Bush nominates three ambassadors for Latin American nations
President Bush Wednesday sent the nominations of three U.S. ambassadors to Latin American nations to the Senate.
Floridian Barbara Stephenson was nominated to serve as ambassador to Panama. She is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service who is currently the deputy coordinator for Iraq at the State Department.
Other nominations include Heather Hodges as ambassador to Ecuador and Robert J. Callahan as ambassador to Nicaragua.
Hodges, from Ohio, is a career foreign service member who is currently principal deputy assistant secretary in the State Department's Bureau of Human Resources.
Callahan, from Virginia, is a career foreign service member who is currently a diplomatic fellow at the George Washington University. Prior to that, he was director of public diplomacy in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Bush nominates three ambassadors for Latin American nations
