Times have changed.
In 1993, two of the ugliest confirmation battles ever took place
around the nominations by President Clinton of Roberta Achtenberg to be
Assistant Secretary in the Department of Housing and Urban Development
and James Hormel as Ambassador to Luxembourg. Achtenberg, after a
bruising debate, was confirmed by 58 votes in the Senate and Hormel was
denied the Senate confirmation and was appointed as an 'recess
appointment'.
Yesterday, the United States Senate confirmed openly gay Ambassadors
and an appointment to the Justice Department by voice vote, little
debate and no dissent.
Those confirmed by the United States Senate were:
John Berry: Ambassador to Australia
Rufus Gifford: Ambassador to Denmark
James Costos: Ambassador to Spain
Daniel Baer: Ambassador to Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
Stuart Delery: Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division at Department of Justice.
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