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10:30 AM EDT 
Nominations 
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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NOMINEES:
Mr. John Breslow, of Arizona, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Cyprus
https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/730/11
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Mr. Fleet White, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs)
https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/852/2
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Mr. Todd Steggerda, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador
https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/806/9
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The Honorable Preston Wells Griffith III, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador and to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador.
https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/852/6
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Fleet White, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), vice Jessica Lewis, resigned.
https://www.congress.gov/nomination/119th-congress/859/6
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https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/senate-event/338152
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/nominations-04-16-2026

11:00 AM EDT 
Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau meets with Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang and witnesses the signing of the International Atomic Energy Agency Agreement
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/04/public-schedule-april-16-2026/

11:00 AM EDT 
Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg participates in a U.S.-Philippines Pax Silica Declaration signing ceremony
Department of State
https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/04/public-schedule-april-16-2026/

11:00 AM EDT
What's in a Name? Botanic Garden Nomenclature 101 (Online Lecture)
United States Botanic Garden
https://www.usbg.gov/learn/programs-and-events
https://usbg.swoogo.com/Nomenclature_Apr26
https://events.zoomgov.com/ev/At--wZ79zzNpZhsp6lSA73LBQfhxo4pV__iWmjine_taRZJSOoAC~AiP6Pmwohg77w0y442aj5rmbPrTUS2Rxh7oHC2JJYHR-3IOAtC5IS-u__w

11:00 AM EDT
Budget Hearing – The Office of the United States Trade Representative
House Appropriations Committee
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WITNESSES:
The Honorable Jamieson Greer
Ambassador, United States Trade Representative
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https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/house-event/119150
https://appropriations.house.gov/schedule/hearings/budget-hearing-office-united-states-trade-representative
https://youtube.com/watch?v=K78YqkbUukw

11:00 AM EDT
Hearing: China’s Campaign to Steal America’s AI Edge
House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
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WITNESSES:
Mr. Yusuf Mahmood
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Mr. Kyle Chan
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Mr. Dmitri Alperotvitch
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https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/house-event/119165
https://chinaselectcommittee.house.gov/committee-activity/hearings/china-s-campaign-to-steal-america-s-ai-edge
https://youtube.com/watch?v=U1KCdpEvhFE
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