BREAKING Garcetti's nomination as U.S. ambassador to India confirmed by Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke alongside the chiefs of the Los Angeles fire and police departments in an effort to assure the public that the agencies remain at adequate staffing levels to keep Angelenos safe, despite hundreds of personnel quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19.
Naomi Seligman, a former director of communications for Garcetti who says she was forcibly kissed by Jacobs and that Garcetti knew about Jacobs' alleged pattern of harassment, tweeted at Shaheen after the hearing: "Few nations are more vital to the future of American security and prosperity than India," Garcetti told the committee during his opening statements.
"Even with a pandemic, our bilateral trade this year is expected to break a record, and if confirmed, I intend to champion an ambitious economic partnership with India to reduce market barriers, to bolster free trade and to generate good, middle-class American jobs," Garcetti added.
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