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Updated August 23, 2010
Overall Statistics on August 23, 2010
(including nominated/confirmed Obama and holdover Bush appointments)
Total Positions: 186
Career 119/64.0% - Political 56/30.1% - Vacant 11/5.9%
(The 186 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: 80 – 58.8% (67 confirmed, 13 nominated, 0 announced)
Political: 56 – 41.2% (52 confirmed, 1 recess appointment, 3 nominated, 0 announced)
* denotes that the nominee has had a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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