Posted on 10/26/2021 11:50:14 PM PDT by blueplum
The Senate on Tuesday confirmed a quartet of former senators and widows of former senators to key ambassadorial posts, in a rare move by the chamber to approve some of President Biden’s diplomatic nominees.
The Senate unanimously confirmed former senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) as U.S. ambassador to Turkey; former senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.) as ambassador to New Zealand; Victoria Reggie Kennedy as ambassador to Austria; and Cindy McCain as ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, which encompasses three U.N. agencies....
...Tuesday’s votes came as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has threatened to delay the confirmations of dozens of State Department nominees and other national security picks in an ongoing battle with the White House over its foreign policy agenda...
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It seems like there’s only a handful of Republican senators who actually do anything to impede the Democrats. Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Josh Hawley, Ron Johnson...the rest are AWOL.
Yup. Rick Scott ain’t bad, either. Rubio is a pansy.
Y'can't get rid of that beotch at the DMV, and she can make you wait all day
Kind of funny that Turkey gets our Flake.
Presidents like ambassadors they have some personal or professional history with. It’s nothing new and all presidents do it.
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