senate

Rebecca Eliza Gonzales

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Rebecca Eliza Gonzales

Appointment announced

Inspector general

No nominee

No nominee

Permanent representative of the United States on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizations

At Senate

Julianne Smith

Reported out favorably

Julianne Smith

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Julianne Smith

Appointment announced

Permanent representative of the United States to the Organization of American States

At Senate

Francisco O. Mora

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Francisco O. Mora

Appointment announced

Representative of the United States on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, with the rank of ambassador

At Senate

C. B. Sullenberger, III

Reported out favorably

C. B. Sullenberger, III

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

C. B. Sullenberger, III

Appointment announced

U.S. representative to the Conference on Disarmament, with the rank of ambassador

At Senate

Bruce I. Turner

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Bruce I. Turner

Appointment announced

Robert A. Wood

Confirmed

Robert A. Wood

Reported out favorably

Robert A. Wood

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Robert A. Wood

Appointment announced

Representative of the United States to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations

No nominee

No nominee

Representative of the United States to the European Union

At Senate

Mark Gitenstein

Reported out favorably

Mark Gitenstein

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Mark Gitenstein

Appointment announced

Representative of the United States to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

At Senate

Jack Markell

Reported out favorably

Jack Markell

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jack Markell

Appointment announced

Representative of the United States to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

Confirmed

Michael Carpenter

Confirmed

Michael Carpenter

Reported out favorably

Michael Carpenter

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael Carpenter

Appointment announced

Representative of the United States to the Vienna office of the United Nations and representative of the United States to the International Atomic Energy Agency

At Senate

Laura Holgate

Reported out favorably

Laura Holgate

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Laura Holgate

Appointment announced

Representative to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations

At Senate

Lisa Carty

Reported out favorably

Lisa Carty

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Lisa Carty

Appointment announced

Representative to the United Nations for management and reform

At Senate

Chris Lu

Reported out favorably

Chris Lu

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Chris Lu

Appointment announced

Special presidential envoy for hostage affairs

Holdover

Roger Carstens

Appointed

Special envoy for North Korean human rights issues

No nominee

No nominee

Special representative of the president for nuclear nonproliferation, with the rank of ambassador

At Senate

Adam Scheinman

Reported out favorably

Adam Scheinman

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Adam Scheinman

Appointment announced

Jeffrey L. Eberhardt

Confirmed

Jeffrey L. Eberhardt

Reported out favorably

Jeffrey L. Eberhardt

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jeffrey L. Eberhardt

Appointment announced

United States ambassador to the African Union

Holdover

Jessica E. Lapenn

Confirmed

Jessica E. Lapenn

Reported out favorably

Jessica E. Lapenn

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jessica E. Lapenn

Appointment announced

United States representative to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva

At Senate

Bathsheba Nell Crocker

Reported out favorably

Bathsheba Nell Crocker

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Bathsheba Nell Crocker

Appointment announced

United States representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Holdover

Joseph Manso

Confirmed

Joseph Manso

Reported out favorably

Joseph Manso

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Joseph Manso

Appointment announced

United States representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture

Confirmed

Cindy McCain

Confirmed

Cindy McCain

Reported out favorably

Cindy McCain

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Cindy McCain

Appointment announced

Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council, with the rank of ambassador

At Senate

Michèle Taylor

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michèle Taylor

Appointment announced

United States deputy representative to the United Nations

Holdover

Richard M. Mills, Jr.

Confirmed

Richard M. Mills, Jr.

Reported out favorably

Richard M. Mills, Jr.

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Richard M. Mills, Jr.

Appointment announced

Alternate representative of the United States of America for special political affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of ambassador

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador at large for global women's issues

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador at large and coordinator of United States government activities to combat HIV/Aids globally

At Senate

John N. Nkengasong

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

John N. Nkengasong

Appointment announced

Ambassador at large for international religious freedom

At Senate

Rashad Hussain

Hearing held

Rashad Hussain

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Rashad Hussain

Appointment announced

Ambassador at large for global criminal justice

At Senate

Beth Van Schaack

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Beth Van Schaack

Appointment announced

Ambassador at large to monitor and combat anti-Semitism

At Senate

Deborah Lipstadt

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Deborah Lipstadt

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Afghanistan

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Albania

Holdover

Yuri Kim

Confirmed

Yuri Kim

Reported out favorably

Yuri Kim

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Yuri Kim

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Algeria

At Senate

Elizabeth Moore Aubin

Reported out favorably

Elizabeth Moore Aubin

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Elizabeth Moore Aubin

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Angola

Holdover

Nina Maria Fite

Confirmed

Nina Maria Fite

Reported out favorably

Nina Maria Fite

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Nina Maria Fite

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Angola and Sao Tome and Principe

At Senate

Tulinabo Mushingi

Reported out favorably

Tulinabo Mushingi

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Tulinabo Mushingi

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Argentina

At Senate

Marc R. Stanley

Hearing held

Marc R. Stanley

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Marc R. Stanley

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Armenia

Holdover

Lynne M. Tracy

Confirmed

Lynne M. Tracy

Reported out favorably

Lynne M. Tracy

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Lynne M. Tracy

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Australia

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Austria

Confirmed

Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Confirmed

Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Reported out favorably

Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Victoria Reggie Kennedy

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Azerbaijan

Holdover

Earle D. Litzenberger

Confirmed

Earle D. Litzenberger

Reported out favorably

Earle D. Litzenberger

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Earle D. Litzenberger

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Bahamas

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Bahrain

At Senate

Steven C. Bondy

Reported out favorably

Steven C. Bondy

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Steven C. Bondy

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Bangladesh

At Senate

Peter D. Haas

Reported out favorably

Peter D. Haas

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Peter D. Haas

Appointment announced

Earl Robert Miller

Confirmed

Earl Robert Miller

Reported out favorably

Earl Robert Miller

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Earl Robert Miller

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Barbados, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada & Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Holdover

Linda Swartz Taglialatela

Confirmed

Linda Swartz Taglialatela

Reported out favorably

Linda Swartz Taglialatela

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Linda Swartz Taglialatela

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Belarus

Holdover

Julie D. Fisher

Confirmed

Julie D. Fisher

Reported out favorably

Julie D. Fisher

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Julie D. Fisher

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Belgium

At Senate

Michael M. Adler

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael M. Adler

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Belize

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Benin

At Senate

Brian Wesley Shukan

Reported out favorably

Brian Wesley Shukan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Brian Wesley Shukan

Appointment announced

Patricia Mahoney

Confirmed

Patricia Mahoney

Reported out favorably

Patricia Mahoney

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Patricia Mahoney

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Bolivia

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Bosnia

At Senate

Michael Murphy

Reported out favorably

Michael Murphy

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael Murphy

Appointment announced

Eric George Nelson

Confirmed

Eric George Nelson

Reported out favorably

Eric George Nelson

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Eric George Nelson

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Botswana

At Senate

Howard Van Vranken

Reported out favorably

Howard Van Vranken

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Howard Van Vranken

Appointment announced

Craig Lewis Cloud

Confirmed

Craig Lewis Cloud

Reported out favorably

Craig Lewis Cloud

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Craig Lewis Cloud

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Brazil

No nominee

No nominee

Todd C. Chapman

Resigned

Todd C. Chapman

Confirmed

Todd C. Chapman

Reported out favorably

Todd C. Chapman

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Todd C. Chapman

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Brunei

At Senate

Caryn McClelland

Reported out favorably

Caryn McClelland

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Caryn McClelland

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Bulgaria

Holdover

Herro Mustafa

Confirmed

Herro Mustafa

Reported out favorably

Herro Mustafa

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Herro Mustafa

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Burkina Faso

Holdover

Sandra E. Clark

Confirmed

Sandra E. Clark

Reported out favorably

Sandra E. Clark

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Sandra E. Clark

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Burma

Holdover

Thomas Laszlo Vajda

Confirmed

Thomas Laszlo Vajda

Reported out favorably

Thomas Laszlo Vajda

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Thomas Laszlo Vajda

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Burundi

Holdover

Melanie Harris Higgins

Confirmed

Melanie Harris Higgins

Reported out favorably

Melanie Harris Higgins

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Melanie Harris Higgins

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Cape Verde

Holdover

John Jefferson Daigle

Confirmed

John Jefferson Daigle

Reported out favorably

John Jefferson Daigle

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

John Jefferson Daigle

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Cambodia

Holdover

W. Patrick Murphy

Confirmed

W. Patrick Murphy

Reported out favorably

W. Patrick Murphy

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

W. Patrick Murphy

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Cameroon

At Senate

Christopher John Lamora

Reported out favorably

Christopher John Lamora

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Christopher John Lamora

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Canada

Confirmed

David L. Cohen

Confirmed

David L. Cohen

Reported out favorably

David L. Cohen

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

David L. Cohen

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Central African Republic

At Senate

Patricia Mahoney

Reported out favorably

Patricia Mahoney

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Patricia Mahoney

Appointment announced

Lucy Tamlyn

Confirmed

Lucy Tamlyn

Reported out favorably

Lucy Tamlyn

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Lucy Tamlyn

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Chad

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Chile

At Senate

Bernadette Meehan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Bernadette Meehan

