More than six months after being nominated by President Joe Biden, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to vote Wednesday whether to move forward with the nomination of L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti to be U.S. ambassador to India.
– More than six months after being nominated by President Joe Biden, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesdayof Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to be U.S. ambassador to India.
Jacobs served as Garcetti’s deputy chief of staff from 2013 to 2016. According to a report in New York Magazine, Garcetti had been aware for years of the allegations of inappropriate behavior against Jacobs. “Today the fundamental nature of that strategic partnership is firmly ingrained here in Washington and in New Delhi,” the mayor said. “If confirmed, I will endeavor to advance our ambitious bilateral partnership united by a free and open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.
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