Marco Rubio's Cold War Mentality Toward Cuba Holds Nominee For U.S. Ambassador To Mexico Hostage
Marco Rubio's Cold War Mentality Toward Cuba Holds Nominee For U.S. Ambassador To Mexico Hostage
Mar 15, 2016 @ 04:46 PM 95 views
While blocking presidential nominations is not new, the case of Roberta Jacobson, currently serving as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere, is becoming a classic in Washington’s politics of bipartisan bickering.
An expert on Mexico, fluent in Spanish and a key negotiator in the re-establishment of diplomatic ties with Cuba, Jacobson was nominated by President Barack Obama to become Ambassador to Mexico in June 2015.
“In choosing Ms. Jacobson, 53, a Mexico specialist who rose through the ranks of the State Department… Mr. Obama turned to a trusted official with allies in both political parties whose résumé seems tailor-made for the post,” wrote The New York Times.
Six former American ambassadors who served under Democratic and Republican presidents sent the Republican-led Senate Foreign Relations Committee a letter urging the committee to confirm Jacobson promptly, saying her “qualifications, experience, and integrity are beyond reproach.” In November, the Committee did just that in a vote of 12-7.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/doliaestevez/2016/03/15/marco-rubios-cold-war-mentality-toward-cuba-holds-nominee-for-u-s-ambassador-to-mexico-hostage/#201ad3ba2623
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