NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Thomas Hart Armbruster, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

David Bruce Wharton, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Zimbabwe.

WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE:

Arunava Majumdar, of California, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Kristina M. Johnson, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on November 30, 2011.