Appointment announced

Ambassador, China

At Senate

R. Nicholas Burns

Reported out favorably

R. Nicholas Burns

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

R. Nicholas Burns

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Colombia

Holdover

Philip S. Goldberg

Confirmed

Philip S. Goldberg

Reported out favorably

Philip S. Goldberg

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Philip S. Goldberg

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Congo

Holdover

Michael A. Hammer

Confirmed

Michael A. Hammer

Reported out favorably

Michael A. Hammer

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael A. Hammer

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Congo Republic

At Senate

Eugene S. Young

Reported out favorably

Eugene S. Young

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Eugene S. Young

Appointment announced

Todd Philip Haskell

Resigned

Todd Philip Haskell

Confirmed

Todd Philip Haskell

Reported out favorably

Todd Philip Haskell

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Todd Philip Haskell

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Costa Rica

At Senate

Cynthia Telles

Reported out favorably

Cynthia Telles

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Cynthia Telles

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Ivory Coast

Holdover

Richard K. Bell

Confirmed

Richard K. Bell

Reported out favorably

Richard K. Bell

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Richard K. Bell

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Croatia

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Cuba

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Cyprus

Holdover

Judith Gail Garber

Confirmed

Judith Gail Garber

Reported out favorably

Judith Gail Garber

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Judith Gail Garber

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Czech Republic

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Denmark

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Djibouti

Holdover

Jonathan Pratt

Confirmed

Jonathan Pratt

Reported out favorably

Jonathan Pratt

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jonathan Pratt

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Dominican Republic

At Senate

Calvin Smyre

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Calvin Smyre

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Ecuador

Holdover

Michael J. Fitzpatrick

Confirmed

Michael J. Fitzpatrick

Reported out favorably

Michael J. Fitzpatrick

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael J. Fitzpatrick

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Egypt

Holdover

Jonathan R. Cohen

Confirmed

Jonathan R. Cohen

Reported out favorably

Jonathan R. Cohen

Appointment announced

Jonathan R. Cohen

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Ambassador, El Salvador

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Equatorial Guinea

At Senate

David R. Gilmour

Reported out favorably

David R. Gilmour

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

David R. Gilmour

Appointment announced

Susan N. Stevenson

Confirmed

Susan N. Stevenson

Reported out favorably

Susan N. Stevenson

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Susan N. Stevenson

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Estonia

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Eswatini

Holdover

Jeanne Marie Maloney

Confirmed

Jeanne Marie Maloney

Reported out favorably

Jeanne Marie Maloney

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jeanne Marie Maloney

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Ethiopia

Holdover

Geeta Pasi

Confirmed

Geeta Pasi

Discharged

Geeta Pasi

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Geeta Pasi

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Tuvalu

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Finland

At Senate

Douglas T. Hickey

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Douglas T. Hickey

Appointment announced

Ambassador, France and Monaco

At Senate

Denise Bauer

Reported out favorably

Denise Bauer

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Denise Bauer

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Gambia

At Senate

Sharon L. Cromer

Reported out favorably

Sharon L. Cromer

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Sharon L. Cromer

Appointment announced

Richard Carlton Paschall III

Confirmed

Richard Carlton Paschall III

Reported out favorably

Richard Carlton Paschall III

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Richard Carlton Paschall III

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Georgia

Holdover

Kelly C. Degnan

Confirmed

Kelly C. Degnan

Reported out favorably

Kelly C. Degnan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Kelly C. Degnan

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Germany

At Senate

Amy Gutmann

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Amy Gutmann

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Ghana

At Senate

Virginia E. Palmer

Reported out favorably

Virginia E. Palmer

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Virginia E. Palmer

Appointment announced

Stephanie Sanders Sullivan

Confirmed

Stephanie Sanders Sullivan

Reported out favorably

Stephanie Sanders Sullivan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Stephanie Sanders Sullivan

