Munter confirmed for Islamabad post

Just before its pre-election break, the Senate confirmed a host of Obama administration appointees, including Cameron Munter as the new U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan.

Munter heads to Islamabad during one of its most tumultuous periods in recent history. The CIA is hunting down operatives involved in a plot to attack European cities, the government is under assault from elements of the opposition, and now Pakistan has cut off NATO supply routes to Afghanistan in retaliation for the killing of three Pakistani soldiers by a NATO air strike. Oh, and the country is still reeling from devastating floods.

In his testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Munter identified himself as a clear supporter of Pakistan’s civilian government led by President Asif Ali Zardari.

“Success will come in Pakistan by building confidence in, and working with, a strong civilian government,” he said. “It will be the result of patient efforts on our part to define and address areas of interest that America and Pakistan share — our counterinsurgency against violent extremists, Pakistan’s ability to achieve its full economic potential, our commitment to social development. We can only achieve this common success with a strong partner in Pakistan’s democratically elected civilian government.”

He also said that Pakistan would have to raise taxes on its own people to get out from under the flood crisis, a call that Hillary Clinton echoed Tuesday.

“Pakistan must raise its revenues internally to pay for the needs of its people,” Munter said.

Munter heads to Pakistan with his wife, Marilyn, whom he was separated from during his last posting in Baghdad.

The Senate also confirmed Donald Steinberg to be deputy administrator of USAID, Nancy Lindborg to be USAID’s assistant administrator for democracy, conflict, and humanitarian assistance, and Kristie Kenney to be Ambassador to Thailand.

A full list of all of Wednesday’s confirmations after the jump

Nancy Lindborg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau

Donald Kenneth Steinberg, of California, to be Deputy Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development

Cameron Munter to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan

Mark M. Boulware to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad

Kristie Anne Kenney, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Thailand

Christopher J. McMullen to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola

Robert P. Mikulak, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure as United States Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Wanda L. Nesbitt to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia

Jo Ellen Powell, of Maryland, 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 Islamic Republic of Mauritania

Karen Brevard Stewart to be Ambassador to the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Pamela Ann White to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia

Kevin Concannon to be Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation

Kathleen Merrigan to be Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation

James Miller to be Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation

Dallas Tonsager to be Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation

Joseph H. Hogsett, of Indiana, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana for the term of four years

Michael J. Moore, of Georgia, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia for the term of four years

Beverly Joyce Harvard, of Georgia, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Georgia for the term of four years

James Edward Clark, of Kentucky, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky for the term of four years

Kenneth James Runde, of Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa for the term of four years

Michael Robert Bladel, of Iowa, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa for the term of four years

Maria Elizabeth (Maribeth) Raffinan to serve as an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia

David B. Buckley, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency

Michael C. Ormsby to be United States Attorney, Eastern District of Washington

Mark F. Green to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma

Paul Charles Thielen to be United States Marshal for the District of South Dakota

Julie A. Reiskin, of Colorado, to be Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 2010

Gloria Valencia-Weber, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 2011

Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (New Position)

Anne M. Harrington, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration

Raul Yzaguirre, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Dominican Republic

Osvaldo Luis Gratacos Munet, of Puerto Rico, to be Inspector General, Export-Import Bank

Edward W. Brehm, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 2011

Johnnie Carson, an Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs), to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 27, 2015

Mimi E. Alemayehou, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation for a term expiring September 22, 2015

Duane E. Woerth, of Nebraska, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization

Alexander A. Arvizu, 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 Albania

Joseph A. Mussomeli, 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 Slovenia

William C. Killian, of Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee for the term of four years

Robert E. O’Neill, of Florida, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida for the term of four years

Albert Najera, of California, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of California for the term of four years

< li>William Claud Sibert, of Missouri, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri for the term of four years

Myron Martin Sutton, of Indiana, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana for the term of four years

David Mark Singer, of California, to be United States Marshal for the Central District of California for the term of four years

Jeffrey Thomas Holt, of Tennessee, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee for the term of four years

Steven Clayton Stafford, of California, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of California for the term of four years

Mary Minow, of California, to be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board for a term expiring December 6, 2014

Subra Suresh, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the National Science Foundation for a term of six years

Pamela Young-Holmes, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the National Council on Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2013 (Reappointment)

Harry James Franklyn Korrell III, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 2011

Joseph Pius Pietrzyk, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 2011

Julie A. Reiskin, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 2013 (Reappointment)