02/12/2008
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"Keith A. Nelson, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Vickers B. Meadows."
"James Caldwell Cason, of Florida, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the ..."
"The U.S. presence in the region has promoted peace and stability."
"The Agreement is a natural step in the expansion of bilateral ties."