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Guatemala

Holdover

William W. Popp

Confirmed

William W. Popp

Reported out favorably

William W. Popp

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

William W. Popp

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Greece

At Senate

George J. Tsunis

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

George J. Tsunis

Appointment announced

Geoffrey R. Pyatt

Confirmed

Geoffrey R. Pyatt

Reported out favorably

Geoffrey R. Pyatt

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Geoffrey R. Pyatt

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Guinea

At Senate

Troy Damian Fitrell

Reported out favorably

Troy Damian Fitrell

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Troy Damian Fitrell

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Guyana

Holdover

Sarah-Ann Lynch

Confirmed

Sarah-Ann Lynch

Reported out favorably

Sarah-Ann Lynch

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Sarah-Ann Lynch

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Haiti

Holdover

Michele Jeanne Sison

Confirmed

Michele Jeanne Sison

Reported out favorably

Michele Jeanne Sison

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michele Jeanne Sison

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Holy See

At Senate

Joseph Donnelly

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Joseph Donnelly

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Honduras

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Hungary

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Iceland

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, India

At Senate

Eric Garcetti

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Eric Garcetti

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Indonesia

Holdover

Sung Y. Kim

Confirmed

Sung Y. Kim

Reported out favorably

Sung Y. Kim

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Sung Y. Kim

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Iraq

Holdover

Matthew H. Tueller

Confirmed

Matthew H. Tueller

Reported out favorably

Matthew H. Tueller

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Matthew H. Tueller

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Ireland

At Senate

Claire Cronin

Reported out favorably

Claire Cronin

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Claire Cronin

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Israel

Confirmed

Thomas R. Nides

Confirmed

Thomas R. Nides

Reported out favorably

Thomas R. Nides

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Thomas R. Nides

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Italy and San Marino

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Jamaica

Announced

N. Nick Perry

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Japan

At Senate

Rahm Emanuel

Reported out favorably

Rahm Emanuel

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Rahm Emanuel

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Jordan

Holdover

Henry T. Wooster

Confirmed

Henry T. Wooster

Reported out favorably

Henry T. Wooster

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Henry T. Wooster

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Kazakhstan

Holdover

William H. Moser

Confirmed

William H. Moser

Reported out favorably

William H. Moser

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

William H. Moser

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Kenya

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Kosovo

At Senate

Jeffrey M. Hovenier

Reported out favorably

Jeffrey M. Hovenier

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jeffrey M. Hovenier

Appointment announced

Philip S. Kosnett

Confirmed

Philip S. Kosnett

Reported out favorably

Philip S. Kosnett

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Philip S. Kosnett

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Kuwait

Holdover

Alina L. Romanowski

Confirmed

Alina L. Romanowski

Reported out favorably

Alina L. Romanowski

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Alina L. Romanowski

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Kyrgyzstan

No nominee

No nominee

Donald Lu

Resigned

Donald Lu

Confirmed

Donald Lu

Reported out favorably

Donald Lu

Appointment announced

Donald Lu

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Ambassador, Laos

Holdover

Peter M. Haymond

Confirmed

Peter M. Haymond

Reported out favorably

Peter M. Haymond

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Peter M. Haymond

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Latvia

Holdover

John Leslie Carwile

Confirmed

John Leslie Carwile

Reported out favorably

John Leslie Carwile

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

John Leslie Carwile

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Lebanon

Holdover

Dorothy Shea

Confirmed

Dorothy Shea

Reported out favorably

Dorothy Shea

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Dorothy Shea

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Lesotho

At Senate

Maria E. Brewer

Reported out favorably

Maria E. Brewer

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Maria E. Brewer

Appointment announced

Rebecca Eliza Gonzales

Confirmed

Rebecca Eliza Gonzales

Reported out favorably

Rebecca Eliza Gonzales

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Rebecca Eliza Gonzales

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Liberia

Holdover

Michael A. McCarthy

Confirmed

Michael A. McCarthy

Reported out favorably

Michael A. McCarthy

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael A. McCarthy

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Libya

Holdover

Richard B. Norland

Confirmed

Richard B. Norland

Reported out favorably

Richard B. Norland

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Richard B. Norland

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Lithuania

Holdover

Robert S. Gilchrist

Confirmed

Robert S. Gilchrist

Reported out favorably

Robert S. Gilchrist

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Robert S. Gilchrist

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Luxembourg

At Senate

Thomas Barrett

Hearing held

Thomas Barrett

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Thomas Barrett

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Macedonia

Holdover

Kate Marie Byrnes

Confirmed

Kate Marie Byrnes

Reported out favorably

Kate Marie Byrnes

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Kate Marie Byrnes

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Madagascar and Comoros

At Senate

Claire A. Pierangelo

Reported out favorably

Claire A. Pierangelo

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Claire A. Pierangelo

Appointment announced

Michael Peter Pelletier

Confirmed

Michael Peter Pelletier

Reported out favorably

Michael Peter Pelletier

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael Peter Pelletier

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Malawi

At Senate

David John Young

Reported out favorably

David John Young

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

David John Young

Appointment announced

Robert K. Scott

Confirmed

Robert K. Scott

Reported out favorably

Robert K. Scott

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Robert K. Scott

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Malaysia

Holdover

Brian D. McFeeters

Confirmed

Brian D. McFeeters

Discharged

Brian D. McFeeters

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Brian D. McFeeters

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Maldives

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Mali

Holdover

Dennis B. Hankins

Confirmed

Dennis B. Hankins

Reported out favorably

Dennis B. Hankins

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Dennis B. Hankins

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Malta

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Marshall Islands

Holdover

Roxanne Cabral

Confirmed

Roxanne Cabral

Reported out favorably

Roxanne Cabral

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Roxanne Cabral

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Mauritania

Holdover

Cynthia Kierscht

Confirmed

Cynthia Kierscht

Discharged

Cynthia Kierscht

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Cynthia Kierscht

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Mauritius and Seychelles

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Mexico

Confirmed

Ken Salazar

Confirmed

Ken Salazar

Reported out favorably

Ken Salazar

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Ken Salazar

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Micronesia

Holdover

Carmen G. Cantor

Confirmed

Carmen G. Cantor

Reported out favorably

Carmen G. Cantor

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Carmen G. Cantor

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Moldova

At Senate

Kent Logsdon

Reported out favorably

Kent Logsdon

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Kent Logsdon

Appointment announced

Dereck J. Hogan

Confirmed

Dereck J. Hogan

Reported out favorably

Dereck J. Hogan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Dereck J. Hogan

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Mongolia

Holdover

Michael S. Klecheski

Confirmed

Michael S. Klecheski

Reported out favorably

Michael S. Klecheski

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael S. Klecheski

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Montenegro

Holdover

Judy Rising Reinke

Confirmed

Judy Rising Reinke

Reported out favorably

Judy Rising Reinke

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Judy Rising Reinke

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Morocco

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Mozambique

At Senate

Peter Hendrick Vrooman

Reported out favorably

Peter Hendrick Vrooman

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Peter Hendrick Vrooman

Appointment announced

Dennis Walter Hearne

Confirmed

Dennis Walter Hearne

Reported out favorably

Dennis Walter Hearne

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Dennis Walter Hearne

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Namibia

No nominee

No nominee

Lisa A. Johnson

Resigned

Lisa A. Johnson

Confirmed

Lisa A. Johnson

Reported out favorably

Lisa A. Johnson

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Lisa A. Johnson

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Nepal

Holdover

Randy W. Berry

Confirmed

Randy W. Berry

Reported out favorably

Randy W. Berry

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Randy W. Berry

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Netherlands

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, New Zealand and Samoa

Confirmed

Tom Udall

Confirmed

Tom Udall

Reported out favorably

Tom Udall

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Tom Udall

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Nicaragua

Holdover

Kevin K. Sullivan

Confirmed

Kevin K. Sullivan

Reported out favorably

Kevin K. Sullivan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Kevin K. Sullivan

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Niger

Holdover

Eric P. Whitaker

Confirmed

Eric P. Whitaker

Reported out favorably

Eric P. Whitaker

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Eric P. Whitaker

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Nigeria

Holdover

Mary Beth Leonard

Confirmed

Mary Beth Leonard

Reported out favorably

Mary Beth Leonard

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Mary Beth Leonard

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Norway

At Senate

Marc Nathanson

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Marc Nathanson

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Oman

Holdover

Leslie Meredith Tsou

Confirmed

Leslie Meredith Tsou

Reported out favorably

Leslie Meredith Tsou

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Leslie Meredith Tsou

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Pakistan

At Senate

Donald Armin Blome

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Donald Armin Blome

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Palau

Holdover

John Hennessey-Niland

Confirmed

John Hennessey-Niland

Reported out favorably

John Hennessey-Niland

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

John Hennessey-Niland

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Panama

At Senate

Mari Carmen Aponte

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Mari Carmen Aponte

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

Holdover

Erin Elizabeth McKee

Confirmed

Erin Elizabeth McKee

Reported out favorably

Erin Elizabeth McKee

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Erin Elizabeth McKee

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Paraguay

At Senate

Marc Ostfield

Reported out favorably

Marc Ostfield

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Marc Ostfield

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Peru

Holdover

Lisa S. Kenna

Confirmed

Lisa S. Kenna

Reported out favorably

Lisa S. Kenna

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Lisa S. Kenna

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Philippines

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Poland

At Senate

Mark Brzezinski

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Mark Brzezinski

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Portugal

At Senate

Randi Charno Levine

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Randi Charno Levine

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Qatar

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Romania

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Russia

Holdover

John J. Sullivan

Confirmed

John J. Sullivan

Reported out favorably

John J. Sullivan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

John J. Sullivan

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Rwanda

Holdover

Peter Hendrick Vrooman

Confirmed

Peter Hendrick Vrooman

Reported out favorably

Peter Hendrick Vrooman

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Peter Hendrick Vrooman

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Saudi Arabia

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Senegal and Guinea-Bissau

At Senate

Michael Arthur Raynor

Reported out favorably

Michael Arthur Raynor

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael Arthur Raynor

Appointment announced

Tulinabo Mushingi

Confirmed

Tulinabo Mushingi

Reported out favorably

Tulinabo Mushingi

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Tulinabo Mushingi

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Serbia

At Senate

Christopher R. Hill

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Christopher R. Hill

Appointment announced

Anthony F. Godfrey

Confirmed

Anthony F. Godfrey

Reported out favorably

Anthony F. Godfrey

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Anthony F. Godfrey

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Sierra Leone

Holdover

David Reimer

Confirmed

David Reimer

Discharged

David Reimer

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

David Reimer

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Singapore

At Senate

Jonathan Kaplan

Reported out favorably

Jonathan Kaplan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jonathan Kaplan

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Slovakia

Holdover

Bridget A. Brink

Confirmed

Bridget A. Brink

Reported out favorably

Bridget A. Brink

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Bridget A. Brink

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Slovenia

At Senate

Jamie L. Harpootlian

Hearing held

Jamie L. Harpootlian

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jamie L. Harpootlian

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Somalia

At Senate

Larry Edward Andre Jr.

Reported out favorably

Larry Edward Andre Jr.

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Larry Edward Andre Jr.

Appointment announced

Donald Y. Yamamoto

Confirmed

Donald Y. Yamamoto

Reported out favorably

Donald Y. Yamamoto

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Donald Y. Yamamoto

Appointment announced

Ambassador, South Africa

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, South Korea

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, South Sudan

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Spain and Andorra

At Senate

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon

Reported out favorably

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Julissa Reynoso Pantaleon

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Sri Lanka and Maldives

Holdover

Alaina B. Teplitz

Confirmed

Alaina B. Teplitz

Reported out favorably

Alaina B. Teplitz

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Alaina B. Teplitz

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Sri Lanka

At Senate

Julie Chung

Reported out favorably

Julie Chung

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Julie Chung

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Suriname

No nominee

No nominee

Karen L. Williams

Confirmed

Karen L. Williams

Reported out favorably

Karen L. Williams

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Karen L. Williams

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Sweden

At Senate

Erik D. Ramanathan

Hearing held

Erik D. Ramanathan

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Erik D. Ramanathan

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Switzerland and Liechtenstein

