Nomination
John A. Heffern, a career foreign service officer, was nominated by President Obama as the next ambassador on May 19, 2011. After the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the nomination, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez placed a hold on the nomination due to disputes with the administration over the use of the word genocide in relation to the Armenian Genocide.
The United States Senate confirmed Heffern by unanimous consent on September 26, 2011. He presented his credentials October 17, 2011.
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