by Alison Miller | Oct 24, 2025 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — Hamtramck, Michigan, Mayor Amer Ghalib forcefully defended past comments and years of social media activity during intense questioning by lawmakers at his confirmation hearing to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait on Thursday. Ghalib faced scrutiny...
by Angela Zhang | Oct 18, 2023 | Featured, National Security, Topics
WASHINGTON — Jacob Lew, the Biden-nominated choice for the next U.S. Ambassador to Israel, faced a range of prickly reactions — from protesters and Republican senators alike. The former Secretary of the Treasury appeared in front of Senate Foreign Relations committee...
by Sylvan Lane | Feb 6, 2014 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Senate confirmed Montana Senator Max Baucus’s appointment as ambassador of China on Thursday on a 96-0 vote. Baucus “is an extremely smart person, and certainly versed in what goes on here in the Congress of the United States,” said Senate...