At Senate

Scott Miller

Hearing held

Scott Miller

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Scott Miller

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Tajikistan

Holdover

John Mark Pommersheim

Confirmed

John Mark Pommersheim

Reported out favorably

John Mark Pommersheim

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

John Mark Pommersheim

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Tanzania

At Senate

Michael Battle

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Michael Battle

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Thailand

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Timor-Leste

Holdover

C. Kevin Blackstone

Confirmed

C. Kevin Blackstone

Discharged

C. Kevin Blackstone

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

C. Kevin Blackstone

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Togo

At Senate

Elizabeth Fitzsimmons

Reported out favorably

Elizabeth Fitzsimmons

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Elizabeth Fitzsimmons

Appointment announced

Eric Williams Stromayer

Confirmed

Eric Williams Stromayer

Reported out favorably

Eric Williams Stromayer

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Eric Williams Stromayer

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Trinidad and Tobago

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Tunisia

Holdover

Donald Armin Blome

Confirmed

Donald Armin Blome

Reported out favorably

Donald Armin Blome

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Donald Armin Blome

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Turkey

Confirmed

Jeff Flake

Confirmed

Jeff Flake

Reported out favorably

Jeff Flake

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Jeff Flake

Appointment announced

David Michael Satterfield

Confirmed

David Michael Satterfield

Reported out favorably

David Michael Satterfield

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

David Michael Satterfield

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Turkmenistan

Holdover

Matthew S. Klimow

Confirmed

Matthew S. Klimow

Reported out favorably

Matthew S. Klimow

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Matthew S. Klimow

Appointment announced

Ambassador, United Arab Emirates

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Ukraine

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Uganda

Holdover

Natalie E. Brown

Confirmed

Natalie E. Brown

Reported out favorably

Natalie E. Brown

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Natalie E. Brown

Appointment announced

Ambassador, United Kingdom

Announced

Jane Hartley

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Uruguay

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Uzbekistan

Holdover

Daniel N. Rosenblum

Confirmed

Daniel N. Rosenblum

Reported out favorably

Daniel N. Rosenblum

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Daniel N. Rosenblum

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Venezuela

Holdover

James Broward Story

Confirmed

James Broward Story

Reported out favorably

James Broward Story

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

James Broward Story

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Vietnam

At Senate

Marc Evans Knapper

Reported out favorably

Marc Evans Knapper

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Marc Evans Knapper

Appointment announced

Daniel J. Kritenbrink

Confirmed

Daniel J. Kritenbrink

Reported out favorably

Daniel J. Kritenbrink

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Daniel J. Kritenbrink

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Yemen

Holdover

Christopher Paul Henzel

Confirmed

Christopher Paul Henzel

Reported out favorably

Christopher Paul Henzel

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Christopher Paul Henzel

Appointment announced

Ambassador, Zambia

No nominee

No nominee

Ambassador, Zimbabwe

No nominee

No nominee

Brian A. Nichols

Resigned

Brian A. Nichols

Confirmed

Brian A. Nichols

Reported out favorably

Brian A. Nichols

Referred to Foreign Relations committee

Brian A. Nichols

Appointment announced

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Secretary

Confirmed

Lloyd Austin

Confirmed

Lloyd Austin

Reported out favorably

Lloyd Austin

Referred to Armed Services committee

Lloyd Austin

Appointment announced

Secretary of the Air Force

Confirmed

Frank Kendall

Confirmed

Frank Kendall

Reported out favorably

Frank Kendall

Referred to Armed Services committee

Frank Kendall

Appointment announced

Secretary of the Army

Confirmed

Christine Wormuth

Confirmed

Christine Wormuth

Reported out favorably

Christine Wormuth

Referred to Armed Services committee

Christine Wormuth

Appointment announced

Secretary of the Navy

Confirmed

Carlos Del Toro

Confirmed

Carlos Del Toro

Reported out favorably

Carlos Del Toro

Referred to Armed Services committee

Carlos Del Toro

Appointment announced

Deputy secretary

Confirmed

Kathleen Hicks

Confirmed

Kathleen Hicks

Reported out favorably

Kathleen Hicks

Referred to Armed Services committee

Kathleen Hicks

Appointment announced

General counsel

Confirmed

Caroline Krass

Confirmed

Caroline Krass

Reported out favorably

Caroline Krass

Referred to Armed Services committee

Caroline Krass

Appointment announced

General counsel of the Air Force

At Senate

Peter Beshar

Referred to Armed Services committee

Peter Beshar

Appointment announced

General counsel of the Army

At Senate

Carrie Ricci

Hearing held

Carrie Ricci

Referred to Armed Services committee

Carrie Ricci

Appointment announced

General counsel of the Navy

At Senate

John Coffey

Reported out favorably

John Coffey

Referred to Armed Services committee

John Coffey

Appointment announced

Undersecretary of defense (comptroller) and chief financial officer

Confirmed

Michael J. McCord

Confirmed

Michael J. McCord

Reported out favorably

Michael J. McCord

Referred to Armed Services committee

Michael J. McCord

Appointment announced

Chief information officer

At Senate

John Sherman

Hearing held

John Sherman

Referred to Armed Services committee

John Sherman

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment

No nominee

No nominee

Michael Brown

Withdrawn by president

Michael Brown

Referred to Armed Services committee

Michael Brown

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for intelligence

Confirmed

Ronald S. Moultrie

Confirmed

Ronald S. Moultrie

Reported out favorably

Ronald S. Moultrie

Referred to Armed Services committee

Ronald S. Moultrie

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for personnel and readiness

Confirmed

Gil Cisneros

Confirmed

Gil Cisneros

Reported out favorably

Gil Cisneros

Referred to Armed Services committee

Gil Cisneros

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for policy

Confirmed

Colin Kahl

Confirmed

Colin Kahl

Discharged

Colin Kahl

Referred to Armed Services committee

Colin Kahl

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for research and engineering

Confirmed

Heidi Shyu

Confirmed

Heidi Shyu

Reported out favorably

Heidi Shyu

Referred to Armed Services committee

Heidi Shyu

Appointment announced

Undersecretary of the Air Force

Confirmed

Gina Ortiz Jones

Confirmed

Gina Ortiz Jones

Reported out favorably

Gina Ortiz Jones

Referred to Armed Services committee

Gina Ortiz Jones

Appointment announced

Undersecretary of the Army

At Senate

Gabe Camarillo

Reported out with no recommendation

Gabe Camarillo

Referred to Armed Services committee

Gabe Camarillo

Appointment announced

Undersecretary of the Navy

No nominee

No nominee

Deputy undersecretary for research and engineering

At Senate

David Honey

Reported out with no recommendation

David Honey

Referred to Armed Services committee

David Honey

Appointment announced

Deputy undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment

No nominee

No nominee

Deputy undersecretary of defense policy

At Senate

Alexandra Baker

Reported out favorably

Alexandra Baker

Referred to Armed Services committee

Alexandra Baker

Appointment announced

Principal deputy undersecretary (comptroller)

Confirmed

Kathleen S. Miller

Confirmed

Kathleen S. Miller

Reported out favorably

Kathleen S. Miller

Referred to Armed Services committee

Kathleen S. Miller

Appointment announced

Principal deputy undersecretary for intelligence

No nominee

No nominee

Principal deputy undersecretary for personnel and readiness

At Senate

Ashish Vazirani

Hearing held

Ashish Vazirani

Referred to Armed Services committee

Ashish Vazirani

Appointment announced

Principal deputy undersecretary for policy

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for acquisition

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for Indo-Pacific security affairs

Confirmed

Ely Ratner

Confirmed

Ely Ratner

Reported out favorably

Ely Ratner

Referred to Armed Services committee

Ely Ratner

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for energy, installations and environment

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for health affairs

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for homeland defense and global security

At Senate

Melissa Dalton

Referred to Armed Services committee

Melissa Dalton

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for international security affairs

At Senate

Celeste Wallander

Referred to Armed Services committee

Celeste Wallander

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for legislative affairs

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for manpower and reserve affairs

At Senate

Brenda Sue Fulton

Hearing held

Brenda Sue Fulton

Referred to Armed Services committee

Brenda Sue Fulton

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for nuclear, chemical and biological defense programs

Confirmed

Deborah Rosenblum

Confirmed

Deborah Rosenblum

Reported out favorably

Deborah Rosenblum

Referred to Armed Services committee

Deborah Rosenblum

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for readiness

Confirmed

Shawn Skelly

Confirmed

Shawn Skelly

Reported out favorably

Shawn Skelly

Referred to Armed Services committee

Shawn Skelly

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for special operations and low-intensity conflict

Confirmed

Christopher Maier

Confirmed

Christopher Maier

Reported out favorably

Christopher Maier

Referred to Armed Services committee

Christopher Maier

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for strategy, plans and capabilities

Confirmed

Mara Karlin

Confirmed

Mara Karlin

Reported out favorably

Mara Karlin

Referred to Armed Services committee

Mara Karlin

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for sustainment

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology, logistics

At Senate

Andrew Hunter

Reported out with no recommendation

Andrew Hunter

Referred to Armed Services committee

Andrew Hunter

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Air Force for financial management and comptroller

Holdover

John P. Roth

Confirmed

John P. Roth

Committee requested information was received (Armed Services)

John P. Roth

Referred to Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the Privileged Nomination section committee

John P. Roth

Referred to Armed Services committee

John P. Roth

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and energy

Announced

Ravi Chaudhary

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs

At Senate

Alex Wagner

Reported out with no recommendation

Alex Wagner

Referred to Armed Services committee

Alex Wagner

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology

At Senate

Douglas Bush

Reported out favorably

Douglas Bush

Referred to Armed Services committee

Douglas Bush

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Army for civil works

Confirmed

Michael Connor

Confirmed

Michael Connor

Reported out favorably (Armed Services)

Michael Connor

Reported out favorably (Environment and Public Works)

Michael Connor

Referred to Environment and Public Works committee

Michael Connor

Referred to Armed Services committee

Michael Connor

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Army for financial management and comptroller

