{"id":16894,"date":"2019-06-21T18:25:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T18:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/?p=16894"},"modified":"2019-11-16T04:05:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T04:05:52","slug":"keith-krach-confirmed-as-under-secretary-during-us-senate-confirmation-vote-on-june-20th-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeandnews.com\/articles\/keith-krach-confirmed-as-under-secretary-during-us-senate-confirmation-vote-on-june-20th-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Krach Confirmed as Under Secretary During U.S. Senate Confirmation Vote on June 20th, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Washington DC (Life & News) \u2014 At 2:30pm EDT on Thursday, June 20th, 2019, during the United States Senate’s 116th Congress, 1st Session, Keith Krach was confirmed by the Senate with unanimous consent\u00a0to become Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, the United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.<\/p>\n

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Capitol Hill on the day of Keith Krach’s Senate Confirmation as Under Secretary of State, June 20th, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) Kentucky asks the US Senate for unanimous consent during consideration for Keith Krach’s confirmation vote on the afternoon of June 20th, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mr. Krach\u2019s nomination, listed as Senate Executive Calendar 195, was officially considered then\u00a0received a unanimous confirmation vote by the Senate.<\/p>\n

On the afternoon of Thursday\u2019s session, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) Kentucky\u00a0asked for “Unanimous Consent that the Senate Proceed to the en bloc consideration” at approximately\u00a02:27pm EDT.<\/p>\n

Presiding Officer, Senator Todd Young (R) Indiana asked if there was any objection before the Senate Clerk presented Mr. Krach\u2019s name and nomination details.\u00a0No objections were presented during the Senate consideration of Mr. Krach.<\/p>\n

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Senator Todd Young (R) Indiana, while stating the President would be immediately notified of the en bloc voice vote which unanimously confirmed Keith Krach on June 20th, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Senator Young\u00a0was able to call\u00a0a voice vote on the Senate Floor and, after receiving unanimous ayes and zero nays, the Senator stated \u201cthe ayes appear to have it, the ayes do have it; the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate\u2019s action,\u201d completing Mr. Krach’s confirmation by the US Senate as Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, and other Key Administration Posts.<\/p>\n

The path to Senate Confirmation began when The White House originally announced its intent to nominate Mr. Krach for Under Secretary of State and several other key administration posts on January 18th, 2019. Mr. Krach\u2019s nomination by the White House was received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations on January 24th. On March 27th, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing in which Mr. Krach gave a passionate and moving speech about his nomination and on April 3rd, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as reported by Senator James Risch (R) Idaho, unanimously endorsed Mr. Krach\u2019s nomination. That same day, Mr. Krach\u2019s nomination was placed on the Senate Executive Calendar as Calendar number 195. On June 20th, 2019, Mr. Krach was confirmed by the Senate as Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment, the United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.<\/p>\n

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Keith Krach, pictured here during his introductory speech on April 3rd, 2019 to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate as Under Secretary of State on June 20th, 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In 2018, Mr. Krach was named Life & News Transformational Leader of the Year<\/a> and in 2019, Life & News named the prestigious annual leadership award after Mr. Krach<\/a> in order to further recognize\u00a0him as an exemplary transformational leader and to further inspire current and future transformational leaders. To celebrate the naming of the award after Mr. Krach, Life & News announced the release dates of its special and groundbreaking video mini-series “A Conversation with Keith Krach: Transformational Leadership<\/a>.” In the mini-series, Editorial Director Viva Bianca\u00a0and\u00a0Mr. Krach have an authentic conversation about the most important aspects of Transformational Leadership.<\/p>\n

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Editorial Director Viva Bianca interviews Mr. Krach in “A Conversation with Keith Krach: Transformational Leadership”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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