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16 March 2005—Senate President
and Commission on Appointments (CA) Chairman Franklin M. Drilon congratulates
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo after the latter was unanimously
confirmed by the CA. Also in the picture are Ambassadors Acmat D. Omar
(3rd from left), Elizabeth Buensuceso (4th L) and Delia Domingo
Albert (5th L), who were also confirmed by the CA as Ambassadors
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Sultanate of Oman, People’s Democratic
Republic of Laos and Federal Republic of Germany, respectively. The newly
confirmed DFA officials are joined by the members of the CA and the Chairperson
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the CA Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago.
The Committee deliberated and endorsed the appointments of Secretary Romulo
and the three Ambassadors. (Mark Santos)
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