Confirmed

Caral Spangler

Confirmed

Caral Spangler

Referred to Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the Privileged Nomination section committee

Caral Spangler

Referred to Armed Services committee

Caral Spangler

Appointment announced

John E. Whitley

Confirmed

John E. Whitley

Committee requested information was received (Armed Services)

John E. Whitley

Referred to Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the Privileged Nomination section committee

John E. Whitley

Referred to Armed Services committee

John E. Whitley

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Army for installations, energy and environment

At Senate

Rachel Jacobson

Reported out with no recommendation

Rachel Jacobson

Referred to Armed Services committee

Rachel Jacobson

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary of the Navy for energy, installations and environment

Confirmed

Meredith Berger

Confirmed

Meredith Berger

Reported out favorably

Meredith Berger

Referred to Armed Services committee

Meredith Berger

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Navy for financial management and comptroller

Holdover

Thomas Harker

Confirmed

Thomas Harker

Committee requested information was received (Armed Services)

Thomas Harker

Referred to Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the Privileged Nomination section committee

Thomas Harker

Referred to Armed Services committee

Thomas Harker

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of the Navy for manpower and reserve affairs

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for space policy

At Senate

John Plumb

Referred to Armed Services committee

John Plumb

Appointment announced

Director for operational test and evaluation

At Senate

Nickolas Guertin

Reported out favorably

Nickolas Guertin

Referred to Armed Services committee

Nickolas Guertin

Appointment announced

Director, cost assessment and program evaluation

Confirmed

Susanna Blume

Confirmed

Susanna Blume

Referred to Armed Services committee

Susanna Blume

Appointment announced

Susanna Blume

Reported out favorably

Inspector general

No nominee

No nominee

Inspector general of the National Security Agency

Holdover

Robert Storch

Confirmed

Robert Storch

Reported out favorably (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Robert Storch

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Robert Storch

Discharged (Armed Services)

Robert Storch

Referred to Armed Services committee

Robert Storch

Reported out favorably (Select Committee on Intelligence)

Robert Storch

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence

Robert Storch

Appointment announced

Director, National Reconnaissance Office

Holdover

Christopher Scolese

Confirmed

Christopher Scolese

Discharged (Armed Services)

Christopher Scolese

Referred to Armed Services committee

Christopher Scolese

Reported out favorably (Select Committee on Intelligence)

Christopher Scolese

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence

Christopher Scolese

Appointment announced

Inspector general, National Reconnaissance Office

Holdover

Susan S. Gibson

Confirmed

Susan S. Gibson

Discharged (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Susan S. Gibson

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Susan S. Gibson

Reported out favorably (Armed Services)

Susan S. Gibson

Referred to Armed Services committee

Susan S. Gibson

Reported out favorably (Select Committee on Intelligence)

Susan S. Gibson

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence

Susan S. Gibson

Appointment announced

Department of Justice

30 positions
Next Top
Attorney general

Confirmed

Merrick Garland

Confirmed

Merrick Garland

Reported out favorably

Merrick Garland

Referred to Judiciary committee

Merrick Garland

Appointment announced

Deputy attorney general

Confirmed

Lisa Monaco

Confirmed

Lisa Monaco

Reported out favorably

Lisa Monaco

Referred to Judiciary committee

Lisa Monaco

Appointment announced

Associate attorney general

Confirmed

Vanita Gupta

Confirmed

Vanita Gupta

Discharged

Vanita Gupta

Referred to Judiciary committee

Vanita Gupta

Appointment announced

Solicitor general

Confirmed

Elizabeth Prelogar

Confirmed

Elizabeth Prelogar

Reported out favorably

Elizabeth Prelogar

Referred to Judiciary committee

Elizabeth Prelogar

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the antitrust division

At Senate

Jonathan Kanter

Reported out favorably

Jonathan Kanter

Referred to Judiciary committee

Jonathan Kanter

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the civil division

No nominee

No nominee

Javier Guzman

Withdrawn by president

Javier Guzman

Referred to Judiciary committee

Javier Guzman

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the civil rights division

Confirmed

Kristen Clarke

Confirmed

Kristen Clarke

Discharged

Kristen Clarke

Referred to Judiciary committee

Kristen Clarke

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the criminal division

Confirmed

Kenneth Polite

Confirmed

Kenneth Polite

Reported out favorably

Kenneth Polite

Referred to Judiciary committee

Kenneth Polite

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the environment and natural resources division

Confirmed

Todd Kim

Confirmed

Todd Kim

Reported out favorably

Todd Kim

Referred to Judiciary committee

Todd Kim

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the justice programs division

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant attorney general for the national security division

Confirmed

Matthew G. Olsen

Confirmed

Matthew G. Olsen

Reported out favorably (Select Committee on Intelligence)

Matthew G. Olsen

Reported out favorably (Judiciary)

Matthew G. Olsen

Referred to Judiciary committee

Matthew G. Olsen

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence

Matthew G. Olsen

Appointment announced

John C. Demers

Resigned

John C. Demers

Confirmed

John C. Demers

Reported out favorably (Select Committee on Intelligence)

John C. Demers

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence

John C. Demers

Reported out favorably (Judiciary)

John C. Demers

Referred to Judiciary committee

John C. Demers

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Policy

Confirmed

Hampton Dellinger

Confirmed

Hampton Dellinger

Reported out favorably

Hampton Dellinger

Referred to Judiciary committee

Hampton Dellinger

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the Office of Legislative Affairs

At Senate

Helaine Greenfeld

Reported out favorably (Judiciary)

Helaine Greenfeld

Referred to Judiciary committee

Helaine Greenfeld

Referred to Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the Privileged Nomination section committee

Helaine Greenfeld

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the Office of the Legal Counsel

Confirmed

Christopher Schroeder

Confirmed

Christopher Schroeder

Reported out favorably

Christopher Schroeder

Referred to Judiciary committee

Christopher Schroeder

Appointment announced

Assistant attorney general for the tax division

No nominee

No nominee

Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration

Confirmed

Anne Milgram

Confirmed

Anne Milgram

Reported out favorably

Anne Milgram

Referred to Judiciary committee

Anne Milgram

Appointment announced

Deputy administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration

No nominee

No nominee

Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission

No nominee

No nominee

Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission

Termed position

Charles Massarone

Confirmed

Charles Massarone

Reported out favorably

Charles Massarone

Referred to Judiciary committee

Charles Massarone

Appointment announced

Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission

Termed position

Patricia Cushwa

Confirmed

Patricia Cushwa

Discharged

Patricia Cushwa

Referred to Judiciary committee

Patricia Cushwa

Appointment announced

Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission

No nominee

No nominee

Commissioner, U.S. Parole Commission

No nominee

No nominee

Special counsel for immigration-related unfair employment practices

No nominee

No nominee

Chairman, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission

No nominee

No nominee

Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

No nominee

No nominee

David Chipman

Withdrawn by president

David Chipman

Hearing held

David Chipman

Referred to Judiciary committee

David Chipman

Appointment announced

Director, Community Relations Service

No nominee

No nominee

Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation

Termed position

Christopher A. Wray

Confirmed

Christopher A. Wray

Reported out favorably

Christopher A. Wray

Referred to Judiciary committee

Christopher A. Wray

Appointment announced

Director, Office on Violence Against Women

No nominee

No nominee

Director, U.S. Marshals Service

Confirmed

Ronald Davis

Confirmed

Ronald Davis

Reported out favorably

Ronald Davis

Referred to Judiciary committee

Ronald Davis

Appointment announced

Inspector general

Holdover

Michael Horowitz

Confirmed

Michael Horowitz

Discharged (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Michael Horowitz

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Michael Horowitz

Reported out favorably (Judiciary)

Michael Horowitz

Referred to Judiciary committee

Michael Horowitz

Appointment announced

Department of the Treasury

29 positions
Next Top
Secretary

Confirmed

Janet Yellen

Confirmed

Janet Yellen

Reported out favorably

Janet Yellen

Referred to Finance committee

Janet Yellen

Appointment announced

Deputy secretary

Confirmed

Wally Adeyemo

Confirmed

Wally Adeyemo

Reported out favorably

Wally Adeyemo

Referred to Finance committee

Wally Adeyemo

Appointment announced

General counsel

At Senate

Neil MacBride

Hearing held

Neil MacBride

Referred to Finance committee

Neil MacBride

Appointment announced

Chief financial officer

No nominee

No nominee

Undersecretary for domestic finance

Confirmed

Nellie Liang

Confirmed

Nellie Liang

Reported out favorably

Nellie Liang

Referred to Finance committee

Nellie Liang

Appointment announced

Undersecretary for international affairs

No nominee

No nominee

Undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence

At Senate

Brian Nelson

Discharged

Brian Nelson

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Brian Nelson

Appointment announced

Deputy undersecretary/designated assistant secretary for international finance

At Senate

Brent Neiman

Hearing held

Brent Neiman

Referred to Finance committee

Brent Neiman

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary (deputy undersecretary) for legislative affairs

