On the recordJune 29, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to executive session and the Foreign Relations Committee be discharged from further consideration of Presidential Nomination 1680 and the Senate proceed to its consideration; that the nomination be confirmed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, there be no intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order to the nomination; that any related statements be printed in the Record; and that President Obama be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The nomination considered and confirmed is as follows: Department of State Derek J. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Union of Burma.
