{"id":2350030,"date":"2024-10-03T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambassador-nominee-withdraws-due-to-slow-senate-confirmation-process-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:59:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:59:45","slug":"ambassador-nominee-withdraws-amid-sluggish-senate-confirmation-process-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambassador-nominee-withdraws-amid-sluggish-senate-confirmation-process-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ambassador nominee withdraws amid sluggish Senate confirmation process &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fambassador-nominee-withdraws-amid-sluggish-senate-confirmation-process-washington-examiner-2%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=2350030&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The nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Libya, Jennifer Gavito, has withdrawn her name from\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-biden-lackeys-who-pledged-to-kill-american-oil-and-gas\/\" title=\"6 Biden Lackeys Who Pledged to Kill American Oil and Gas\">consideration due<\/a> to delays in the\u200c Senate confirmation process. Nominated by President Joe Biden in January, her nomination has been stalled for\u2062 nine\u2064 months as Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations \u200bCommittee refuse to discuss her\u200b and 25\u2064 other diplomatic appointments, linked to a broader\u2062 conflict over an \u200cunrelated bill regarding \u2064the International Criminal Court. In her \u200bLinkedIn \u2064post, Gavito expressed concern over the lack of a U.S. ambassador in\u200b Libya for\u2062 the past two years, allowing other \u200bnations like \u200dRussia and China to potentially exploit the situation.\u200b She emphasized \u200dthat \u200bU.S. national security requires a prompt confirmation\u2064 process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden pick for top Libya role withdraws after Senate slow-walked confirmation<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1771467\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The diplomat slated to be the next U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ambassadors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ambassador<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Libya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Libya<\/a> has withdrawn her name from the process as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Senate<\/a> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-antrim-co-forensic-report-bombshell-reveals-dominion-machines-were-set-at-68-05-error-ratemeaning-68-05-of-ballots-could-be-sent-out-for-mass-adjudication-giving-individuals-or-ma\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Antrim Co. Forensic Report BOMBSHELL Reveals Dominion Machines Were Set At 68.05% Error Rate\u2026Meaning 68.05% Of Ballots Could Be Sent Out For Mass Adjudication, Giving Individuals Or Machines Ability To Change 68.05% Of Votes\">slow-walking<\/a> the nomination process.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Jennifer Gavito was nominated by President<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenationalnews.com\/tags\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Joe Biden<\/a> in January, but Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee have stalled discussing the appointments of Gavito and 25 other career diplomats. They have stalled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-reveal-details-of-1-9t-coronavirus-relief-bill\/\" title=\"Democrats reveal details of .9T coronavirus relief bill\">process due<\/a> to a disagreement with fellow committee Democrats about an unrelated bill on the International Criminal Court, which accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes in Gaza, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/foreign-policy\/foreign-relations-committee-back-in-disarray\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Punch Bowl<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Last week, I asked that President Biden withdraw my nomination as US Ambassador to Libya,&rdquo; Gavito wrote on LinkedIn.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gavito said the State Department first approached her about the position more than 2 1\/2 years ago. The Senate received her nomination nine months ago.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;US national security deserves better than this. There has been no US ambassador in Libya for two years, ceding space to Russia and China who have actively sought to exploit our perceived absence and destabilise Nato&rsquo;s southern flank,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>While the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is typically bipartisan in nature, it has been entangled in disagreements for months, mainly on Israel&rsquo;s war against Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Relations Committee was set to meet last week, but it fell through.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), the panel&rsquo;s top Republican, has <a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/senate\/icc-senate-jim-risch-tussle-foreign-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>refused to sign off on<\/a> a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambassador-nominee-withdraws-amid-sluggish-senate-confirmation-process-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ambassador nominee withdraws amid sluggish Senate confirmation process - Washington Examiner\">committee-wide meeting<\/a> to consider nominations and legislation. He is holding out until Democrats agree to add the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nervous-pentagon-nominee-weighs-private-outreach-to-menendez-romney\/\" title=\"Nervous Pentagon Nominee Weighs Private Outreach to Menendez, Romney\">sanctions bill<\/a> against the ICC to the agenda, which was passed in the House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-MD) disagreed with this choice to add the bill but did so, pointing to the backlog of State Department nominees, most of which are ambassadorships, and looking to move past the standstill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still, Senate Democrats ended up removing the ICC sanctions bill from the agenda markup. Republicans countered that move by withdrawing their agreement to have the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Because Congress is out of session until Nov. 12, the committee will not meet until after the election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1771467\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1771467\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden&#8217;s Libya ambassador nominee withdraws amid Senate delays<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2350031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/us-embassy.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11079,16629,4904,5894,3740],"class_list":["post-2350030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ambassador","tag-confirmation","tag-nominee","tag-politics","tag-senate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/us-embassy.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350030","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2350030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2350031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}