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On the recordSeptember 20, 1978
I will nominate Donald K. Petterson of San Luis Obispo, Calif., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Somali Democratic Republic.
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Jimmy Carter
Democratic · Georgia

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United States Ambassador to the Somali Democratic Republic Nomination of Donald K. Petterson.

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