"We expect to get confirmation of Matthew Bryza through the Senate"

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, John Kerry, said Assistant Secretary of State Philip J. Crowley at the Daily Press Briefing.

He said they talked about the new START agreement, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
According to Crowley, US ambassadors to Iraq, Azerbaijan and the Dominican Republic have not been confirmed yet.

“On the nominee front, we certainly are anxious to get our nominees into positions here at the State Department into key ambassadorships. We do expect to get a number of confirmations through the Senate on August 5. We hope, including Jim Jeffrey, to be the ambassador in Baghdad, and Matt Bryza as well. We have a number of deserving candidates who hope to get on the job as quickly as possible,” Philip J. Crowley said.

The vote on Matthew Bryza`s appointment as US ambassador to Azerbaijan was postponed at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The objection of pro-Armenian Senator Barbara Boxer caused the postponement.


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