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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 08:01 AM Apr 2021

Scoop: Cindy McCain set to land Biden ambassadorship


By TARA PALMERI, RACHAEL BADE, EUGENE DANIELS and RYAN LIZZA 04/12/2021 06:23 AM EDT

President JOE BIDEN is preparing to name Republican CINDY MCCAIN to a coveted ambassador post in Western Europe in what would be his administration’s first Republican appointee to a Senate-confirmed position.

McCain is undergoing vetting to be nominated for U.S. ambassador to the U.N. World Food Programme, a mission based in Rome, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter. This comes after the administration declined to install at least one member from the opposing party in a Cabinet position — a practice of three consecutive presidents (BILL CLINTON, GEORGE W. BUSH and BARACK OBAMA) before DONALD TRUMP broke the streak.

Cindy McCain, the wife of the late Sen. JOHN MCCAIN, gave Biden a critical boost in Arizona with her endorsement of the Democrat over Trump. Biden was the first Democratic presidential nominee to carry the state since Clinton in 1996.

McCain, 66, is undergoing a background check for the post. The Biden administration is expected to announce most of its ambassadors at the same time, rather than individually.

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Scoop: Cindy McCain set to land Biden ambassadorship (Original Post) DonViejo Apr 2021 OP
Actually sounds reasonable. marble falls Apr 2021 #1
Maybe she'll get the ambassadorship to the Vatican. kskiska Apr 2021 #2
That's a good idea. Can't do too much harm there. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #3

kskiska

(27,041 posts)
2. Maybe she'll get the ambassadorship to the Vatican.
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 11:00 AM
Apr 2021

The cushy job the former guy gave to Newt's wife, where they lived la dolce vita for 4 years.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
3. That's a good idea. Can't do too much harm there.
Mon Apr 12, 2021, 11:04 AM
Apr 2021

I think Biden's playing the game very competently.

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