Confirmed

Jonathan Davidson

Confirmed

Jonathan Davidson

Reported out favorably (Finance)

Jonathan Davidson

Referred to Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the Privileged Nomination section committee

Jonathan Davidson

Referred to Finance committee

Jonathan Davidson

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for economic policy

Confirmed

Ben Harris

Confirmed

Ben Harris

Reported out favorably

Ben Harris

Referred to Finance committee

Ben Harris

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for financial institutions

At Senate

Graham Steele

Reported out favorably

Graham Steele

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Graham Steele

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for financial markets

At Senate

Joshua Frost

Hearing held

Joshua Frost

Referred to Finance committee

Joshua Frost

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for financial stability

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for intelligence and analysis

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for international markets and development

At Senate

Alexia Latortue

Reported out favorably

Alexia Latortue

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Alexia Latortue

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for investment security

No nominee

No nominee

Assistant secretary for tax policy

Confirmed

Lily Batchelder

Confirmed

Lily Batchelder

Reported out favorably

Lily Batchelder

Referred to Finance committee

Lily Batchelder

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary for terrorist financing

At Senate

Elizabeth Rosenberg

Hearing held

Elizabeth Rosenberg

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Elizabeth Rosenberg

Appointment announced

Assistant secretary of terrorism and financial intelligence

At Senate

Shannon Corless

Referred to Select Committee on Intelligence

Shannon Corless

Appointment announced

Chief counsel, Internal Revenue Service

No nominee

No nominee

Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service

Termed position

Charles P. Rettig

Confirmed

Charles P. Rettig

Reported out favorably

Charles P. Rettig

Referred to Finance committee

Charles P. Rettig

Appointment announced

Comptroller of the currency

At Senate

Saule Omarova

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Saule Omarova

Appointment announced

Director, Office of Financial Research

No nominee

No nominee

Director, U.S. Mint

Termed position

David J. Ryder

Confirmed

David J. Ryder

Reported out favorably

David J. Ryder

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

David J. Ryder

Appointment announced

Member, Financial Stability Oversight Council

Termed position

Thomas E. Workman

Confirmed

Thomas E. Workman

Reported out favorably

Thomas E. Workman

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Thomas E. Workman

Appointment announced

Inspector general

No nominee

No nominee

Inspector general for tax administration

Holdover

J. Russell George

Confirmed

J. Russell George

Discharged (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

J. Russell George

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

J. Russell George

Reported out favorably (Finance)

J. Russell George

Referred to Finance committee

J. Russell George

Appointment announced

Special inspector general for the Office of the Troubled Asset Relief Program

Holdover

Christy Goldsmith Romero

Confirmed

Christy Goldsmith Romero

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Christy Goldsmith Romero

Reported out favorably (Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)

Christy Goldsmith Romero

Discharged (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Christy Goldsmith Romero

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Christy Goldsmith Romero

Appointment announced

Special inspector for pandemic recovery

Holdover

Brian D. Miller

Confirmed

Brian D. Miller

Discharged (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Brian D. Miller

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Brian D. Miller

Reported out favorably (Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)

Brian D. Miller

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Brian D. Miller

Appointment announced

Executive Office of the President

25 positions
Next Top
Director, Office of Management and Budget

No nominee

No nominee

Neera Tanden

Withdrawn by president

Neera Tanden

Hearing held (Budget)

Neera Tanden

Hearing held (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Neera Tanden

Referred to Budget committee

Neera Tanden

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Neera Tanden

Appointment announced

Deputy director, Office of Management and Budget

Confirmed

Shalanda Young

Confirmed

Shalanda Young

Reported out favorably (Budget)

Shalanda Young

Reported out favorably (Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs)

Shalanda Young

Referred to Budget committee

Shalanda Young

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Shalanda Young

Appointment announced

Deputy director for management, Office of Management and Budget

Confirmed

Jason Miller

Confirmed

Jason Miller

Reported out favorably

Jason Miller

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Jason Miller

Appointment announced

Intellectual property enforcement coordinator, Office of Management and Budget

No nominee

No nominee

Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget

No nominee

No nominee

Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget

At Senate

Laurel Blatchford

Referred to Placed on Senate Executive Calendar in the Privileged Nomination section committee

Laurel Blatchford

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Laurel Blatchford

Appointment announced

Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget

At Senate

Biniam Gebre

Referred to Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee

Biniam Gebre

Appointment announced

Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers

Confirmed

Cecilia Rouse

Confirmed

Cecilia Rouse

Reported out favorably

Cecilia Rouse

Referred to Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs committee

Cecilia Rouse

Appointment announced

Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality

Confirmed

Brenda Mallory

Confirmed

Brenda Mallory

Reported out favorably

Brenda Mallory

Referred to Environment and Public Works committee

Brenda Mallory

Appointment announced

Member, Council on Environmental Quality

No nominee

No nominee

Member, Council on Environmental Quality

No nominee

No nominee

Deputy director, Council on Environmental Quality

No nominee

No nominee

U.S. trade representative

Confirmed

Katherine Tai

Confirmed

Katherine Tai

Reported out favorably

Katherine Tai

Referred to Finance committee

Katherine Tai

Appointment announced

Deputy U.S. trade representative and representative of the U.S. to the World Trade Organization, Geneva

At Senate

Maria Luisa Pagan

Hearing held

Maria Luisa Pagan

Referred to Finance committee

Maria Luisa Pagan

Appointment announced

Deputy U.S. trade representative

Confirmed

Sarah Bianchi

Confirmed

Sarah Bianchi

Reported out favorably

Sarah Bianchi

Referred to Finance committee

Sarah Bianchi

Appointment announced

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Tracking the political appointees Biden is nominating to fill the top roles in his administration

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/world/europe/cop26-greta-thunberg.html

Headline:
"Greta Thunberg assails world leaders for 'profiting from this destructive system.'"

This headline offers some insight into what the article might be about. The headline does not mention anything about the U.N. Climate Summit, which is a big part of the story. The adjectives used in the headline make the reader want to read more.

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Greta Thunberg, the 18-year-old Swedish climate activist whose school strike inspired young people the world over to take action on climate change, criticized world leaders on Friday for allowing the "exploitation of people and nature."

"The leaders are not doing nothing," Ms. Thunberg said, addressing a crowd of thousands marching in Glasgow outside the United Nations climate summit. "They are actively creating loopholes, shaping frameworks to benefit themselves to continue profiting from this destructive system."

One of the most recognizable climate activists in the world, Ms. Thunberg has painted a gloomy portrait of the summit in Glasgow, where officials from around the world are trying to reach agreements to reduce emissions and keep the average global temperature from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius compared with preindustrial levels by the end of this century.

Speaking on the sidelines of the summit on Thursday, Ms. Thunberg said that COP26 was "sort of turning into a greenwash campaign, a P.R. campaign," for business leaders and politicians to pretend that they are taking action on global warming without following through.

"Since we are so far from what actually we needed," Ms. Thunberg said at a New York Times event in Glasgow, "I think what would be considered a success would be if people realize what a failure this COP is."

Leaders and business executives have made some significant commitments. On Tuesday, more than 100 countries agreed to cut emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, 30 percent by 2030. And on Wednesday a coalition of the world's biggest investors, banks and insurers that collectively control $130 trillion said they were committed to financing projects that would help get companies and countries to net-zero emissions by 2050.

But environmentalists have criticized the financing pledge as lacking in detail.

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Greta Thunberg assails world leaders for 'profiting from this destructive system.'

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Greta Thunberg, the 18-year-old Swedish climate activist whose school strike inspired young people the world over to take action on climate change, criticized world leaders on Friday for allowing the "exploitation of people and nature." "The leaders are not doing nothing," Ms. Thunberg said, addressing a crowd of thousands marching in Glasgow outside the United Nations climate summit.

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-05/far-fewer-californians-getting-covid-19-booster-shots-than-expected-bringing-new-alarms

Headline:
"Far fewer Californians getting COVID-19 booster shots than expected, bringing new alarms"

This headline informs the reader about the basics of what this story will be about. It is concise and direct, which I like.

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Far fewer Californians getting COVID-19 booster shots than expected, bringing new alarms

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Numbers from the California Department of Public Health show that initial demand for booster shots has been much lower than originally expected.

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The highlight of my week was hanging out with Valery yesterday. We haven't seen each other in person since September because she moved away to college. It felt like no time passed at all though since we FaceTime and text often.

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I just got some great news that boosted my mood. I'm excited that the editors get to borrow new laptops. I needed a new laptop to use since my current one is not doing so well. Aside from this recent highlight, I have a huge workload and it's making me feel very overwhelmed and stressed, which is never beneficial for me. Therefore, I would rate my current mood at a 7.

