The Washington Inquisitor
Ambassadors
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Trump nominates acting counterterrorism chief Joseph Weirsky to lead the center, among 15 picks sent to the Senate
Weirsky, a 26-year Marine who has led the National Counterterrorism Center since March, heads a batch that includes five ambassadors, a CPSC chairman, a new assistant secretary of defense and an 8th…
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee schedules Nov. 18 vote on 17 nominees, including Sarah Rogers to lead U.S. global media agency
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote Nov. 18 on 17 of President Trump’s nominations, including Sarah B. Rogers for the U.S. Agency for Global Media and ambassadors to Indonesia, Colombia, Serbia…
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Rep. Wesley Hunt tells senators he would build on Trump’s Saudi defense and investment agreements as 10 ambassador nominees testify
Rep. Wesley Hunt, President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Saudi Arabia, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would build on the administration’s defense and investment deals with Riyadh. Nominees for Egypt,…
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Hostage envoy and three ambassador nominees await Senate Foreign Relations hearings
John Coale, the envoy behind U.S.-Belarus prisoner deals, and nominees for Kuwait, Turkmenistan and Cameroon were sent to the Senate on Sept. 28 and have not had committee hearings.
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Trump campaigns for Hyde-Smith in Corinth, Miss., eight days before the election
President Trump rallies Monday night in Corinth, Miss., for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, the first presidential visit to Alcorn County since FDR, after Oval Office meetings that include the U.S. ambassador to France.