President Biden will renominate former LA Mayor Eric Garcetti to be ambassador to India, admin. officials say. Garcetti’s nomination was stalled after allegations that he ignored complaints of sexual harassment against one of his aides while he was mayor.
and attempt to fill other key vacancies, according to two administration officials — one of the White House’s first moves to try to capitalize on Democrats’ expanded Senate majority.
His nomination and some others lapsed at the end of the previous Congress, leaving the White House to choose whether to submit them again in the new Congress to restart the process. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., said around the same time that it “may be” time to pick a different nominee given the headwinds Garcetti faces.
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