WASHINGTON — Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., says he will not allow President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Azerbaijan, State Department adviser Alexander Alden, to be confirmed in a package with other nominees during the lame-duck session, a step that would push the nomination past the end of this Congress.
“I’m not going to let him out. Done,” Tillis told Semafor reporter Eleanor Mueller, according to a Nov. 13 statement from the Armenian National Committee of America, which quoted the exchange. “He can get a hearing, I’m just not going to let him go through en bloc. Which means it’s not going to happen in this Congress.” Asked whether the nomination would also stall once Democrats control the Senate next year, Tillis replied, “I’m going to go out on a limb and say you’re probably right,” according to the statement.
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