{"id":1239343,"date":"2022-01-25T14:38:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T19:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1239343"},"modified":"2022-01-25T14:39:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T19:39:11","slug":"dereliction-of-duty-joe-biden-slammed-for-failing-to-nominate-ukraine-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dereliction-of-duty-joe-biden-slammed-for-failing-to-nominate-ukraine-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dereliction Of Duty\u2019: Joe Biden Slammed For Failing To Nominate Ukraine Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fdereliction-of-duty-joe-biden-slammed-for-failing-to-nominate-ukraine-ambassador%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=1239343&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--><p>President Joe Biden has been slammed by critics for failing to nominate a U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, all while the security of the country hangs in the balance under the threat of a Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the U.S. only has a deputy chief of mission in Kyiv, Alan Purcell, appointed in May 2021<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd there\u2019s been clamoring in this town and over in Ukraine for a U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine. Where do things stand on appointing somebody?\u201d one reporter asked White House press secretary Jen Psaki on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/01\/24\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-january-24-2022\/\">Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCertainly understand that. I don\u2019t have any update on the status at this point in time,\u201d Psaki responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden has undermined the U.S.-Ukraine relationship by failing to even nominate an ambassador to Ukraine \u2014 it is a dereliction of duty and contributes to the instability we\u2019re seeing unfold today,\u201d Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), ranking member on the House Armed Services Committee, told The <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-under-fire-for-failing-to-nominate-ukraine-ambassador-as-russian-invasion-looms\/\">Washington Free Beacon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a horrible time for the United States to not have a Senate-confirmed ambassador in Kyiv,\u201d Brad Bowman, a former Senate defense adviser who serves as senior director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies\u2019 Center on Military and Political Power, said. \u201cA year into the Biden administration, there is zero excuse for the White House\u2019s failure to nominate someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDeputy chiefs of mission can be incredibly effective, but there is simply no substitute for an ambassador,\u201d Bowman said, adding that \u201cthe Senate can be slow in confirming nominees, but you can\u2019t blame the Senate if you haven\u2019t even nominated someone. This borders on diplomatic malpractice by the Biden administration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, President Joe Biden placed thousands of U.S. troops on alert, ready to respond if the situation in Eastern Europe descends into conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to provide some facts on these preparations that will reinforce our commitment to NATO and to the NATO Response Force and increase our readiness,\u201d Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said. \u201cSecretary Austin has placed a range of units in the United States on a heightened preparedness to deploy, which increases our readiness to provide forces if NATO should activate the NRF or if other situations developed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll told, the number of forces that the Secretary has placed on heightened alert comes up to about 8,500 personnel,\u201d Kirby added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that\u2019s exactly why we send a very clear message to Russia that if they once again decide to use force against Ukraine, it will come with a high costs for Russia. Economic, financial, political sanction,\u201d NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-writing-up-orders-identifying-specific-military-units-to-send-to-eastern-europe-report\">said<\/a>. \u201cNATO Allies also provide support to Ukraine. Ukraine has of course the right to self-defense as every sovereign nation has. And NATO Allies help them to uphold that right to self-defense with the support Allies provided to Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"> @ighaworth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"> member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden has been slammed by critics for failing to nominate a U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, all while the security of the country hangs in the balance under the threat of a Russian invasion. Currently, the U.S. only has a deputy chief of mission in Kyiv, Alan Purcell, appointed in May 2021 \u201cAnd there\u2019s &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1239343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1239343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1239343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1239343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1239343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}