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On the recordJune 3, 1980
I will nominate Frances D. Cook, of Homestead, Fla., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Burundi.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States Ambassador to Burundi Nomination of Frances D. Cook.

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