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Updated March 16, 2010
Overall Statistics on March 16, 2010
(including nominated/confirmed Obama and holdover Bush appointments)
Total Positions: 185
Career 115/62.2% - Political 55/29.7% - Vacant 15/8.1%
(The 185 positions include all ambassadors to nation states and international organizations, as well as
the Director General of the Foreign Service. No ambassadors-at-large or special envoys are included.
When ambassadors are accredited to two nations (i.e. Sri Lanka and Maldives),
they count as one position.)
Obama Appointees:
Career: 45 – 45.9% (42 confirmed, 3 nominated, 0 announced)
Political: 53 – 54.1% (48 confirmed, 5 nominated, 0 announced)
* denotes that the nominee has had a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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