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you ever notice how president of turkmenistan gurbanguly berd-muha-meadow are never in the same room at the same time. >> no! >> stephen: oh, yes. >> stephen: and, madam, it is not just your name dropping i call into question. i question cur title. it's called "hard choices." but there aren't any real hard choices in here. >> what about negotiating fragile alliances and treaty. >> stephen: oh, i'm talking about real hard choices-- eternal questions like which would you rather fight one horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? ( cheers and applause ). >> well -- >> stephen: boom! >> now, i admit that is a valid question. here's what i'd do. first, i'd try to find common ground between ducks and horses. for instance, they both grew up on old mcdonald's farm. then, i'd establish a timetable to achieve meaningful horse-duck dialogue. ( laughter ) and, stephen, i'm convinced-- with patience and a strong commitment from our allies, the pigs and the geese, we'd have peace-peace here, peace-peace, there, here a peace, there a peace, everywhere a peace. ( cheers and applause ). >> stephen:

alan musser for turkmenistan, rwanda, republic of turkey.enator corker, is there any -- >> i got all the proxies here. these folks are famously supported, so i look forward to us having enough members to vote them out. >> any other members wishing to speak to any of these nominees? okay. we have now come to the end where we need bodies to vote. so -- >> so. that was tuesday. and actually there ended up being progress that day. after that awkwardness, menendez got his quorum and a dozen would-be ambassadors moved from one step closer to actually getting confirmed and being able to work. the clock was ticking because that was tuesday. the senate was set to shut down on thursday. 48 hours later. it was set to head off out of town for a month-long vacation. so menendez frantically went to the floor of the senate and he pleaded with his colleagues for a batch vote to vote on 25 nominees for ambassadorships at once. to get them confirmed, to get them working. all before the senate skipped town. it was clear this time around that he wasn't amused.

calendar number 957, alan muster to be ambassador to turkmenistan. calendar number 958, todd robinson to be ambassador to the republic of guatemala. calendar number 961, erica j. barks-rubbles to be ambassador to the republic of rwanda. calendar number 962, brent robert heartley to be the ambassador to the republic of slovenia. calendar number 966, michelle jean seasong to be deputy representative of the united states of america to the united nations with the rank and status of ambassador and a deputy representative of the united states of america in the security council of the united nations. and then finally calendar number 967, michelle seasong to be representative of the united states of america to the sessions of the general assembly of the united nations during her tenure of service as a deputy representative of the united states of america to the united nations. the presiding officer: is there objection? the senator from wyoming. mr. enzi: i don't think he's finished with his unanimous consent. mr. menendez: and -- i appreciate that. their nom