Nomination HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION Thursday, June 15, 2006 Time: 10:00 AM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building Presiding: Senator Chafee     Nominee: Robert O. Blake, Jr.    To be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist    Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently    and without additional compensation as Ambassador    to the Republic of Maldives   Witness names in blue are links to the statement given. Statements are only posted if provided electronically by witness.