{"id":1665723,"date":"2022-09-30T05:19:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665723"},"modified":"2022-09-30T05:19:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T09:19:56","slug":"us-senate-appoints-ambassadors-to-4-foreign-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-senate-appoints-ambassadors-to-4-foreign-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senate Appoints Ambassadors to 4 Foreign Countries"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fus-senate-appoints-ambassadors-to-4-foreign-countries%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=1665723&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>The U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-senate\">Senate<\/a> confirmed four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ambassadors\">ambassadors<\/a> to foreign countries on Thursday during its last session before the November midterms.<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s nominees were confirmed by voice vote to serve as U.S. emissaries to\u00a0the Republic of Nicaragua,\u00a0the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Panama, and Belize.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Kwan, a retired U.S. figure skater who has worked in public service and diplomacy since 2006, will serve as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize.<\/p>\n<p>Kwan is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history, having won 43 championships, five world championships, nine national titles, and two Olympic medals. She also worked on Biden\u2019s 2020 election campaign.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Confirmed by voice vote: Executive Calendar #981 Michelle Kwan to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senate Cloakroom (@SenateCloakroom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenateCloakroom\/status\/1575616451826036736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2006, during the second Bush administration, then-Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice <a href=\"https:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/prs\/ps\/2006\/75766.htm\">appointed Kwan<\/a> as the first American public diplomacy envoy. In that role, she traveled the world engaging youth on social and educational issues.<\/p>\n<p>Candace Bond, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/bond-candace-republic-of-trinidad-and-tobago-april-2022\">nominated<\/a> in March, was\u00a0appointed to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n<p>Bond is currently the CEO of AESA Inc. in Los Angeles, which offers business advisory services in real estate and community development with an emphasis on environmental stability, governance, education, and health equity.<\/p>\n<p>The White House described her as a \u201ccommitted social entrepreneur and corporate strategist\u201d dedicated to driving\u00a0community development and social impact.<\/p>\n<p>Hugo F. Rodriguez, Jr., a career U.S. foreign service member who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/rodriguez-hugo-f-republic-of-nicaragua-may-2022\">nominated<\/a> by Biden in May, was appointed to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Nicaragua.<\/p>\n<p>Nicaragua withdrew its approval of Rodriguez as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Senate confirmed four ambassadors to foreign countries on Thursday during its last session before the November midterms. President Joe Biden\u2019s nominees were confirmed by voice vote to serve as U.S. emissaries to\u00a0the Republic of Nicaragua,\u00a0the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the Republic of Panama, and Belize. Michelle Kwan, a retired U.S. figure skater [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"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-1665723","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\/1665723","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\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665723\/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=1665723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}