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On the recordMarch 8, 2010
We have some 13 ambassadorial positions pending, only 1 of which I am advised is controversial, and I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record a list of these 13 positions following my remarks. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. (See exhibit 3.)
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Arlen Specter
Democratic · Pennsylvania

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