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- To start off the meeting, everyone should introduce themselves. Then, we should follow up with a quick icebreaker. Next, we can have a list of short stories, illustrations and photos students who are joining can be assigned.

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Soft Leads #2:
Jane Johnson is one of 4,000 single parents and displaced homemakers the program Project for Homemakers in Arizona Seeking Employment (PHASE) has helped.

The program offers vocational training to near-poverty level income women. They are able to get trained in largely male-dominated fields. For Johnson, she left her job as a long-distance operator and now works as a carpentry apprentice.

Soft Leads #3:
Eighty years ago on Dec. 7, Earl Schaeffer was stationed at Hickam Field in Oahu, Hawaii studying a book about aerial navigation. A quiet Sunday morning was soon disrupted by the sounds of bombing.

"I ran out of the hangar and I saw aircraft swooping down and dropping black objects and it still didn't dawn on me, because I wasn't expecting anything like that," Schaeffer said.

On Dec. 7, 1941, the United States was drawn into World War II when Japanese fighter pilots bombed Pearl Harbor. A total of 2,471 Americans were killed and 55 Japanese men were lost.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/arts/music/vinyl-records-delays.html
Headline: "Vinyl Is Selling So Well That It's Getting Hard to Sell Vinyl"
- I like this headline because it causes the reader to pause and question what they just read.

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Left for dead in the 1980s, vinyl records are now the music industry's most popular and highest-grossing physical format. Getting them manufactured, however, is increasingly a challenge.

Moose Adamson sets up the lathe at Joyful Noise Recordings in Indianapolis. The specialty label cuts records individually on a 1940s-vintage machine. Credit... AJ Mast for The New York Times

Within the Indianapolis office of Joyful Noise Recordings, a specialty label that caters to vinyl-loving fans of underground rock, is a corner that employees call the "lathe cave."

There sits a Presto 6N record lathe - a 1940s-vintage machine the size of a microwave that makes records by cutting a groove into a blank vinyl platter. Unlike most standard records, which are pressed by the hundreds or thousands, each lathe-cut disc must be created individually.

"It's incredibly laborious," said Karl Hofstetter, the label's founder. "If a song is three minutes long, it takes three minutes to make every one."

This ancient technology - scuffed and dinged, the lathe looks like something from a World War II submarine - is a key part of Joyful Noise's strategy to survive the very surge of vinyl popularity the label has helped fuel. Left for dead with the advent of CDs in the 1980s, vinyl records are now the music industry's most popular and highest-grossing physical format, with fans choosing it for collectibility, sound quality or simply the tactile experience of music in an age of digital ephemerality. After growing steadily for more than a decade, LP sales exploded during the pandemic.

In the first six months of this year, 17 million vinyl records were sold in the United States, generating $467 million in retail revenue, nearly double the amount from the same period in 2020, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Sixteen million CDs were also sold in the first half of 2021, worth just $205 million. Physical recordings are now just a sliver of the overall music business - streaming is 84 percent of domestic revenue - but they can be a strong indication of fan loyalty, and stars like Taylor Swift and Olivia Rodrigo make vinyl an important part of their marketing.

Vinyl sales have become a bigger part of the pie for contemporary artists like Taylor Swift, appearing here with Jimmy Fallon. Credit... Andrew Lipovsky/NBCUniversal, via Getty Images

Yet there are worrying signs that the vinyl bonanza has exceeded the industrial capacity needed to sustain it. Production logjams and a reliance on balky, decades-old pressing machines have led to what executives say are unprecedented delays. A couple of years ago, a new record could be turned around in a few months; now it can take up to a year, wreaking havoc on artists' release plans.

Kevin Morby, a singer-songwriter from Kansas City, Kan., said that his latest LP, "A Night at the Little Los Angeles," barely arrived in time to sell on his fall tour. And he is one of the lucky ones. Artists from the Beach Boys to Tyler, the Creator have seen their vinyl held up recently.

"It's almost how I feel about playing live music," Morby said in an interview. "I now count every show as a success. 'Wow, we pulled it off - no one got Covid.' Now I know what it's like for the world to completely stop. So even if it's going to be a little late I'm still grateful for that."

For Joyful Noise, the vinyl crunch has also presented a puzzling problem. Up to 500 V.I.P. customers pay the label $200 a year for special editions of every LP it makes. But the production holdups mean the label cannot predict which titles will be ready during 2022.

"How do we in good conscience sell this for next year," Hofstetter said, "if we don't know when these records will show up?"

The label's solution is to make lathe-cut singles for each of the eight albums it intends to release next year, as placeholder bonuses while its customers wait. Doing so will cost Joyful Noise money and time - Hofstetter groaned as we calculated that eight records with five minutes of music per side, cut 500 times each, would take 666 hours of lathe work - but the label sees it as a necessary investment.

Others are just as frustrated. Thrill Jockey, a Chicago label for indie-rock connoisseurs, wants to celebrate its 30th anniversary next year with a series of reissues, but its founder, Bettina Richards, said she has no idea which titles can be made in time. John Brien of Important Records, which releases work by contemporary composers, recently declared online that " vinyl is dead," but clarified in an interview that the format is too essential to abandon.

Not even the biggest stars are immune. In an interview this month with BBC Radio, Adele, whose album "30" is due Nov. 19 - and is sure to be a blockbuster on LP - said her release date had been set six months ago to get vinyl and CDs made in time.

"There was like a 25-week lead time!" she exclaimed. "So many CD factories and vinyl factories, they bloody closed down even before Covid because no one bloody prints them anymore."

Music and manufacturing experts cite a variety of factors behind the holdup. The pandemic shut down many plants for a time, and problems in the global supply chain have slowed the movement of everything from cardboard and polyvinyl chloride - the "vinyl" that records (and plumbing pipes) are made from - to finished albums. In early 2020, a fire destroyed one of only two plants in the world that made lacquer discs, an essential part of the record-making process.

Kevin Morby said that vinyl copies of his latest LP barely arrived in time to sell on his fall tour. Credit... Douglas Mason/WireImage, via Getty Images

But the bigger issue may be simple supply and demand. Consumption of vinyl LPs has grown much faster than the industry's ability to make records. The business relies on an aging infrastructure of pressing machines, most of which date to the 1970s or earlier and can be costly to maintain. New machines came along only in recent years, and can cost up to $300,000 each. There's a backlog of orders for those, too.

Exotic problems pop up that would never interfere with a release on YouTube or SoundCloud. "We had a raccoon infestation," said Caren Kelleher of Gold Rush Vinyl, a boutique plant in Austin, Texas. "That set us back a week."

The limits of this infrastructure are being tested as major artists - and super-retailers like Walmart and Amazon - increasingly push vinyl. It is not hard to see why: At a time when CD sales are vanishing and streaming has left artists complaining about minuscule payouts, a new LP, especially if offered in eye-catching colors or in collector-baiting design variants, can sell for $25 or more. As some see it, releases by top pop acts are gumming up the production chain, crowding out the smaller artists and labels that have remained loyal to the format all along.

"What worries me more than anything is that the major labels will dominate and take over all of the capacity, which I don't think is a good idea," said Rick Hashimoto of Record Technology Inc., a midsize plant in Camarillo, Calif., that works with many indie labels.

Others say the big labels are just a convenient target. The real problem, they believe, isn't celebrities jumping on the vinyl bandwagon but that the industrial network simply has not expanded quickly enough to meet growing demand.

"Am I mad that Olivia Rodrigo sold 76,000 vinyl copies of her album?" said Ben Blackwell of Third Man, the record label and vinyl empire that counts Jack White of the White Stripes as one of its founders. "Not at all! This is what I would have dreamed of when we started Third Man - that the biggest frontline artists are all pushing vinyl, and that young kids are into it.

Karl Hofstetter, the founder of Joyful Noise, said cutting albums individually is "incredibly laborious." Credit... AJ Mast for The New York Times

"If someone is mad that that prevents some other title from being pressed," Blackwell continued, "it feels a little bit elitist and gatekeep-y."

Still, there are worries that the renaissance may be at risk if further delays frustrate consumers and artists - or if vinyl comes to be treated as just another merchandise item, like T-shirts or key chains, from which fickle fans will simply move on.

Among old-school record types, there have long been suspicions that many new fans buy vinyl for a collectible thrill but never actually drop a needle.

"We noticed during Covid that we got a lot more mail-order complaints like, 'The jacket has a 10th-of-an-inch bend on the corner,'" said Brian Lowit of Dischord Records, the Washington label behind post-punk icons like Fugazi. "We ask them if the record is playing well and they'll say, 'I don't know, I just keep it in the shrink wrap.'"

For artists, especially ones without major-label backing, sticking with vinyl has now become a question about whether it is worth the trouble.

