Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The White House on Tuesday sent to the Senate for confirmation the names of recent nominations to key administrative posts including a new ambassador to flood-ravaged Pakistan which is also a key factor in the ongoing war on terror.

Cameron Munter a career member of the Foreign Service, with the rank of Minister, will be the next ambassador to Pakistan if approved by the legislature. He most recently served as Ambassador to Serbia.

Munter has served as Deputy Chief of Mission in Iraq, the Czech Republic and Poland. Munter was the first leader of the first Provincial Reconstruction Team in Iraq in 2006, in Mosul.

In Washington, he was Director for Central Europe at the National Security Council, Executive Assistant to the Counselor at the State Department, and Chief of Staff of the NATO Enlargement Ratification Office.

His previous overseas assignments include Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic. Munter received his PhD from the Johns Hopkins University and B.A. from Cornell University. He was also a Rusk Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University.

The White House communique announcing these appointments cited President Obama as saying, “I am proud to nominate such impressive men and women to these important roles, and I am grateful they have agreed to lend their considerable talents to this administration. I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead.”

Other nominations sent to the Senate by the White House are the following:

Samuel Epstein Angel, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission for a term of nine years. (Reappointment)

Mari Carmen Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of El Salvador, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate

Thomas M. Beck, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2013

Alan D. Bersin, of California, to be Commissioner of Customs, Department of Homeland Security

Donald M. Berwick, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

Peter A. Diamond, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 2000

Jeffrey Alan Goldstein, of New York, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury

Elisabeth Ann Hagen, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety

Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration

Richard Sorian, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services

Marsha Ternus, of Iowa, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute for a term expiring September 17, 2012

Pamela Ann White, of Maine, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of The Gambia.

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Side A and side B
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Colleen Davis has been in the internet marketing industry for more than 5 years. She writes articles, press releases and blogs in printing and digital media.

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