Breaking: US President Joe Biden has appointed Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of former president John F. Kennedy, as ambassador to Australia | Gallo_Ways
United States President Joe Biden has appointed Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late president John F. Kennedy, as US ambassador to Australia.US ambassador to JapanThe daughter of former president John F. Kennedy has been appointed as the United States next ambassador to Australia.The post has been vacant since Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr, who was appointed by the Trump administration, left earlier this year following the election of President Biden.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne discussed the issue with US Secretary of State Tony Blinken atState Department spokesman Ned Price said at the time, “They also agreed on the importance of having a Senate-confirmed ambassador in place in Canberra as soon as possible in light of the scope and scale of shared challenges we face”.
Ms Kennedy, a scion of one of America’s most famous political families, is the only surviving child of the former president. The first female US ambassador to Japan, Ms Kennedy was an early and prominent supporter of Mr Obama when he was running for the presidency in 2008. She served as ambassador to Japan from 2013 to 2017, and before that was a prominent attorney and author of 11 best-selling books on law, civics, and poetry.
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