Biden nominates close ally Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti as envoy to India
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New York, July 10 : US President Joe Biden has nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, his close political ally and a former Navy intelligence officer with Indo-Pacific experience, to be the ambassador to India.
US lawmakers and Indian Americans welcome nomination of Garcetti as Indian envoy
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US President Joe Biden on Friday announced the nomination of Garcetti, 50, as the US Ambassador to India. I am honoured to accept his nomination to serve in this role, Garcetti said in a statement soon after he was nominated for the role.
Joe Biden nominates close ally Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as US ambassador to India
Powerful US lawmakers and eminent members of the Indian-American community have welcomed the nomination of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti as the country s next envoy to India.
Jul 10, 2021
Washington – President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, an ambitious star in his Democratic Party, to be ambassador to India, with which the United States has an increasingly close relationship.
Garcetti, who has led country’s second-largest city since 2013 with a focus on improving transportation and sustainability, declined to run for president last year but has been widely seen as seeking to burnish his credentials with a new job.
A Rhodes scholar who spent 12 years as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves and plays jazz piano on the side, Garcetti said in a statement that he had “committed my life to service.”
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