Senate Approves Commerce, State Trade-Related Nominations
The Senate on March 13 approved Arun Kumar as assistant secretary of the Commerce Department and director general of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service. The Senate on the same day also approved Puneet Talwar to be assistant secretary of…
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the State Department for political and military affairs, a position that oversees export controls. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation voted in favor of the Kumar nomination in January (see 14011410), The Senate Finance Committee passed the Talwar nomination onto the full Senate in February (see 14020502).