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MEDIA ADVISORY: Rubio To Chair Back-To-Back Hearings Covering Haiti Policy; Nominations For Guyana, Haiti, Mexico & Nicaragua
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) will be chairing two Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings tomorrow, July 15. The first – in the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights and Global Women’s Issues – will review U.S. policy towards Haiti prior to their August elections. The second – in the full Senate Foreign Relations Committee – will consider the four pending nominations of U.S. ambassadors to Haiti, Guyana, Mexico and Nicaragua.
The following events will be live-streamed here.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
2:30pm ET
Rubio to Chair Hearing on Overview of U.S. Policy Towards Haiti Prior To The Elections.
Senate Dirksen Building, Room SD-419
Washington, D.C.
WITNESSES: Mr. Thomas C. Adams
Special Coordinator For Haiti
U.S. Department of State
Washington, D.C.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
3:30pm ET
Rubio to Chair Hearing on Nominations of U.S. Ambassadors to Guyana, Nicaragua, Mexico, and Haiti.
Senate Dirksen Building, Room SD-419
Washington, D.C.
WITNESSES: Mr. Perry L. Holloway
Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary Of The United States Of America To The Co-Operative Republic Of Guyana Nominee
Ms. Laura Farnsworth Dogu
Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary Of The United States Of America To The Republic Of Nicaragua Nominee
The Honorable Roberta S. Jacobson
Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary Of The United States Of America To The United Mexican States Nominee
Mr. Peter F. Mulrean
Ambassador Extraordinary And Plenipotentiary Of The United States Of America To The Republic Of Haiti Nominee