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Updated February 2, 2010
Overall Statistics on February 2, 2010
(including nominated/confirmed Obama and holdover Bush appointments)
Total Positions: 185
Career 114/61.6% - Political 55/29.7% - Vacant 16/8.6%
(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: 43 – 44.3% (36 confirmed, 7 nominated, 0 announced)
Political: 54 – 55.7% (45 confirmed, 9 nominated, 0 announced)
* denotes that the nominee has had a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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