{"id":1124837,"date":"2021-12-16T10:28:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1124837"},"modified":"2021-12-16T10:28:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:28:40","slug":"biden-picks-jfks-daughter-and-a-former-olympian-for-two-top-ambassador-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-picks-jfks-daughter-and-a-former-olympian-for-two-top-ambassador-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Picks JFK\u2019s Daughter And A Former Olympian For Two Top Ambassador Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-picks-jfks-daughter-and-a-former-olympian-for-two-top-ambassador-jobs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1124837&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden announced that Wednesday that he would nominate Caroline Kennedy and Michelle Kwan to ambassadorships.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy, the only surviving child of President John F. Kennedy, is up for the top diplomatic post in Australia, while Kwan will go to Belize. Both women supported Biden during the Democratic primaries, with Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2020\/02\/04\/opinion\/joe-biden-president\/\">endorsing<\/a> him in February 2020 and Kwan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/2019\/04\/25\/olympic-medalist-political-operative-michelle-kwan-joins-biden-campaign\/\">serving<\/a> as a surrogate director for the Biden campaign. Kennedy was U.S. ambassador to Japan during President Barack Obama\u2019s second term, and Kwan held multiple roles in the State Department during the <a href=\"https:\/\/usatoday30.usatoday.com\/sports\/olympics\/winter\/2006-11-08-kwan-diplomat_x.htm\">Bush<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/reliable-source\/post\/michelle-kwan-bureaucrat-skating-champ-now-has-state-department-job\/2012\/12\/05\/95dba4b8-3f1d-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_blog.html\">Obama<\/a> administrations.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy and Kwan were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/12\/15\/president-biden-announces-key-diplomatic-and-agency-nominees\/\">announced<\/a> as part of a slate of eight appointees. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/biden-ambassador-nominee-mexico-israel\/\">(RELATED: President Biden Reveals Nominees For Ambassador To Israel, Mexico)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.8852459016393\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden nominates Michelle Kwan (!!) as Ambassador to Belize &amp; Caroline Kennedy as Ambassador to Australia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EGYNwJXkP9\">pic.twitter.com\/EGYNwJXkP9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alayna Treene (@alaynatreene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alaynatreene\/status\/1471228819931545604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to collaborating with the Government of Australia to strengthen our alliance, improve global health and increase vaccine access during this terrible pandemic and to address the urgent climate crisis. I am excited to get to know the Australian people, learn about their fascinating country and share with them what I love most about America,\u201d Kennedy <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-sports-japan-australia-michelle-kwan-2ce3fbef0bff12ae2e0937eda8633184\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBelize is full of incredible history and culture, and has been a tremendous partner to the United States,\u201d Kwan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/biden-nominates-former-olympic-figure-skater-michelle-kwan-as-ambassador-to-belize\/2021\/12\/15\/52160b3e-5dee-11ec-8665-aed48580f911_story.html\">added<\/a>. \u201cI look forward to working with the Belizean government on economic issues, to put an end to this pandemic, and to address the root causes of migration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats and some Republicans have expressed concern with the slow <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/biden-nomination-ambassador-africa-china-london\/\">pace<\/a> at which Biden has filled ambassadorships. More than half of the U.S.\u2019s ambassadorships remain vacant, <a href=\"https:\/\/afsa.org\/list-ambassadorial-appointments\">according<\/a> to the American Foreign Service Association, and Biden has only nominated individuals to 49 of the 95 vacancies.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Josh Hawley of Missouri have placed holds on several of Biden\u2019s nominees. Cruz has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2021\/12\/14\/democrats-cruz-hawley-biden-ambassadors-524220\">demanded<\/a> sanctions against Russia\u2019s Nord Stream 2 natural gas <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/10\/russia-gas-pipeline-nord-stream-2-trump-biden\/\">pipeline<\/a> in exchange for lifting his holds on a number of appointees, while Hawley has blocked nominees due to his objections to the U.S.\u2019s chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Democratic Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy agreed that Rubio would lift his block of Nicholas Burns, Biden\u2019s nominee to China, in exchange for a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/12\/15\/ron-wyden-blocks-uyghur-slave-labor-bill-child-tax-credit\/\">vote<\/a> on Rubio\u2019s Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden announced that Wednesday that he would nominate Caroline Kennedy and Michelle Kwan to ambassadorships.Kennedy, the only surviving child of President John F. 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