WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member issued the following news release:
On Wednesday night, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, successfully called for ten career nominees for key ambassadorial posts to be discharged and confirmed on the Senate floor by unanimous consent.
In the rare procedural move, Ranking Member Shaheen stressed the urgent need to fill ambassadorial vacancies to ensure Americans are represented in foreign capitals and at international institutions, as ongoing instability around the world threatens American national security and as China seeks to expand its influence through diplomatic posts around the globe. The Senator undersc...