The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) made the announcement on Friday as the culmination of an eight-month struggle to have the documentation regularly released.

Earlier this year, Bell and hotel magnate/large-scale Obama campaign contributor George Tsunis, among a few nominees, caused the president some serious embarrassment by demonstrating a lack of awareness about the countries in which they would be posted in congressional hearings led by former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain.

Bell and Tsunis were nevertheless confirmed to the posts in Hungary and Norway, respectively, in February.