"Right now vinyl feels legitimizing," said Cassandra Jenkins, a singer-songwriter in Brooklyn whose last album, " An Overview on Phenomenal Nature," was a surprise vinyl hit - it started with a pressing of 300 copies and eventually went to 7,000.

"It's an investment for an artist," she added. "I want these objects that I can sell, so I am going to invest in that."

For some musicians like Jenkins, that investment has now begun to affect the creative process. After the release of her last album, in February, she began working on follow-up material. But the long turnaround time for vinyl meant she had to get started immediately, with a tight deadline, to get her music in the manufacturing pipeline.

In Jenkins's case, the pressure had a positive effect. She recorded an EP of new material, due by the end of the year on vinyl only. Another release, "(An Overview on) An Overview on Phenomenal Nature," with outtakes and a new track, will come out on CD and digital formats next month - with vinyl to follow in April.

"It oddly pushed me into making more music than I would have had we the more luxurious deadlines of yore," Jenkins said.

And her next project?

"This year, it was really important to me to have vinyl," she said. "Maybe next year it won't be."

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Vinyl Is Selling So Well That It's Getting Hard to Sell Vinyl

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Left for dead in the 1980s, vinyl records are now the music industry's most popular and highest-grossing physical format. Getting them manufactured, however, is increasingly a challenge. Within the Indianapolis office of Joyful Noise Recordings, a specialty label that caters to vinyl-loving fans of underground rock, is a corner that employees call the "lathe cave."

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Story ideas we can cover this month:
- Senior Portraits on Wednesday
- WMD is filming their performances this week
- Dia de Los Muertos alters

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Today I’m going to Fright Fest at Six Flags for the first time. I’m scared but also excited to go! The friends I’m going with (Alliana, Om, Harlow, Cameron and Jessica) always make it fun so I know I’ll probably laugh a lot and forget my fears.

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Tomorrow I plan on dressing up as Kim Possible, an old Disney character. Her outfit is easy to recreate. It's also convenient since I had everything at home except for the green cargo pants.

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Spread from El Estoque magazine Volume 52, Issue 1. Published Oct. 8, 2021. 

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I love the layout of this spread because it looks organized and eye-catching. It's also broken into a two column layout, which is the same as our publication.

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Spread from Distraction magazine Summer 2021. Published May 10, 2021. 

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First off, I really like the headline on the drawn CD. Having it take up a page adds some nice contrast to the column of text on the right. I think we can include a page similar to this in our next issue. Since it will come out in December, we can have a playlist centered around that holiday.

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Spread from Distraction magazine Spring 2020. Published March 9, 2020. 

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I love the color used for the background of this page. Personally, I think the three vertical photos on the left page could have been removed and replaced with one horizontal photo. I think implementing a layout design such as this one will look nice in our magazine.

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1. A total of 2.7 million child abuse or neglect cases were reported this year, according to a recent survey from the Child Abuse Prevention Center.
2. The founder of the American Indian Movement spoke at a university regarding a ban on using Indian names and symbols as sports mascots.
3. Next fall, all undergraduate students will be required to take a class in cultural diversity due to a recent faculty senate vote.
4. Students at the University of Missouri will be affected by a 12 percent increase due to a new tuition rate.

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Choose the best lead:
1) b. A helicopter pilot died after crashing at Lyman Airport Friday night.
2) c. If you live in Oakdale, your water bill will increase by 20 percent - an average of $12 a month - beginning Oct. 1. (I originally put a)
3) c. Two Kennedy High seniors won $1,000 Saturday after finishing first in a statewide dance contest.
4) b. Police arrested a Spudville man Friday and charged him with bank robbery. The man's name: Robbin Banks. (I originally put a)
5) c. Florida's oldest prisoner has died at 97. (I originally put b)

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Basic news leads - includes the most significant parts of the 5 W's, could also hold off on saying their name in the second paragraph.

Anecdotal/Narrative Leads - it hooks the reader from the very first paragraph.

Scene-Setter Leads - sets the scene with a lot of description.

Direct Address Leads- it puts the reader in the first-person point of view.

Blind Leads - Intentionally withhold important info from the reader and then spring it on them out of nowhere. This is a different way to hook the reader in.

Roundup Leads - Lists a series of anecdotal info to "roundup" the reader's interest to read the rest of the story.

Startling Statement -  Lead starts with a startling/shocking statement (aka as a "zinger") to hook the reader in.

Wordplay Leads - Quite self-explanatory, this type of lead can range from a play on words or something funny.

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I am very tired and a little down because I went to sleep late due to some personal reasons. Therefore, I have felt very drained and sluggish all day. It wasn't until the end of fourth period where I noticed my mood get a little brighter as well.

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CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/26/health/covid-19-young-kids-vaccine-fda-discussion/index.html

Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2021-10-26/fda-advisors-review-pfizers-covid-19-vaccine-for-younger-kids

KTLA 5:
https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/fda-advisers-reviewing-pfizers-covid-vaccine-for-kids-aged-5-11/

After reading all three of this stories, I notice some similarities and differences between them. Each provided the 5 W's and H. CNN weighed more of the pros and cons about kids getting the vaccine. LA Times also reported similarly but added more in depth info behind the trials of it. KTLA 5 gave the reader more info about the details behind this study.

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fda's independent vaccine committee meets to discuss pfizer's covid-19 vaccine for young kids - cnn

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FDA's independent vaccine committee meets to discuss Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for young kids

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The FDA's independent vaccine advisory committee meets Tuesday to discuss if the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine should be authorized for children ages 5 to 11.

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The pitter patter and feeling of renewal associated with rain once again shocks native Californians this morning.

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Sleepy senior powers through a mundane week

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From the Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/science/newsletter/2021-09-28/coronavirus-today-distance-learning-problems-coronavirus-today

“Even with its massive COVID-19 testing program and vaccination mandates for teachers and age-eligible students, the Los Angeles Unified School District can’t make campuses safe for all of its high-risk students.

Alison Goldberg is the mother of 7-year-old twins, one of whom has a metabolic disorder. Her doctor has advised Goldberg to keep the girl at home because her medical condition makes her particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus. So her daughters are spending another year in distance-learning mode.”

This is a good lead because it focuses on one person it hooks in the reader. It also gives the reader a glimpse of what the main point of the story is talking about.

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Los Angeles Times
"Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov"
By Kiko Rosario, Frank Jordans, Vanessa Gera
Oct. 8, 2021

Summary
The article "Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov," talks about journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. They were awarded a Nobel due to their "efforts to safeguard freedom of expression" during a time where journalists are being attacked, harassed and even murdered for doing their job. Ressa is the first woman to be awarded a Nobel this year and the first Filipino to win the peace prize. Muratov co-founded Novaya Gazeta in 1993, a reliable and independent Russian newspaper.

Reading this article was very inspiring. I admire their dedication to holding politicians in power accountable. The work of a journalist can be very dangerous so it is nice that their work is being acknowledged. Having two journalists win a Nobel Peace Prize this year is surprising. I do think that it is well deserved, though.

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Senior Jhonny Gonzalez taps away at his laptop during his period 4 Journalism class. He is very focused on his work as he stares intently at his laptop. He is wearing a black hoodie with the hood over his head. His black hoodie matches his black backpack and mask. Gonzalez is seated next to senior Jessica Melkonyan. The aggressive tap on the keyboard juxtaposed with Melkonyan's light taps make for an interesting sound. He is now swiftly walking outside to focus on his assignments for yearbook. The silence in the room is filled up with the quick pitter pats of fingers maneuvering across their keyboard.

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A highlight from my weekend was attending the 63 annual LA Press Club awards! The Pearl Post took second place for Best High School Newspaper. Although we didn’t place first, I’m still very proud of our staff, especially because we were nominated for our work done during distance learning. It definitely presented some challenges. I got to meet and take photos with some prominent journalists. Just being in the same room as them was inspiring. It also felt surreal because I grew up watching some of the journalists who were there. Especially when I got to talk and shake hands with Marc Brown from abc7. It gave me motivation for the future. The location was absolutely stunning as well. I took lots of photos lol. This event was definitely a highlight of my high school experiences.

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Spread from El Estoque magazine Volume 52, Issue 2. Published Nov. 3, 2021. 

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I think this is a great way to showcase photos. I like that the photos are in different sizes as well. This spread reminds me of one I would find inside a yearbook. We can do something similar in the magazine for a sports fall recap.

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This cover is from The Express. I noticed that they also have a simple logo for their publication. Unlike Verde, their headline is at the top right instead of the bottom. I like how both of these publications have covers with simple yet bold images.

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This cover is from The North Star magazine. Like the past two publications, they have a simple logo. Theirs is a bit more elaborate but nothing too crazy. I like how their headline is off to the side because it doesn't distract too much from the image.

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This cover is from HiLite magazine. Firstly, I love this cover. The image is designed in a cool way. I notice that the headline info is at the bottom right. The small font juxtaposed with the bigger font looks great.