Nominations and Withdrawal Sent to the Senate

President Donald J. Trump has submitted a significant slate of nominations to the U.S. Senate, filling critical vacancies across the federal government with a heavy focus on international diplomacy, national security, and law enforcement.Here is a summary of the personnel actions sent to the Senate on June 1, 2026:The President has nominated a diverse group of individuals to represent American interests abroad, including several key regional and strategic posts:Strategic & Regional Ambassadors:Nick Oberheiden (Texas): To be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt.Daniel Perez (Florida): To be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil.William Grayson (California): To be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.Nathaniel Morris (Kentucky): To be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia.Henry Wooster (Virginia): To be Ambassador to the Republic of Kenya (Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service).John Hurley (California): To be Representative to the OECD, with the rank of Ambassador.European & Eurasian Posts: Nominations include Alexander Alden (Azerbaijan), Joseph Burkhalter (Moldova), Douglas Holder (Bulgaria), Ronald Johnson (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Peter McCoy (Montenegro), Keith Noreika (Lithuania), and Michael Young (Serbia).Western Hemisphere & African Posts: Nominations include Mark Abreu (El Salvador), Jennifer Johnson-Carroll (Trinidad and Tobago), Paul Kalmbach (Paraguay), Peter Snyder (Ecuador), and Laurence Socha (The Gambia).State Department Senior Leadership:Donald Blome (Illinois): To be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs.Katherine Bowles (Alabama): To be Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs.Carl Anderson (Virginia): To be Inspector General of the Department of State.Johnny Figueroa (Tennessee): To be Ambassador-At-Large for Global Health Security and Coordinator for Global HIV/AIDS activities.Continuing the administration’s focus on "Law and Order," the President nominated several United States Attorneys and Marshals:U.S. Attorneys: Daniel Johnson (W.D. Pennsylvania), Christopher Nassar (N.D. Oklahoma), Robert Troester (W.D. Oklahoma), and Steven Weinhoeft (S.D. Illinois).U.S. Marshals: Philip Lewis III (M.D. Pennsylvania) and Seth Reister (N.D. Florida).Ge Bai (Virginia): To be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services.Mark Cruz (Oregon): To be Director of the Indian Health Service (four-year term).International Trade Commission (ITC): Three individuals were nominated to this critical body responsible for trade enforcement: Samuel Negatu (D.C.), Peter-Anthony Pappas (New Jersey), and Bartholomew Thanhauser (New York).Veterans Affairs: Maria Lopez (Florida) was nominated to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (six-year term).Consumer Safety: Brien Lorenze (Virginia) was nominated to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (seven-year term).The President formally withdrew the nomination of Paul Ferguson to be U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia.These nominations will now move to their respective Senate committees for confirmation hearings. The heavy volume of diplomatic nominations signals the administration’s intent to fully staff its "America First" foreign policy team as the nation enters the second half of its 250th year of independence.Diplomacy and International AffairsJustice and Law EnforcementHealth and Human Services (HHS)Economic Policy and OversightWithdrawal